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justal Administrator  Member#: 1 Location: Registered: 21-07-2002 Diary Entries: 2989 Mood: Just Chillin Dude |
18th August 2003 Kite surfing: Golf Course Car Park, Borth Wind Direction: W Wind Stength: 14-18 knots Surf / Sea State: 1 foot messy surf Air Temperature: 17ºC Sea Temperature: 17ºC Weather: Sunny spells Max Speed: Distance Covered: I got home from work at about 4pm, but there wasn't quite enough wind, so I went for a walk on the beach, had a quick fly with someones 4.0m Blade II and had a little chat before heading back home where I met Darren. It looked as though the wind would pick up later so we had a cup of tea and then haeded back to the beach. It was now blowing at aroun 14 knots so we rigged out kites and got out there. Things were a little more difficlt than my last few kite-surfing sessions as the onshore winds and waves made it difficult to get away from the beach. I almost got dragged across the sand at one point and Darren definitely did as I saw him travelling face first across the beach!! Darren was getting on better than me most of the time though. In the end I decided that I was too overpowered, and couldn't get upwind as I couldn't fly the kite low enough in the window without getting dragged off downwind out of control. So, I came in and tied a knot in my depower system as the cleat doesn't hold. I then went back out and got on much better. On my first run I gained loads of ground upwind, got out through the whitewater and headed off towards the bar nicely in control and heading nicely upwind. I then turned around and continued gaining ground upwind, until I was back in line with the groynes where I started from, but still out beyound the whitewater. I had a couple more runs like that, but the wind was still increasing and I soon become overpowered again. This time it led to a few unintentional flights with my board behind me, a couple of smacks from the board, a little tangle with my boards leash, and before I knoew it I was back downwind, a litle more battered than before, and back on the beach!!! I decided that was enough and packed up. Chirs was just launching, Darren was changing down to a smaller kite, Colin was still ripping it up with his 15m kite and Miguel had finally got himself sorted after losing a fin from his board and then finding it again a little later. I checkd the wind as I left the beach and it was now 18 knots and still picking up... I was tempted to go windsurfing, but didn't really have the time. I was quite pleased with my few runs where I got upwind, but the rest of the session was really all about learning to cope with too much wind. |
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