Fredstem

Dicton du jour : Une bonne session de vagues a Waddell, y a rien de tel !

I don't know what took me so long... fear maybe?

But I finally tried some Railey Kiteloops (hooked in) yesterday on my favorite side. And I nailed them with my 9. Sure I still need to improve the style, the height, and the speed but I was already really happy with the results...

I am trying no name my move

For your information, I am going from right to left (on the screen), grabbing Indy while doing a backside 180 (turning my board 180 from where I am coming), trying to straighten my legs all the way out (not good on these pictures...) and to do all this inverted (looking down, board higher than my head).

Any help appreciated...Feel free to comment!

Waddell creek on a small waves day but with a great photographer...by DimiExter, as usual...

Thank you so much Dimi for taking the time to shoot me at 3rd... It was so exciting!!!

Checking out the bridge...

I just lost my keys in the water...

I am way stronger than my kite...

It is all about fun!

Yeah baby!

Quel réel plaisir ces nouvelles Hydra 2007 pour les sauts super hauts, bien longs et bien "gras"...
Et ça permet surtout d'admirer le pont plus longtemps

What can I say...The wind was strong and I was in a very good mood with my Hydra 9 so I sent some huge backloop kiteloops today while trying to show the "X" under my board to the beach goers!

Que demander de plus pour mon anniversaire... 35 degrés sur la plage, une petite brise de fin de journée suffisante pour une "freestyle session" avec mon 14, et mon photographe préféré a peine sortis de son avion pour "immortaliser" mes "hooke" S-bends (railey into backroll)...
Et bien sur un peu de Veuve Cliquot le soir entre amis pour fêter ça...

PS: Pas mon meilleur S-bend mais une belle séquence avec le pont en arrière plan...Cliquez sur la photo pour avoir la séquence en plus grand...

Saturday was supposed to be very windy so I decided to go early on my 9 even if the wind was still not filling in as it was supposed to...

And after 45 mn on the water, I was still wondering if I had made the right choice but was doing ok, looking for the strongest wind (alone) towards the channel.

Then it finally picked up, strong and gusty. I had so much fun throwing it big using the flooding steep ramps...and surfing the swells. The 9m is so fun to play with, so reactive and so fast. Then came along Jerome and Fadhly..... JR tried to approach the channel but was definitively too powered on his 14. The windsurfers were now out that the ebb was kicking in. And after 2 hours of pure fun, I decided to call it a day.

But coming in through the "jumping area", I spotted a red Cabrinha jersey at the bottom of the rocks. That was Steve, still wearing his wetsuit, shooting anybody who was passing by the rocky point.
I was sure he was exhausted after a boosty session on his 12 so I tried to be as close as possible to avoid him zooming in and out...

I tried to send it as big as I could even if the wind shadow was causing me fast landings...After 30 minutes of jumping/crashing hard, I finally land my kite for good, exhausted but happy.

So thanks to Steve of TeamCoyote for this high quality picture and for taking time to shot other fellow kiters.
Too bad I was not smiling...