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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:

 

A case of endless summer


A good east wind...
A good east wind…

What a season we’ve had!  We’ve had downwinds, upwinds, waves, freestyle, dolphins,  all this in warm water.

Cannon Rocks Kiting adventure school www.cannonrocks.com was kept busy over the Holiday period. But once the holidays ended we got the beach back to ourselves and plenty of time to bust some moves…IMG_4014 - Version 2

With Michelle training hard for her next comp, I keep everyone entertained trying to keep up with her… Have had some spectacular wipe outs.

Crunch
Crunch
Michelle showing off
Michelle showing off
About to eat it again
About to eat it again

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Have been riding the new Chargers flat out all summer. Have found it a really fun kite to loop. Even the 15! The loops are getting higher… Here is a little clip of some of the footage I have:

loooooopy

Also have an onboard cam, but have been battling to get decent footage out of it.The evening temperature is showing signs of change, and the days are getting shorter. But at this rate a little break might be a good thing. Time to do some maintenance and for the body to recover.

However when the wind doesn’t blow….

About to hit it
About to hit it
Hitting it
Hitting it

Till the next post.

Ride it hard

Ced