I know, you wondering why I would write such a title.
Well this is the story… Test day for Peter Lynn kite Chargers in Tuscany. On the 15th of august… Public holiday when all italians go mad. The beaches get full, the stomachs get full and the wind doesn’t blow much… Hence the presence of a Charger 19 on the Italian beaches and the hope for some wind.
I had arrived the day before in Vada to meet up with Roberto, the Italian team rider. This happened under the pouring rain and no wind. Kiting looked dismal. At 5 pm the rain stopped and we went down to the famed, ‘White beaches’.
If you have never been to Italy, you need to know that along the Tyrrehnian sea, the beaches are dark because of the past volcanic activity. These beaches are white due to the presence of this…
This factory has been dumping Bicarbonate into the water for decades, the result is tropical white lookalike beaches when the sea is flat. 
However when the waves pick up, the bottom gets moved around and the layers of Bicarbonate mix in the water, result…. Milk.
Before the waves picked up on the first evening, the wind picked up… giving us (Amazingly enough, the few kiters on the 14th of August) a really cool session in clean water (or maybe the sun was too low). We started with the Charger 19, but soon enough, we jumped on the Charger 12 and had a whole lot of fun. I think someone took pictures, and I will add them to the post once I get my hands on them. We then rushed off to an amazing pasta at Dario and Cecilia’s place. The tuscan food is something else!
However the next day, the waves had picked up and the wind was dropping… and the water was  milky  (They say it’s safe… but I’m not totally sure…) So I let everyone else have a go…
Thank you To Dario and Cecilia of Blue Reef Kite shop for putting us up. Dario is a top guy knowledgable about kites of all kinds which is not always the case in this industry. I hope his shop and school grows from strength to strength. I also hope to be able to welcome both him and Roberto to Cannon Rocks for a little African adventure.
Thanks for the hospitality guys.
Update, here is a link to a video posted by Dario … THANKS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njf8ckGxZxc
A presto
Ced
