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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

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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 😉

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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: