Dubble action; morning and afternoon sessions!

July 23, 2009 | Category: Journal

23. July

This week the wind is like it should be every single week; good wind in the morning and good wind in the afternoon! At 7 am the wind is already strong enough to go out, and also this morning two guys were waiting to go with us on the water. Willy with his own North kite, and Tom who continued his test lesson. First we dropped Willy, who couldn’t wait to go out and try his new kite. Unfortunately the bar was a shitty second hand bar, and it wasn’t easy to work with. Afterwards Mika repaired it, and hopefully it will work now. Nevertheless Willy had a good session riding downwind on the beautiful Lake Garda with a nice morning sun.
Tom went into the water for the first time and he did so well! The steering was no problem for him at all and he controlled the kite perfectly. After 2 hours his energy was gone, and also the wind got less so we decided to go back and have a long lunch break.

At 1 pm our new students arrived, Stefan and Toni. It was the second lesson for both of them and they tried to manage the upwind bodydragging with and without board. The wind was really consistent and stabile, so it was an easy exercise and after half an hour they were both ready to practice the waterstart. Keep your body small and stand above your board!!! After yelling that order for 5 times they both made a great waterstart and after crashing a couple of times they made lots of meters standing on their board. Stefan was happy and also really exhausted, and Toni was full of adrenaline and didn’t stop smiling!

The wind was only getting stronger so after Mika dropped us at the harbor, she went out again together with Sergio. The moment I’m writing this they’re still on the water, but I’m sure they’ll enjoy J

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3 Responses to “Dubble action; morning and afternoon sessions!”

  1. Philipp on July 24th, 2009 4:48 pm

    I thought you were kiting – why the hell do you eat chocolate bars in the morning and in the afternoon???: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubble

    ….and by the way: you can’t expect Willy to go upwind with a shitty second hand (chocolate)bar ;) ))))

    ps. please have mercy – it’s friday afternoon, my ribs are still hurting and i need to spread little drops of nonsense

  2. roberta on July 25th, 2009 1:31 pm

    Ciao Mika and Mae

    …it was great to have a kite session with you the other day. …unfortunately we cannot repeat it soon because the same day I’ve enjuried my knee…It would be great to remeber my last summer-kite-session…where can I find the pics?

    thanks

    ciao ciao

    roby

  3. admin on July 25th, 2009 6:34 pm

    Ciao Roby!

    I’m so sorry to hear that you hurt your knee. How did it happen?
    I’ve put the pictures online on the windriders picasa site. They are a bit grey, cause it was a grey day. But your action rocks!

    I hope your knee will be better soon and we can have another kitesession this summer!

    Ciao, Mika

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