My best flat water session was riding the flats off of Key West with Paul Menta, Eddie Toy, and Jimbo Manning on 12/19/2003. Menta was just getting the Kitehouse started and we cruised out there in a fricking rowboat. I was nervous as we surfed waves on the boat as we came through the harbor. I thought I was gonna die.

Once we got there, though, it was all world, with 17-19 solid up top and GLASS for as far as the eye could see, aside from the 50 foot wide channel cutting through the place. The big joke that day was to sneak up and throw jumps over da' Bone. Everytime I looked up, someone was boosting 20 feet over me.

The best part of the session came when a Coast Guard vessel came cruising up the channel. Those on board were stoked by the red, while, and blue kite I had in the air.

If you ever get the chance to charge the flats with Menta, do it. It is so worth it.