Tommie, Eric and I pulled into Ramp 23 today at lunch. It was blowing 25 SSW and it was WARM! I Pumped up the kite and ran the lines, put my wetsuit and harness on. As I was walking to my lines, I look over to see my kite catch air and start flying down the beach. Great!
I booked it for about a half mile, before I couldn’t breath in my harness and wetsuit. Looked back waiting for one of the guys to grab a truck and floor it down the beach. It took them a bit to secure their own kites, but then Tommie came to my rescue. I grabbed the kite and later found there was an inch rip in the canopy so I called it a session and headed back to work (with a couple cool drinks for the after session relaxation). 
