Sessions in Photos
Here are a collection of still shots and videos from the odd kiting session, here goes with the first one ...
We had a nice bout of good wind for a change on Monday. It was clear and sunny except for some small squalls on radar, big in person however. They were easy to dodge and the wind came back after the first one. The following images were shot with a helmet mounted GoPro camera. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/launch_GOPR1820.jpg Rigging up, there is something bat-like about this. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/running_GOPR2364.jpg Heading out under nice wind power, felt good for a change. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/foam_GOPR2096.jpg A small transition can throw up a bit of spray. The GoPro stills make you think you just kited under Niagara Falls or something. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/k...PR3173_002.jpg http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/s...d_GOPR2457.jpg A shelf cloud moves in from the west to the south of me. It could spill over into my area, (it eventually did), time to head in and secure the kite. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/up_GOPR1974.jpg The storm has passed followed by a low pressure calm but fortunately the wind came back. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/spray_GOPR2985.jpg More spray! http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/second_squall.jpg Another squall! Things looked pretty clear on the radar before coming out. Then again, storms will sometimes pop up. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/trashing_access.jpg I noticed some kiters still flying as the squall came really close. This is a real poor practice, lots of guys have been injured, broken their necks, etc. in our area in similar squalls. I looked up some images from the livecam. These folks are blowing downwind into the out of bounds life guarded area. This will get us banned here unless we stop the practice. If it is blowing south go somewhere else where there is a good downwind buffer to the north to drift into. http://www.fksa.org/albums/album04/2...l_GOPR3222.jpg It is late, there seem to be more squalls moving in behind this one. Time to call it a day. . |
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