Besides from the artsy parts of my trip I have also brought my kite gear. I wanted to learn it again after my brain hemorrhage. I am still no where as good as I was before but I am progressing way faster then first time I learnt it. I am now at the stage where I can do a ’jibe’ it is turning directions by the means of a downloop. I can also go upwind, not as effectively as before but still adequate. I cannot jump safely, but it is only a matter of days. My biggest problem is controlling my left leg when in the water and squeezing my feet into the straps. You have to jiggle your foot to get it in there properly, and I am shit at that with my left foot. Also my leg gets fatigued faster and starts trembling but only after hours of kiting, so I can’t really complain. I think I have reached the stage of ’best it can get’. I am in really good shape, I do hours of sport everyday and have done so for the last 2 months. I have barely seen any progress with my leg the last 3 weeks My balance is better than ever I think, but I could definitely have a more precise control of movement and the speed is not as good as before. Also when I am walking in sand after a session I can feel the foot-lifting-reflex is very fatigued. Anyway, it is just personal interest, it is splitting hairs. I have made it my hobby.
The wind is pretty gusty compared to a lot of other places I have kited. No where near the gustyness of the cold fronts of northern Europe though. Yesterday was the most wind so far – around 20 knots.
I have seen a sea turtle going up for air, and I have seen a fish jump. Not a really big fish my guess is 50 cm and 5/6/7 kg. It looked like a wahoo. Yesterday I was out with my 7m kite as I had ripped the 10m. I had enough wind and it was awesome.
I am getting really tanned, not bad for April.