Outer Keys

Another shot relating to yesterday's post published in the latest Kiteboarding Magazine. Even though we did this shoot back in October I just got to fly the new RPM kite myself this weekend for the first time. Amazing power and stability. Selling my quiver of REV's to update now. So totally stoked.

It's amazing how far kite design has come. Each year the improvements dramatic- 7 years ago when I began kiting each session started with butterflies of uncertainty, not sure how it would end. Would you dump your kite and have to self rescue in front of an oncoming barge, get dragged 20 yards underwater while your kite death spiraled above... even perhaps just loose the kite entirely due to the bar or line snapping? I think those early days really made all kiteboarders a family- having to deal with the consequences and unknowns of a dangerous sport in it's infancy. Everyone really respected one another. I think that as much as the adrenaline rush that kept me coming back day after day, smack-down after beat-down.

Kiting has certainly become alot easier but hell you won't see me complaining. I'm too busy wondering how this whole thing will end up. Like the early years and the uncertainty to a session finish, there is a wonder in me to see how far it goes, where people individually take it. The progression to me really is the driving force now. Progression in style both from the riders perspective, and the photography. 

Coffee's gone time to wrap it up. Peace.