Ripping some waves

In the southern Hemisphere, the summer is rolling in at a rapid rate!

Here on the East Coast of South Africa, the wind has kicked in nicely, and soon we’ll be wearing the short suits!

A few days ago the water and wind were just awesome for a little wave riding with the Peter Lynn Protos. i pumped up the 7 and headed out

Our normal kite spot offers waves at the back and slow rolling waves in the front.

But because there is a fair amount of sand driffting about, a sand bank has developed in the middle which means the waves jacks up and offers a quick hollow ride.


 

Thanks to Matthew I got these pics. He’s still learning to take pics and missed some of the more hardcore waves, but he’s getting better!

Landed some nice air floaters and did get a cover up and also some wipe outs

Hoping to do a little video clip real soon.

Back foot slipped out on this carve

Enjoy the rest of the pics.

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Till next update

Ced

Home is where the heart is…

After traveling for the last two and half months in Europe, it was really nice to be heading back home. With the first days of spring really rolling in it was nice to hit some waves!

However the biggest surprise was to find that the winter rain has left these dams on many farm fields in the area. So the exploring began last week.

The first one we tried on a gusty westerly wind. so being inland it was expected to be gusty. I was out on a 7 slightly underpowered except in the gusts. My friend Hercu brought his Go pro and joined us for the afternoon. He then decided to edit this little clip:

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And here are the pics of the action thanks to Melissa Smith on the shore.

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It was really strange to be kiting in amongst the farm fields. I’ll be checking some more inland options in the next while…

So long

Ced

 

More kiting in Rome

After my trip to Sardegna (see other post) I spent some time in Rome to carry on testing the new tube kite from Peter Lynn.

I was hoping for some sessions, and got fairly lucky with about 2 to 3 outings a week.

Thanks to Tania Romagnoli I got a whole lot of pictures from those sessions.

I’ve also written a full report on the tube kites prototypes I had with me which is here.

It was nice to catch up with some old friends on the beaches of Rome (Mostly Fregene)

Of course i mostly rode the 11m, but it turned out to be great fun.

I am now back in South Africa where the winds at my home spot, Cannon Rocks, are starting to blow… Time to hit the waves, with a longer wetsuit though, and jam some tunes…

Here a few pics from around rome:

 

Cedric Vandenschrik Kiteboarding adventures