After deciding to take up kiteboarding 18 months ago I set myself some goals:
1. Learn to stay upwind quickly so I can start from a point and return to that point, pack up and come home injury free....Done
2. Learn some basic tricks, backrolls, rotational transitions, kiteloops etc....Done
3. Progress from flat water to the surf and do some downwinders.....Done
After having ridden in the surf approx. 12 times, with 3 of those being downwinders, I can truly say I have done what I set out to achieve meeting some great like minded people along the way. I met up with 3 of those people this morning at kfc to do my third downwinder from Broadbeach back to kfc. There are not enough superlatives to describe the session we had today .
To cruise along the best coastline in the world boosting off the lips of 2 metre waves and carving up and down those same waves is my idea of euphoria. I will never take this part of the world that I live in for granted. Thanks Rory, Andre and Kate for a great day, lets do it again soon .
To everyone else, I hope you achieve your goals! I'm off to set some more for myself.
Good winds to all.