{"id":1623,"date":"2014-05-29T14:11:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T21:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2014-05-29T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T22:58:05","slug":"italian-kite-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannonrocks.com\/blog\/italian-kite-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Kite Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_7049\"<\/a>Every year, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an unusual gathering on the Italian kiting scene. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s called Foilpride. Getting its name from a mostly foil kites dedicated forum<\/a> driven by a bunch of very passionate people, it brings together an explosive mix of characters from all over Italy.<\/p>\n

Finding myself at the end of an unusual stay in Italy (for the season), I was curious to attend. I put the idea to Peter Lynn<\/a> headquarters and they decided to send some kites to demo at the event.<\/p>\n

And so I headed to Capalbio camping in the hope to find some wind and some open minded kiters. (I had a range of kites with me from Twinskins<\/a> to LEIs.)<\/p>\n

The beach was tightly packed with foils and Tube kites of every brand, and the wind was on the light side\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And to my delight the participants were eager to meet, try and share ideas.<\/p>\n

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Sure there was the usual \u00e2\u20ac\u0153brand pimping\u00e2\u20ac\u009d going on, but then again is it possible to have a kite event without it?
\nAll in good faith as the spirit of fun and unifying passion gladly prevailed.
\nKiting was king and the food of course…<\/p>\n

So people tried kites, swopped boards, laughed, crashed, swam, flew and had a grand time. It was also nice to catch up with some old acquaintances and making new friends along the way.
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\nSaturday gave us the strongest breeze (13 t0 16 knots) and I managed to put a 15m Phantom up. We even got a 9m Swell<\/a> into the action, showing off its bottom end.<\/p>\n

Sunday was definitely lighter and the Fury lite 15 and 17 were constantly on the water swapping hands.
\n\"IMG_6980\"<\/a> \"IMG_6976\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere and sharing stories with these \u00e2\u20ac\u0153addict\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.
\nA big thank you to the organizers for putting such a wonderful event together.<\/p>\n

Perhaps next time in Cannon Rocks?<\/p>\n

Enjoy the Gallery, thanks to Tania Romagnoli for taking pics\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 again…<\/p>\n

Ced<\/p>\n