Day 48 of the 2015 season: Kiteboarding Harsens Island with 4 star conditions

Bonus session today - we took a gamble at Harsens on a "no parking" Sunday and got lucky.

HD Video of  HI 5 at HI

 



Given me five at the middle channel slick

Craig and I Ripping up the middle channel slick

No parking tickets issued and I had a fantastic nonstop 4 hour kite session.     
The foul weather looking start to the day keep the boaters from showing up - until the skies cleared and the summer sun warmed the atmosphere up. That's when the Boaters appeared and the wind cranked up a notch or two.
Craig, Millard, Larry, Jimbo, Pablo, Jerry and myself enjoyed the elements. The early guys got the best of it.
Kiting the slicks on 2 upwind trips and at times comfortably overpower and using that power to boost easily.
The late guys rigged 9s due to the heavy winds when they arrived. Craig started on the 12 and rigged down to 9.

TOW:    Nonstop 1100-300 session
Gear:   11M 140 board
Water Conditions:  1 foot swells at best with the butter smooth channel slicks.
Weather:  Mostly sunny 65+ degrees
Wind:  Cranking up to 30 MPH from NNE
Highlight: 2 trips to the slick
Schooled:   Boost pops in the slicks

Wind data from Mitchell's Bay