Kiteventure

 Cranked up another couple of knots for some fantastic air, rotations and all round fun.  Stu, Ant, Pete and I.  Unfortunately Stu had a blowout late in proceedings whilst trying out my board so we had a bit of board rescue fun.  yay !

 First kite after rib injury and all good.  Got an hour and a half in with Stu and Pete, then beers afterwards.  Lovely.

 Finally got to meet Eugene in person - lovely guy with a very cute kid.  Fantastic conditions today but I totally screwed up my first jump and damaged my ribs, making the rest of the session pretty painful.  Hope like heck it mends quickly - kiting weekend next sat!  

 About 17 knots, perfect for working on landing double backs consistently.  Pete and Ant came out too - Pete fresh off the wrist injury and appearing to enjoy being back on the water.

 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.