I was back at Tawas again this weekend, who would have thunk it? Friday I went home to hand out with my family and go out to dinner with them for a late bday dinner. Saturday Ryan Wykoff and I headed up to Tawas at 6am to go session the 10mph SE forecast. My parents came up to hangout on the beach with me too. 
Well it turned out that the thermal did not come. The clouds came in too early before it could heat up. But, it was a beautiful day so we all hung out at the beach. They also called for a 15mph S-SW wind for the night. I’ve been in search of a night session for a few months now. There was a cloudy when, 7pm came and went. 8pm the waves started up and so did the 17m and the glide. Unfortunately, my BEST 16m blew out again, what a great way to start off the night. Wykoff and I switched off kites for a while until there was enough wind for Jason’s 15m I had to borrow. The clouds cleared and the wind picked up. Wykoff and I spent the night ripping up the ponds and the lakeside for hours on end. Riding at night is something every abled kiter should experience. Rick showed up a little later and then I pulled out the camera and a spot light and filmed wykoff and rick for a half hour. We wound up riding until 3am. This session rivals the sunset session that tom and I had in hatteras. By then neither of us could hold onto the bar anymore. So we packed up and pitched our tents in the secret spot. Sunday we got up at 8:30 and pumped up again (crazy, I think so). We did a little downwinder to the parking lot where Tad pulled in with one of the best breakfasts we have had. 
The wind was just not great for a while after that. It slowly died out, so much for the 20-25 mph forecast. The beach was quite the sight with some 25+ kites pumped and ready to go. We all hung out and waited for the wind. Scotty and I almost got killed by a kite too. That was my first real brush with kite death. Luckily, I was able to hit the deck, but Scotty got hit with the lines near his neck, luckily the kite didn’t power up and he was alright. 6pm rolled around and the front moved through and the wind came up for a little session. I pumped up my only kite remaining and grabbed the glide for a little session while everyone else was pretty lit on 16s. I rode for a little then put the kite down to test out the new camera casing. I headed back home a few hours later.
