17 degrees, winds blowing 20mph, a foot of snow. Heaven!

It's be an interesting couple of days around here lately. We got hit by the storm that rolled through the midwest and got almost s foot of snow at home and more in other places. There's no ice to be had yet so were riding in the fields which is okay but getting to them is a bit of a project. Thursday Molly and I went to meet up with our new friend and future kiting addict Ron Wold up at his home in Wonalancet. We met Ron and Vickie out on Choco last season just after a session. They live on a farm with one of the best fields around for riding west winds and offered us private access in exchange for a quick intro kiting lesson. 

 After almost a full year of trying to get together we met up with Ron last Thursday.   We got to the farm about 1:00 in the afternoon and the winds were really REALLY gusty.  The surface conditons looked great and I headed out on our Peter Lynn 8m Venom 2 to cruise around the fields and get an feel for the surface and how the winds were going to treat us.

Once out I found myself to be a little underpowered on the 8m and would have been better off on the 10m Synergy but I didn't have it with me. In about an hour the winds were getting dirtier and even more punchy so after a while I decided to bag it for the day.  Ron showed up and Molly got him up to speed on flying.  I was the "kite bitch" meaning I helped roll the thing over, untangled bow ties etc. while  Molly did the important stuff. Ron took to flying like he'd been it doing it most of his life.



The winds were blowing around 18mph gusting to mid 30's.
 Not the kind of conditions you want to learn to ride in but good conditions if you want a crash course in kite handling.  A few times Ron put the kite in a the wrong spot at the wrong time but there were no issues and he got the kite to drag him.
I can't wait until Ron gets up on skis.  He and Vickie are blessed with living in such a sweet location not to mention how close they are to kiting lakes.
 
After a mechanical issue popped up with the Frenzy we decided to call it for the day and head over to the farm for a cup of hot tea.

The adventure continues....


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