Super Sunday

Ventura Kiteboarding core crew was out at the point in full force on "Super Sunday".

The early session had 9:30 AM arrivals, on 8 or 9 meter kites. Derek was boosting to the
moon and Purdy was looking, well, "purty". Paul F.found some waist to chest high waves and boosted a" mega-man loop". Carving on a new 5'3 thruster for powered and surf conditions. I got motivated.
The "brunch bunch"  had a 40 minute session until a squall came thru to boost the wind to upper thirty tickling forty. My motivation was on pause 'til rain delay was over. Skies cleared and wind dropped to12m and 14m weather.
The AM and early PM crew departed. I was thinking it might be over.
The prospectors and desperate hopefuls know that Ventura Kiteboarding is about part luck, part preperation, and a whole lotta don't listen to the pouty posing pretenders. (The ones that stand around and talk each other
into a "no go" and tell you as you suit up and  get ready, how crappy it is.) Sometimes they are right, sometimes wrong. When they are wrong, they never stick around when you get back in. Must have something to do with no witnesses, so it didn't happen. Ventura Kiteboarding core crew, will insert maniacal laughter here........................
Back to: Super Sunday, the tide was dropping to an ultra-astronomical low, late and after sunset.

I took two kites up to the Turrets, Mark H. was on his 13 Slingy and twin doing his 20 ft, "sumthin jumpin'". Mark T. on his 12.5 Flexy carving up slop chop.
I wanted power so I launched my PL Venom for the mid to upper teen stuff. Within moments, Mark&Mark came in wound up and lit. I rigged too big! The switched flipped back ON!
Ventura Kiteboarding tip: If you can not walk up the beach, or hold your kite at the edge of the window and not get dragged. You need to down size. Kite overhead and de-powered, I was being lifted.
Dr. Yo had rigged and rode his FlyS'er ginormous kite, he was happy to land his kite to me before he was to go accidental paragliding.

I rigged up my PL VenomII for the 9m weather conditions. Very well powered most of the time, part of the time a little light in the up and down conditions.
The tide dropped and Tom J., Mark H. and myself spread out and had the clear skies 25 knot plus late arvo conditions to ourselves. JayJ had a quick cameo appearance, sending his kite to the water on an ill advised
cove launch. Tip rode solid with speed, his surf background showing in bottom turns and smack off the tops.

I decided to go down to the cove, maxi-low tide, chest to shoulder high surf breaking over a SAND bottom, side-off wind made the surf hollow and pitchy. Putting together 100 yard sections to a horizon tack and ending back up at the Aloha Steak House. "Are you kidding me with this" was shouted and witnessed only by the birds and fish, if at all.
Bottom turn, floater hits to make the racy session out the back to another wall repeat. The screaming bottom turns in ultra glass, bend over, bury the rail, toe-side, palm of the hand cupped carve, mid face, slash back gouge were good preps for the bigger winter stuff on the way.

Speaking of Winter, I grabbed my 4-3mil. wet suit for the next session. Ventura Kiteboarding is getting a bit chilly. The core-crew remains as hungry as ever.

Today may be a (SUP) Stand Up Paddleboard day. 1-3 ft. light wind and not tropical.
Ventura Kiteboarding and crew will be at the point to SUP and be ready to kite if she blows.
"It's all good in the hood"  VenturaKiteboarding,com
Tom