New Board

I just got myself a new board!!!

She is a lovely addition my my kitesurfing family, just look at this beautiful top performer:



She also came with new pro foot pads and they are super comfy! Pro pads are standard fitting in all new NHP boards (666)

I already had 2 sessions on my new board and I think it's the best board ever! Really loving it!

Get yours from Graham in E&D Marine (0868188908)

Girls Weekend in Banna 22-24 May

We were blessed with the weather - sunny, warm and windy enough to get wet three day in the row! Great session on Friday and amazing conditions on Sunday, very light on Saturday.
Mel went out with me to try unhooked kiteloops... wow!!! It was fun in 10 knots on Sat - should had tried with the board on! ;-) More scary on 9m on today... couldn't reach back to grab the bar with the front hand...
Will definitely give it another go on 12m in very light winds...

Rush

Saturday was a family day, but Sunday was our play day! ;-)
Since the wind was forecasted to drop right off around 1pm I dragged Gavin out of the bed early-ish and hit the road to Rush to meet up with Aoife. It was lashing rain all the way in but the moment we drove onto the beach the sun came out and decided to shine for us for good few hours. What a surprise! Wind was steady and strong - super powered up on my 9m but loving it!
Unfortunately by the time Amanda and Derek arrived around 4pm the wind was almost gone and rain was once again in heavy action... The second session was painful!
Went out to see Sinead and Sean and their beautiful house and met there Mairead with Vinnie and their cutest baby girl Ava! It was great to end the weekend going out for a bite to eat with friends!
Roll on next weekend - girls going wet and wild in Kerry!

Windy afternoons on Dolly

3 evening sessions on Dolly 3 days in the row!!! ;-)
Mon and Tue was 6m weather and very punchy, busy beach with lots of kitesurfers enjoying sunshine and high winds. Not the weather to try anything again...
Yesterday I ventured on my own and met up with Amanda and Derek on the beach.
It was foggy and rainy but really steady and lighter wind - perfect weather for my powerful 9m!
Only 6 kites on the water!!!
Spend few minutes having fun and then an hour an half killing myself trying to do a raley.
Out of over 30 landed 3 and I'm not sure if they looked anything like a raley at all...
Definitely no problems with unhooking, holding edge and power and hooking back in, but there must be something terribly wrong with my pop! Every time I crash is because I can't get high enough to be able to land and I'm ending up flat on my face/belly... It's either a kite a little bit too low or a bad pop!
Need to figure it out!