Sorry For The Delay

It has been a while since I posted anything, for that I have been remiss.
Setting up and starting a brick and mortar store is far from an easy process.
No like building a website that things can be done with a mouse click.
Now that we have the store up and running, and doing pretty well,
I need to get the website done...
The problem there is getting it to look like what I want.
The internet connection we have here at the store is weak, and attempts to upload stuff to the webhoster has been slow and difficult...
But I will press on.

Kite flying and running a business do not mix.
Too many days I am sitting here with no one to watch the store while decent 12 to 17 MPH winds grace us...
Then when I do have a day off, I am lucky to see 2 MPH.

There is nothing more pathetic than a kiteflyer standing in the open field with a stunt parafoil in hand and no wind...

Yesterday was not such a day.

We had our daughter babysit the store while we went over to the park and flew.

We took two, one the Symphony Beach 2.1 from HQ Kites as well as the Symphony TR 1.8 also from HQ Kites.

This was the second time the lady kiteflyer has had a stunt foil in hand and the 2.1 had her number.

With a decent, steady wind of about 11MPH, the Beach took to the air...

And promptly took her right out of her flipflops..

There is a important safety tip there. Good shoes are as important in kiteflying as any other outdoor activity. You don't have time to worry about your footing with 2.1 meters of stunt foil attached to your wrists.

So she ended up barefoot.
Not the best solution, but short of calling it a day...

Not that she was giving up the kite anytime soon.

The Symphony Beach kite is a great way to work out the kinks, and give ya a few more according to her this morning.

I love this kite. The park was freshly mowed, and taking a stunt foil down low in side to side pass actually kicked up grass clippings in its wake...What a hoot.

Then we got out the Symphony TR 1.4
This kite is a great way to learn the control needed for a bar controlled foil.
It is not as fast as the big Symphony, but the pull is as big.
And the relaunch ability makes for a quick jump back into the air.

They are two very different kites, for very different uses, but both are amazing flyers.

The high point of the day was two young adult males cruised by, radio thumping. They saw us flying and we overheard one say "What the hell is that" as the big 2.1 Symphony tore by in a roar of wind...

Something tells me they will be over to see us soon.