Chase the camera boat

Today was spent driving back and forth up and down the coast in a vain attempt to conect with a boat with a high tech three d camera that was to film us kitsurfing. Looks like I am heading up to the J manyana with the big wind and 11 foot surf forcast to meet them though it will probably be good here and not risking the 20 knot differential of top to bottom gusts if the current forcast holds up there. I have been so darn fortunate to spend years of my life chasing wind and waves up at the gorgeous Jalama location that iregardless it will be fun to visit as it has been to long away from the J.

The wind came on here early and then backed off as I was on the phone in my car. Got back out around one and then handed off my 15 syn to Tom as to drive down the coast to check it for the boat and film team. It is very hard to explain the dynamics of kitesurfing to the uninitiated in Hollywood. No, the wind is good out to sea a few miles where you are but it is only 2 mph at Topanga...No, really... Always fun when you actually get them into the sport and then you get the..."I get it now!" . I got back to Leo again around two and a session for myself with some fun wind swell through Leo North Beach. The mustard in the hills and wales at the kelp bed were but a few of high points of the areas beauty today. The wind really came on and started screaming later on and in came the 15 synergy after three hours in the air and up went a 9 m trix as to fly something different for the first time in a while. About this time Heidi and her friend showed up and I got Tom to jog over as my kite was in the air already, to be sure her assistant knew how to launch her synergy ten in such strong/ gusty wind. She got off ok with her friend giving the kite a mid shove accidentally and producing a momentary taco. The kites inherent stability saved the launch and Tom told her friend never to push on the kite in the middle as you might with an lei that way in the future. Heidi got a few fun waves and was jetting straight up wind. The picture above is of her setting up on a right, for a bottom turn on her 10 m synergy kite on one of the inside waves at North Beach Leo.