6/12 ULLB 13 Instinct SS146 Misfit

[Jon Manwaring]

Nice late pm Kite at Lincoln, all the usuals in attendance. No Arpi or Dean, seems like more Rushies than UL regulars. Smooth, all though a little lite. Congrats to Billy Bordy, gets a call to teach a lesson just as wind comes up. We need to refer all newbies to him for lessons, He's the Man, does a great job. Well trained newbies will help us all be safer.
Jon Mzee

[Arpi]

I only had a 2 hour openings, so I tried Lindon from 4-6 pm. The beach is terrible, but whit some help, I was in the water in no time. It was super gusty close to the shore, but 200 yards in to the lake was awesom. I did ride my 16m Waroo, and my 137 Litewawe. I had a nice ses, just missed some good company. I'm going to Europe for 3 weaks, so see you guys in July, and good luck whit the Utah Summer Games.

Later
Arpi

[Marty Lowe]

So...ya know when I was cutting through the tall grass in the bay?
I have all kinds of little "grass slivers" in my arm.
Itches like crazy.
I've done that every time at Lincoln.
Wonder why its different today?

-Marty

[Jon Manwaring]

Maybe you need to just jump a little higher or get taller foot beds on your board

[bordy]

Are you sure your just not getting soft on us Marty??(or at least your skin is)

Thanks for the kind words Jon, It still was a fun session watching! I did get to ride some.

[tjacques]

i was loaded ready, second time, then did not go because i did not want to kite alone. mainly i am unsure on self launching on that beach. i guess i could do a semi drift launch. i wish i could know who was going to go, i saw on the pager it was blowing, i just need to overcome kite fears.
todd

[MikE mAy]

this time of year, after rush has turned to mush, it is usually a safe bet that if the provo airport is blowing, or if bluffdale is blowing, there will usually be someone there. i am the same way and have sat at rush a few times waiting to see if anybody was going to show up becuase i was afraid to kite alone. i've done it once, but have been unsure a couple times with gusty wind.

either way, i've found that by getting a few fellow kiters numbers and being annoying and sending the texts and phone calls, you can usually see if someone is going to kite. i feel that sometimes i send unwanted texts or calls, but it usually yields information about where people are heading.


on another note- props to bill for keeping it positive and teaching the lesson tuesday night! you are such a great teacher and a credit to the kiteboarding community. i may have to schedule a private lesson with you, or at least get you out kiting with me when you don't have a lesson. i feel like my progression has become a bit stagnent. that may be due to the fact that i'm not taking many risks when i head out. i still got more jumps in last sesh than i have had before though... just didn't quite push the envelope all the way.

and marty, i went through the reeds once and had the same problem with the plant particles although i dont' think mine were as bad as yours were. at least they dont hurt like concrete splinters do. i used to get those skateboarding.