Kiteventure

 We all wanted to go to Aspendale but the wind had other things on its mind.  Met up with James and Mike for a kite at Hampton.  I was somewhat undecided between small kite and big kite - but a lull convinced me the big kite was the go.  Probably the right choice but it was a hell of a ride at times. Some fantastic ramps flowing through meant for some big big airs.  I pulled a couple of kite loops and got tremendous drift, so much fun.  The wind pushed through twice - to the point of almost getting lofted and wondering how the heck to calm things down.  Luckily the depower on the kite is amazing, once I made the decision to depower it was all relatively under control. Had a closish call with Mike - I was just focussed on ramps, got up in the air to look to my right and Mike is also jumping beside me.  We both were able to pull out fine - thank goodness. Stu came down after a sleep in - looked to be having a ball when we left. Last session I detect...

 Rock solid wind and all up an awesome session.  Great waves rolling in which made for some nice ramps.  Didn't do too many rotational tricks today, the wind was pretty strong so just went for airtime.  Pete  is still laid up after a mountain biking incident so took some great pics and some video .  Dropped off some firewood to Eugene to thank him for his amazing drone footage from earlier in the year.  He takes some amazing drone footage around Aspendale - well worth checking out.

 Nice sea breezish afternoon, hit the port funnel for some fun in the small breakers.  Ally came down and had a go of Pete's trainer kite - which was terrifying at first until we untangled the lines.  She is pretty gutsy, got yanked a couple of times but kept it totally under control.  Very impressive.

 Pretty marginal at first but tidied up nicely for some great jumps.  Ant, James and Dobbo also out.  What a joy.

 yeehaa, lots of big air and fun, 50kms and 2 hours on the water with James, Dobbo, Stu and Taz just outside of his house.  Cracking session on the small kite. Bit tricky landing James' kite cause it was blowing pretty hard, and Dobbo put some holes in his crashing it into a wall.

 Cranking wind of around 35 knots down at Aspendale with Dobbo, James and Stu - and Taz off in the distance.  Got some huge air early, then things settled down and I was able to ride some waves, jump and muck around.  Had a couple of bad stacks - and one horrible ball slap where I came in too flat.  Really feeling the cold at the moment, went to bed at 8pm.  Luck shq is kinda open so was able to replace my spreader bar (looks like the screw came loose somehow) and get a new pump.

 Felt pretty cold this morning and was a bit cautious for some reason.  Still lots of big jumps, loops, some rotations but nothing crazy.  What a weekend !