Vision Kiteboarding Magazine Issue Three | Page 29

A few days later, on a very cloudy and cold day Vince mentioned there was a chance of it blowing south west. That could be our only chance to ride that spot during our stay there so we headed to the beach. The wind was really light barely enough to ride but we still gave it a try. Drove the uHaul as close to the cliffs as possible and carried the pipe and legs on knee deep water all the way out there. It was very tricky to secure the pipe on the cliff. It was slippery and we were balancing it with a little rock we found. We went back to the truck and although we could tell it wasn’ t windy enough I still decided to pump up my 14.5m Vegas and give it a try. To hit a set up like this you want to be powered and able to get more power out of your kite instantly in case anything goes wrong. There were a few puffs of wind and I was riding back and forth approaching the rail but I couldn’ t get enough speed. I stuck around for quite a while, Craig even pumped his own kite and tried for a bit but there wasn’ t enough wind for us to feel confident enough to hit it