Was interesting, but wasn't a lot of fun. Put in 3 hours of riding the flattest water between the widest breaks in the waves, then walking out a bit, then riding again.
Now, if I can just get the Nitro out in the wind it was designed for...
Weather was reported as 18kph.
Wind felt like underpowered (duh) to almost powered in the "gusts".
What I learned today...
- Shortening the rear lines on the Nitro by an inch improved the feel at the bar and got some grunt into it, without losing the upwind ability. Don't forget to remove that knot!
- Really responds well to being worked and building the apparent wind... shame the water isn't co-operating...
- Popped a few jumps - pretty impressed how well up it goes despite the lack of wind, and how easy it is to time the redirects. Good jumping kite... wonder if it would have gone absolutely mental with the tuned line at Waikuku.
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