Miami Kiteboarding, Cabrinha/ASM, TKS, Slingshot/Neil Hutcheson and a bunch of others go together to celebrate the return of kite season with demos and events. There is a video shot with a GoPro HD mounted on a 2011 Cabrinha Switchblade kite at the bottom of this post.
Setting up for riding
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Winds were LIGHT for the event. They roughly averaged around 9 kts. with lulls to 7 kts. and gusts to a whopping 11 kts.. Guys were ripping despite this on lightwind gear big boards and good kites, locked in too.
Christophe and some of the Miami Kiteboarding crew
Stephan as beach marshal keeps things going
Lonny shows off his strapless riding ware
Oliver and Neil stood at about this same spot for the first kite event in SE Florida in 2001.
Garry Menk's boards including the widest kiteboard ("da piglet!"), I've ever seen!
Richie is ready to hit it.
Neils setup, the boards are out.
Christophe and Paula
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A GoPro HD video shot from a 13 m 2011 Cabrinha Switchblade.
Large display at: http://vimeo.com/15307237
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It was a fun as so many others here. Looking forward to a great season, thanks guys!
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