Fredstem

And for those who keep kiting in the cold winter, don't forget your hoody!

Picture from Adam Rodriguez.

It was fun to see some 3rd avenue flat-water addicts at Waddell this Sunday. The spot was deserted by the Caution riders ripping at Scotts, so I had all the room I wanted to push my aerials to the max...

Here is a video of one of my first dangle pass before I break my bar...

And yes the pool water temperature is freaking cold!

Mavericks was surprisingly breaking with huge 20 ft sets today. I was personally riding Dunes Beach alone for a while playing in sweet 5 ft swells with my 2009 helix 10.5 and global wave 6.0.

In the mean time I could watch Jeff Kafka??? riding Mavericks on his own.  So when I figured out that the wind was solid enough, I finally got brave to check it out myself. I then went way outside (1.5 miles) and upwind (1 mile) to quickly check on THE WAVE. And it was simply HUGE!!!

With Claude's help, I finally finished my crazy project for my windless winter days... A high bar across my swimming pool to practice my handle pass in situ...

I was able to try it and got very close to nail my first one... But I've still got a lot of work to do... See you soon on the water :-)