SLC ’09 Snowkite Trip Day 9

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Those of us that were left on the SLC Snowkite Trip, Jason Slezak, Tekko, Petter Johnsen, Julien Fillion and myself headed to breakfast at the same great resturant as the previous day. We hung out after, to decide where our next move was, back to the back country or head back to Powder Mountain. While that was going on, I grabbed the guys and got a couple shots behind the restaurant.

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We decided to head back up into the Utah backcountry. We pumped up and grabbed a couple lifestyle shots, as there was no wind. After doing some lifestyle shots we headed to this community park to ride and shoot. Jason and Petter had some cool hits on the kickers.

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After that a storm started to roll in so we headed back up the mountain and pumped up kites again. We were able to get a couple lightwind kite shots. As a killer sunset rolled in the wind slowly died out. The sunset was a fantastic way to end the Trip. Jason, Julien and I headout from SLC tomorrow morning, and its back to Hatteras where I hear there is a pretty decent swell.

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It was an amazing trip, one that I will not soon forget. I meet a few great new friends, and meet up with old ones. We scored great conditions, 5 star shots, made my first kite expeditions, and had the best time, all on 3-4 hours of sleep a night. I’ll miss the mountains but am more than excited for a decent bed and a warm shower until next time.

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Check out the full trip here: Day1, Day2, Day3, Day4, Day5, Day6, Day7, Day8, Day9.