Author: Bryan Elkus

Gabrielle rolled through this weekend. Friday was very light but we tried to kite on the southside but we failed miserably. Saturday was a blast. I started the day off with a downwinder from avon pier to the Hotels. Nick, dave and the guys from Santa Cruz came along for the trip. It was a great downwinder, NE winds at 18-13 and wave that were chest to over head. We were all pretty worked by the end of the down winder. We took a break for lunch/breakfast. Tommie called me up and said they were headed to the southside. We rode down at the washout ocean side. The winds were pretty offshore which made for some very nicely shaped waves. I was very underpowered on a 10m Bularoo and could barley make it up wind so I headed in until Matt was done riding the 12m 08 Havoc and took it for a spin. It’s a great kite and I scored a fun little session on it. The wind started getting flukey so I headed back north and went to Kite Poin tto meet up with some of the REAL Coaches. Nate, Ryan, Steve and JoJo were out killing it at the point. We wound up riding there until dark.

Sunday the storm was suppose to hit so I turned on the Weather Channel to check the waves. I see their reporting from the Frisco pier. So dave, Zack and I head down there for a little kite session. The wind was SE (side on shore) when I was heading down there, but by the time I got to the pier the wind shifted to SSE (straight on shore). We decided to head out to promote REAL. Well it worked Dave and I were interviewed on TWC. Since the wind was not good there we headed to The Cove to meet up with the rest of the crew. It seemed like everyone was there: Greg, Lane, Pam, Tommie, George, Jay, Matt and tons more. I put up a 7m and a surfboard and got blown off it. I then took out a wakeboard and got blown off that. I called it a day and took pictures for the rest of the day. It was another fantastic weekend.

Lane Du Pont put this video together while at The Cove on Sunday:

Weekend Wrap up

REAL Kiteboarding hosted another free demo this weekend. I headed to where the action was, Kite Point. There was a great turn out. Everyone had a great time trying out new gear and riding all day long both days. After hanging out at KP for the morning I headed to the Lighthouse for some wave action in the afternoon. It was great to ride and see everyone this weekend. It kinda felt like a kiting reunion.

Photos taken by Greg Waller

Last night I went out for round third on Night shooting. I really enjoyed taking photographs at night capturing the night sky. This time I ventured past my back yard and headed to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. I wanted to capture this shot since I started to play with this kind of photography. The moon was completely full which made the exposures go much more quickly. I was outshooting for a good 2-3 hours and came back with a couple decent shots. Below is a composition of 6 of my favorites from the night. More images can be found on my Flickr site.

Weekend Wrapup

Friday: Friday I finally meet Aaron Sales of SBC Kiteboarding Magazine in person. We have been in Email contact for a long time, so it was nice to get to meet him face to face. This was the weekend of surfing. Im getting pretty stoked on surfing now that I can catch waves instead of just sitting in the lineup. That night after wook Zack and I surfed the Light house for a short but good session.

Saturday: Was my best session of surfing ever. I rode for over 2 1/2 hours of shredy goodness. I headed out to the Hotels around 9 after checking the Lighthouse. After seeing the 40+ surfers packed at the lighthouse I figured the Hotels would be the call. As I was pulling out Nuzzi past me. He pulled off at the Hotels too. Aaron was with him too. Arron took out the 11’ SUP, Nuzzi was on the 6’5 Chamber and I rode the 8’0 Destroyer. It was so cool to watch aaron an intermediate surfer out charging on the SUP for the first time. Not only was having a great time, but he was scoring some of the biggest waves of the day. The waves were shoulder high and very fun. Later Zack showed up, then Trip and then Dave. We had a good crew having a great time. I switched Zack for the 5’10 fish and was actually able to get a half dozen waves on it. Now im pretty excited about riding that board. The fishes turn so much better than the destroyers. We took a break and napped and what not and then headed back to the hotels for another surf session.

Sunday: scored a short surf session at the Hotels again. I got pounded hard in the beach break, which im still recovering from. Then got in a quick kite session with Lane, Pam and Dave just north of the Cove. It was an exhausting but very fun weekend.

Well I made it home for a few days this last week. I drove Samantha back to Mi. We got it on Wednesday afternoon. We had a BBQ with her family. After that we headed to the bar to hang out with some friends. I got to catch up with Jason Wiener after his long stint in Israel. We left early the next morning to head up to Tawas MI. For the Great Lakes Kiteboarding event. It was a great event full of lots of kiting good times and good friends. Ryan, Heather and I made the cover of the Bay City Times. Thursday’s Wind was off and on but all had a good time. Friday was an Epic session in the Tawas pools. We scored half the day on our 13m kites and the second half on the smallest kite you could find. My parents, sister and uncle came up to hang out on Saturday. We had a good time hanging out on the beach playing with trainer kites and talking. Sunday had no wind either so we headed home for a great dinner then it was back to Hatteras (which was an adventure in its self.

last 5 Pictures by: Richard Manner

It was another fun weekend in Cape Hatteras. This weeks adventures included kiting, surfing and partying. Whats new?

Friday, I went surfing with Zack and his brother Luke at the Hotels after work. The waves were a little mushy, but I had a terrific session on the JL 9’1”. After a little we headed over to the Lighthouse to check the break out there. It was bigger but closed out quick. We paddled out and surfed there for a while then called it a night.

Saturday, Started of with an AM session in Frisco getting pounded but big surf. I meet up with Dave, Zack, Luke, and Tommie for that session. When I pulled up to the bath house I walked over the dune to see Tommie going for a huge one, and after a ridiculously long ride and a bunch of turns I thought it was going to be another great session. But after getting pretty worked and only catching a single wave I called it and headed in. I then headed to the light house to find no wave, but wind. So Nick and I rode there for a couple hours then it was Party time! Real Kiteboardings’s 6th Anniversary party was Saturday night. We took a coach from Buxton to Nag’s Head where we boarded a boat that took us to dinner in Manteo. It was quite the party and everyone had a great time.

Sunday, We headed to Frisco to surf. To our surprise there was a very fun but very small wave that kept us entertained all day. Tommie, Genna, Samm, Dave, Mike and a couple others hung out at the beach all day long surfing. It was a blast, especially because the weather was so nice and the humidity dropped. That night Samm and I stayed up to watch the comet show. Although we only saw a few comets I had the chance to snap a couple cool shots.