Obx Suxs!

[mobettah]

Wow you guys hit it good. I was there the week before you and we had 3 days of rain and thunderstorms. Still I kited 4 out of 8 days.

Come back to Ontario and get 2 days in a row - a little bit cooler though!

Great pics. Recognize that place just south of kite point. We hung out there when we were down there.

[BigR]

See ya'll in Tampa in about 13 or so hours!




How do you fit 3 Twintips, 1 Surfboard, 4 Kites, 5 Wetsuits, Luggage, 1 Dog and 2 Kiters in there?

( secret compartments )



Dog pickup

[inferno]

5 wetsuits ?????

[Steve-O]

Thule luggage box.....the bomb.


Great trip brotha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bryanleighty]

Great time in the obx!!

truly the downwinders are the best way to spend the time there..

We did the Kite Point to First Turn Out on Friday.. then the Planet of the Apes to KOA (just past Real slick) on Saturday.

Both are amazing 2 1/2 hour runs.. both with lots of scenery, swells and flat to be had.

My pers. fav is riding just north of the slick at Real.. some true flat water with small islands to jump...

Glad to be back home.. but going to miss the winds..

one main item to note.. I really expected to see some amazing riders there.. I figured with so many kiters in one area I would get to see some guys and gals just tearing it up.

COMPLETELY the opposite.

I would say that 90% of the hundred of so kiters that I rode near were less than 6 months into the sport.. I saw 1 person (one!) unhook for some small jumps.. I saw 3 or 4 people that could jump more than 10 feet off the water and do small rolls. I saw 2 riders do small kiteloops..

LOTS of odd launching and landing.. tons of people barely able to ride upwind.. everyone with tight wetsuits and no board shorts (yikes!)..

one guy in only short-shorts.. (imagine Lt. Dangle from Reno:911 w/o a shirt.. ow!)

it was an ODD scene. EVERYONE was from Montreal. I gave them shit with my huge Tampa Bay Lightning sticker on my car.. sucks that Philly took their team down during our stay.. haha!

Even up by Real, seemed like it was all beginners or very new riders.

quite a bit different than I expected.

[Lori]

Agreed Bryan I was surprised at the skill level of kitesurfers. I think overall I like Oregon better but it was nice to do some easy kitiing and not constantly looking over your shoulder for puffs of wind blasting down the river! Saw a few really good female kiters doing kiteloops so that was good to see

I think also would have been fun to do downwinders on the coast side.

But seeing as I grew up in Northeast Vermont alpine skiing with all those crazy canuks I felt right at home kiting at Vermonter hole next to canadien hole and I think I even particpated in one crazy slippery launch myself! Don't worry I just said I was visiting from Vermont!

I am getting a North Pacific tri fin surfboard 5'6" before we go to the Gorge if anybody wants to try it in the fall when we get good wind let me know. I definetly think the surfboards are alot of fun.