What a day! We woke up and the wind was blowing 20 knots. Time to go kiting. Joe and Christy took the dinghy out to shore which was super close to where we were anchored. I went for a little kayak ride to meet them where the kiting adventures began. Shortly after Christy launched, Joe and I met some world class kiters. They were truly amazing and only a video could describe their amazingness. Anyway, after watching all of this kiting action I decided to give it a go. Joe and Christy were teaching me the basics of flying a kite... I had the 7m going because Sky's trainer kite was ripped up earlier in the day. Joe and Christy launched the little kite for me and couldn't have been better teachers. Well, Joe could have been. I accidentally caught a huge gust of wind and flew a ways through the air with Joe hanging onto my back trying to pull me back down. Usually bringing someone down is considered a party foul or major drag. I needed this kind of pull me down! So Joe backhanded me in the process and now we have this joke going about how I've been put in my place and slapped in the face. All in good fun :) But watching these kiters jump 15ft easily and land over and over again was so entertaining. I know Joe and Christy will be there soon. They've passed the learning curve and hopefully (with their instruction) I'll be kiting and screaming through the water with them. Today gave a whole new meaning to "let's go fly a kite."

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