Went down the lake today to get over the weekend blues ... forecast was for crap but the webcam at Locus looked great! But by the time I arrived, it was borked again ...
Unpacked the Silberpfeil and rode the edge of the bottom end limit for a while; doing some riding, doing some walking ... then the wind picked up and was nicely- to over-powered for the rest of the evening.
Got off the lake about 30 minutes before dark, packed up and got home about 7:30pm - woohoo! summer is well on the way!
What I learned today ...
• NEED a smaller board!
• ALWAYS take 2 boards or two kites over to the lake - they're too far away in the boot in the carpark!
• If you think the Speed is going to luff, grab a rear line and haul on it!
• Landing a decent jump - make sure the big foil is diving downwind to stop the luff.
• If you swing under it (moron) try and turn it to get speed back into it or ... grab a rear line and haul on it!
• Riding toe-side is much easier when you're tethered to a tractor ...
• A bad day at Biwako is better than a good day at Hamamatsu :P
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