Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Everything But The Surf with Ventura Kiteboarding

Since the wind has gone on pause for a day or two, we have a bit of time to publish some pictures from our Ventura Kiteboarding Team photographer.
All photos Courtesy & Stoke of  Billy "Sweet" Street

Everything but the Surf
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Mark-Ride-All, did he stick the landing with the board?
"It's all about the edge" you'll hear throughout your Ventura Kiteboarding lesson
It's all about the "bottom turn" you'll hear on our Down-Wind Supervised Ride-A-Longs
This was a fun day, wind was steady upper teens. Good friends, Ventura Kiteboarding Team Photographer Bill "Sweet" Street and Ventura Kiteboarding 10 plus year rider Mark Ride-All,
beautiful day..........everything but the surf. Can't have it all, all the time, right?
Once again, HUGE PROPS and Kahoona bunch of thanks to Billy "Sweet" Street Photog.

Warm winds,
                     Tom and the Ventura Kiteboarding Crew

Ventura Kiteboarding Lessons and Kitesurfing Surfkiting Training

 A lot has been happening at Ventura Kiteboarding since July 3rd's post.

We have been really busy with teaching/training students and doing "some"  promotional riding.
Ventura Kiteboarding was ecstatic that a former student, Billy S. and graduate of the Ventura Kiteboarding System had contacted us.

One of our top students, we remember when Billy, with a few extra pounds was sweating bullets on the beach, while we were doing our sand training. Wondering silently if Billy had the "fuel" to body-surf with the kite. Once in the water, he had it wired. Body-surfing with the kite is simple with proper instruction and technique applied. To this day we joke, that to Billy the sand is Kryptonite.

He followed thru with Ventura Kiteboarding for graduation and gear. We did a supervised-ride-along at the Po!nt and Billy was on it here and in Malibu whenever it's windy. One of our top-students, and to this day he will claim, "kiteboarding changed my life" Amen, braddah you're not alone!

Billy has been thru a couple shoulder surgeries, (non-kite related) chasing a deer or the deer was
chasing him.....................long story. What's important, his doctor has approved "light" usage of the arm. Billy's been meeting up with us during lessons and promotional riding, training on his 7m in light winds.

My Daddy always says, "bring something to the party" Billy has shown up with a big lens digital camera and an "elephant" memory card. Shooting lessons, dogs, scenery and some Kiting too!

All Photos courtesy & stoke of Billy "Sweet" Street:


























Morgan, Cedar and our Master Instructor at VenturaKiteboarding.com
Photos, show a typical sand lesson. Set up and fly with supervision. We inform our students at this
stage, we could go "snowkiting". Middle of July with Ventura Kiteboarding we stick to kitesurfing.
Be sure to check in with us for our Snowkite trips this Winter.
"Sand Sliding" with the kite

5 minute set-up of the kite                                         



































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