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ajdesq Member  F-O-N Champion 2003  Member#: 6 Location: Registered: 24-07-2002 Diary Entries: 209 Mood: Living to kitesurf :-) |
5th November 2006 Kite surfing: Tarifa - Punta Paloma Wind Direction: Levante (E) Wind Stength: 10-30kts gusts Surf / Sea State: Flattish Air Temperature: 16 Sea Temperature: warm Weather: cloud Max Speed: Distance Covered: At first I was considering wimping out. The wind gusts were extremely vicious. Only about 10 kiters were out (and about 50 windsurfers) and many kiters who did go out did a couple of runs before packing up and going home. Eventually went for it, but didnīt really achive much, other than learning to fly the kite in such conditions. Got into the usual mess second time around so packed up and took a break. As I seemed to be mainly underpowered I undid the knot on my depower system, cleated it in, intending to adjust it on the water and knot it again. Going out again, I was about to hit the water and a massive gust took the kite. If thatīs not bad enough, it knocked out the depower system and the kite powered straight up, launching me a good 6-10ft in the air. Luckily I landed OK and didnīt hurt myself, but getting the kite under control was impossible without bailing out. I HATE this stupid GK system. The next time I did as Matt at Airjam told me, let go of the kite and try to adjust it then. But whenever I let go, the kite just comes crashing back down into the sea, where it then gets rolled in the shorebreak, gets completely tangled up, and once again *bing!* game over. Once Iīd sorted that (just guessed and knotted it) I did have one decent run. On a day like today thatīs quite an achievement at my level, so that cheered me up no end. I was one of the first on the beach and one of the last off, and despite the near-miss had a really good (and exhausting) day. |
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