Last Week End was the Oxbow Kite Race in Knokke Duinbergen on the Belgian coast line… Being in Belgium I decided to hook up with the Peter Lynn team in Den Haag and travel with them to the comp.
Was great to catch up with Gunnar and meet the people behind the emails.
Getting to belgium was uneventful. The forecast unfortunatly was not great and got progressively worse.
On Saturday, the wind got up to a max of 7/8 knots. just enough to fly the new Charger 15, but not enough to test it in anyway. It behaved like any kite with little wind.
So we did some demos with the impulse teaching people how to fly kites…
On Sunday the situation was even worse. So much so that the Organizers decided to run a Canoe race. Myself and Gunnar entered and managed to come 3rd. It was all done in good humour and got us to spend some energy!
By then it was obvious that the wind was not going to join us… So the price giving was announced. Amazing to see in such trying economic times so many wonderful prices up for grabbs. From Race boards to wetsuits. Everyone got something!
A big thank you to Matthias for running such an amazing contest. I really hope that they get some wind next time…
The Charger
I now have some pre-production Chargers with me and am heading to Italy for some Demo sessions with them. I hope I manage to at least fly them in some decent conditions. If not, I look forward to being back in Cannon Rocks with them and really getting stuck in!
Till next post
Ciao
Ced
All pics courtesy of Antoine Rose www.coolpix.be
