Hardwater Kiter

What does a 7000 mile road trip in late summer have to do with kiting? Well, not a whole hell of a lot I admit but there are some kites involved. Kite buggies vanishing into thin air in the desert on the Cal/Nev. border, Peter Lynn Venom 2's flying over petrified dunes in Moab and some dirty kite deals made with some questionable characters in the dark, seedy corners of northern Minnesota. We drove an electric roller skate, dodged tornadoes, forest fires, and floods. Add a broken spatula handle and Molly's appetite for lamb's brains and entrails and you have a pretty interesting story right? Interesting? I can't really make that judgment. It seemed interesting while we lived it but you'll have to make up your own mind. First a brief explanation on how the trip came to be. Molly's sister Lora came home from Pahrump NV to have a her baby. Lora drives a Toyota Prius which, after driving the "car" back to Nevada, I've decided it is less of a car and...

Photo by Curtis Savard Photography  Okay before anyone jumps all over me I know. I know I said I was going to stay on top of this blog through the summer. I know I said I'd do gear reviews and a photo segment and other stuff. What can I say?, I dropped the ball. Some things came up this summer that had me preoccupied. Some things fell through, I didn't get on the water like I wanted and didn't get to do a bunch of other stuff and as a result I missed out on some sweet summer blog entries. (sigh) I guess that's just the way it goes. The best I can do at this point is say I'm sorry, I suck, and I'll try to do better this time around. Besides, there's a bit of time before the season starts here so there is still time to do some of the things I promised. I want to do a photo installment to recap last season. I want to do a gear review or two of the stuff I use to participate in this nonsense. I want to do an installment about some of my views on snow kiti...