Once again we hired a boat at the Princes club
Great fun :O)

The weekend wind forecast was looking pants but Adam posted on kiteboarder that he though it might be windy at 5am in Hayling Island and was looking for partners in crime for a dawn raid.
I didn't need to be asked twice!

So we left at 3am, arrived at Hayling at 5am and had 5 hours of glorious kiting before the wind finally died!

I decided to make full use of the cable park (I am a member after all) and hire a wakeboarding boat for 15 minutes. Wow, it's a lot more tiring than the cable, especially since you don't get a rest during that 15 minutes, unless you fall off of course.
Great fun, Kim enjoyed riding in the boat despite me making her take some photos and video. :D

I'm definitely going to make this a regular occurance.





Hacking at the wake


"Resting"


Another run

The London Kitesurfers have been meeting every Wednesday after work for a session at the cable park. Ollie just sent me this video link which is hilarious in my opinion.
(I get a brief appearance, look for the idiot in the silver helmet and white/red boardies)

Just got back from trying my new kites at Hayling island. This was the first time I'd been to this spot and it rocks!
Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. One of the best spots I've ever been to.

Big waves at high tide, then a sand bank becomes exposed at mid to low tide so you get a big area of totally flat water.
Everything you might want in just the one day at the same spot. Amazing.

I was too busy enjoying myself to take photos, but next time I'm down.....

Oh, and the new kites are fantastic, it feels great to be back on classic kites again. No depower, lot's of fun.  :o)

Well, sorry it's taken so long for an update. I will do better in the future! I've mostly been wakeboarding and waiting for my new kites to arrive. They're coming in from Cyprus and it's taking a lot longer than I hoped!

Since I last posted, Kim's Dad and sister have been over for a wedding in Wales (that we all went to). The wedding was good fun and I managed to embarrass myself on the dance floor, again.

We've also been to watch the UK National Cable championships at my local cable park. Unsurprisingly, it was the local riders who dominated the event! I took a few photos

This was the weekend of the London Kitesurfer's Summer Shakedown. Ed organised an informal gathering of the LKS at Southend where we had some fun in the 12knots odd we got. Not enough for real fun but enough to have a laugh!

I won the "Best Style trick" and "Least Style trick" trophies, so I'm proud of having such an up and down day!

Click on the image for a video of me from the weekend! (More to follow, hopefully)

Well it was another week of fun and games.
I've landed a new job and I start next week. I'm going to be contracting for a design company in East London, and the office just happens to be up the road from a Kitesurfing beach. How lucky is that!
(Naturally I'll probably be too busy to get out of the office in time, but I'm hopeful)

The weekend was once again spent at the cable park and the usual carnage ensued. The weather is bright and sunny (24 degrees) but not a breath of wind so it looks like I'm turning into a wakeboarder.  :o/

Adam was 'kind' enough to post one of my stacks on youtube, so you can check out my ball bustin' efforts at

Youtube effort

I'm wincing just looking at it.

More pics from the weekend:



Jump start from Damien





They start 'em young over here



Adam



Recovering from another faceplant!

Easter weekend was awesome!
Not only did I find a house for us to live in, but I also spent all 4 days at the Cable park in Bedfont.

I did get a little sunburnt, and I can no longer hear out of my left ear, but it worth it!

I've nearly nailed a few tricks too

Ok, a little bit odd. I was on my way home last night when I came across a party at Victoria station.
Lots of booze, lots of dancing, no music.
Yep, everyone had an ipod/mp3 player and was dancing to their own tunes, in a big group, in the middle of Victoria station.

I tried doing the YMCA but I got a few looks, so I caught the 19:12 home instead.

Video of the party