Plan "B" And A Well Deserved "Cold One"

Not many kiters made it out to Linda's this morning so those of us who did decided to shoot out to Spray for the day... we never made it. Driving through the Ghost we found 3-4" of spring snow on the lake and after a weak hour of 15km winds we got hit with 20+.

If you get a chance this weekend, the Ghost is killer! Wide open and blowin straight out of the south. Snow is great, just watch for the 2500lb moving steel and glass targets that seem to not care for a kiters right-of-way.

Anyone thinking about going to Linda's should know that as I write this at 1 am Sunday morning, it is dumping hard and conditions should be good there also. I won't be around to report conditions so take your chances, and have a great session. Oh, and if you see the "King", ask him how he is feeling.

Spring Conditions & BBQ

As unbelievable as it sounds, a good 3/4 of the field at Linda's Farm (the "kite-field") still has 3-4" of snow on it and is covered 100%. I checked the snow tonight, it is feeling like it will hold up for the day. Just count on spring conditions. If the wind is right it will be killer. The Clearsky site is showing 9-18km so keep the fingers crossed.

Also, I will have the fire pit out there so bring something to cook for lunch and something to drink for after. This will be the last day for us in the fields so try to make it out and bring someone with you who might be interested, I will have all the kites and trainers as well.

Anyone who needs directions can e-mail me tonight. Have a good one and we hope to see you Saturday!

Hard To Stay On The Ground

The fields up here are awesome again so some of the boys came up from the city. And as you can see from the picture even launching in this kind of wind was more like flying. Winds were gusting to over 40km so the 6-7M kites were perfect. Not recommended for everyone but if you do get a chance to get more comfortable in these high winds it can be a real rush.

On another note, I have had a few e-mails from people in the area who are maybe looking to get into kiting or trying it out. if you are one of these people who is serious about trying kiting or learning more about it, please send us an e-mail and we can put you on the list. We have a full range of trainer kites as well as a full range of sheetables.

Conditions are good this week so anyone already on the list should call if they are coming up.

Cheers!

Another Day At Spray

It is amazing the information you can come up with when you use your GPS. 3 hours moving time, and in that time we logged 56km, with a top speed of 44.3km/hr. All this in 15-19km winds.

Although wind was light and it snowed most of the time, we got some good rips in along with some decent airs. There was about 4-6 inches of fresh blown snow, and the spot just south of Driftwood is cool for terrain riding.

There was 5 of us today. Some had to leave early, some just lost their job, some work as little as they can and at least one of us, hates their day job. What did we have in common? The fact that at the end of a fairly decent day of Kiteboarding, we all had a perma-grin on our faces. The world and it's worries do not exist when your sending the kite, or your holding on trying not to get bucked on your a%$. Sure it's a cool sport, there are lots of cool sports. The point is to get out, enjoy yourself, push your limits, and let this unreality strip away to what really matters...

...what really matters? LIVING!

Hey! It looks like the mexican drug-lords did not get a hold of King Andy, so now that he is back he is jonesing for a rip at Spray Lakes. Let me know if your coming and plan on a good long day (read: food + beer).

Long Live The King!

Deep Freeze

Well, Allister was brave enough to come out on Sunday but I can't say it was the most comfortable of weather conditions. The wind was 36km and -26 but it was steady and the 7m Montana flew awesome. As we found out it was sketchy to launch but once your up it is not bad. I highly recommend learning in these conditions as it will eventually give you the confidence to fly in crappy weather. This goes for back-country or mountain flying as some of us have tried it and been tossed hard.

I am looking forward to a warm spell and the lake surfaces getting spongy on top. Spring skiing conditions are coming soon.

Awful Conditions

I just got an update from King Andy. As most of you know he is somewhere near the Equator. Turns out the wind has been consistant 50-60k, perfect for the 9m. Wind and sun everyday, but the snow there is deep, slushy and salty and great for crash landings...

...poor bastard!

The Snow Is Good

Although we did wait patiently today for one hour of decent wind, things could have gone better. Wind was just 5km too low to really get going. The snow however is great and should be quite rideable for another week or two. Anyone who can get out during the week should call me and I can line you up with the right fields to kite in.