This Women’s advanced clinic in cooperation with Sandy Parker and Kiteopia was scheduled for Sherman Island, but as the forecast did not look to promising we had to show how spontaneous kiteboarders are…
So instead of meeting up on Sherman Island we send out a little shout to all the participating girls that we would meet up on 3rd Ave instead. Quite far away from the original spot I was quite happy that 13 of the originally 22 registered girls still showed up and was actually happy that we ended up with a smaller group, as I had never kited 3rd Avenue before and found the spot safer with less people.
Happy that we actually found wind in a kind of weird weather pattern, we did not really care that the wind was still kind of light and after a first little welcome meeting at the parking lot we all took our big kites to the upwind launch.
Everyone prepared their gear and to make it interesting for everyone and each level we went ahead with a little demonstration on the water. While we had asked the girls in advance which trick they wanted to work on it was now on me to demonstrate one move after the other and Sandys job to explain the different steps and points of the moves. It worked out well and everyone was super excited to now go out and try these moves too!
So everyone went kiting together for about 2 hours, with Sandy and I following the girls, giving pointers on the water until the wind finally dropped so much that we could not keep going anymore.
For me it was just great to meet all these girls kiters from the Bay Area and a lot of fun to see how motivated they got and how much they enjoyed each other! I really hope to be back next year for another clinic in cooperation with Kitopia and Sandy on SHERMAN ISLAND! 🙂
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