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Video: “Winter Sessions”

Being Stuck in South Africa for the Winter, I was hoping to get a little footage and put something together. Things didn’t turn out that way. Kiting on average 3-4 days a week at my home spot on the Eastern Cape Coast in Cannon Rocks, I ended up with a mountain of footage. the result is slightly longer than anticipated.

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The Wind was often strong and gusty and the waves were gnarly and big, but it was all kiteable.  We even managed to get some soft Easterly days (Summer Wind).
The Kites used were from Size 11m to 5m. ( not so much footage of the 5 as the conditions were terrible on the beach for filming, but great in the water:)) The Fury and Escape both got plenty of Action. I also got to test the Peter Lynn C shaped foil, the Charger2 and there is a sneak preview in the clip.

The sound track is available here For Download.

A special Thank you to Tania for braving the cold, windy, sandy conditions.

For the travelers, I wouldn’t rush here over the winter as this year was unusual. Often we have cross off gusty winds making the riding not so pleasant (Some of it on the video).

As the days get longer (And kiting hours are extended) It’s time to dust off the short wetsuit, and pull out the sunscreen.
Enjoy the Video
Ced

Kiteboarding

Winter sessions part2

 

 

 

The signs are upon us that the season change is here. Warmer, longer Balmy days, easterly winds, and the need for sunscreen (Always)

But we are still getting the odd winter storms lashing our South African Eastern Cape Coast line. As I write this Blog the house is creaking with a “Very Fresh South Westerly” .

But the winter is over.
As I mentioned on a previous post, this was an unusual year for me. Normally following the swallows, this year I was left behind. But things weren’t too bad, unusual winds for our low season has meant that here in Cannon Rocks I’ve kited on average 3 to 4 times a week!

 

All along  we’ve been capturing footage and testing some new equipment from Peter Lynn An epic video will go online pretty soon. so keep an eye out for that.

So here in Cannon Rocks, we will be dusting off our shorty suits and learning to ride waves to the left all over again 😉

Ced

Kiteboarding

Unusual sight … Stacking kites

Two days ago, it looked like we were gonna get one of those light wind days where the wind just doesn’t pick up beyond 12 knots. So I decided to Stack my 12m and 15m  Peter Lynn Chargers (Which are C kite foils) and give it a go. I had done this years before with the old Guerilla models (around 2003) and knew that it was one of the few kites out there where stacking is feasible. On the old Guerilla, the turning became very slow, and going upwind very hard due to the low end grunt.

So here I am 8 years later trying it out again, and sure enough the stack went up.

The low grunt was there as expected… I mean technically I had 27m of kite up in the air. but amazingly, the turning wasn’t as bad as i expected. I actually managed to loop the stack on the beach.

So I headed out. My main purpose was to test the low wind ability of such an experiment. i really had to dig the edge, and also make sure I didn’t drop it as it could have gotten messy trying to relaunch. Luckily the stability of the arc kite really helped in that department.

However the wind didn’t co operate and started picking up as i hit the water… so i had to depower.

I started throing it around and trying some jumps. and although it was hard to get hight due to the low end grunt, the hang time was pretty insane…

Once it got too much, I took the 15 off and went out with the 12, which is the equivalent of a 9 LEI, must have been around 17/18 knots of wind.

Thanks to Henry Smith for helping me launch and land the stack (definitely not a solo mission). And tanks to Michelle Smith for taking pics and filming. I’ll include some footage in my next video…

Till next one

Ciao