Blast Kiteboarding mini Road Trip

So we had no wind forecast pretty much for the whole of the UK this past week so we thought we'd take a trip up to Mid Wales to meet up with some freinds of Sarah's. The first day was a scorcher and gave us a great chance to chill out and check the latest Blast kit from Epic Kites. There was just enough breeze to fly the kites on the beach so we had a fun few hours in the sun.



Rachel



Later we got a call from Rachel to meet up with them for a session with the wakeboard boat in the estuary, the conditions were awesome....flat water and hot! We spent the next few hours blasting about with both the doughnut and wakeboards, tired we headed back to Rachel's family place nearby for a cold beer and a well earned curry!



Sarah





Me getting my arse handed to me on a plate!



The next day was a bit overcast so we went for a "full English" in a local cafe before heading back to the estuary for a spot of Stand Up Paddlesurfing. The conditions for this were ideal...flat shallow water.

Whilst playing on these for a while the wind seemed to be picking up so I pumped up the Epic Renegade 11m which we'd heard so much about, especially it's low end wind range. Sarah took it out 1st but it was pretty light, she was just holding upwind which in itself was good especially as now the tide was rushing in and taking a lot of the ooomph out of the little wind there was.

We even managed to both be out on the SUP and kite together which was really cool. Monty even thought he'd have a go and joined me on the SUP for a closer look, his 1st time on the board.

Me, Sarah and Monty!

The Epic Renegade 9m....wow!

Gradually the wind strengthened however and we both had a play on both the Renegade's 11m & 9m. These kites are pretty stunning, not just too look at which  they most defiately are but also to fly, we had a great few hours playing in the flat water lagoons before heading back for more cold beers and bangers and mash!



Sarah Epic & Blankforce



The next morning we had to head off home to Porthcawl to meet up with Ian from Expix for a photo shoot for Blankforce Boards....more on that to follow!

Mutiny Kites W/End in S.Wales

We had the pleasure of a visit by Adam from Mutiny Kites over the weekend and we managed to bag a few sweet sessions in mega winds too.

Tom Butler...boosting 5.5m F.Series

The Mutiny 5.5m F.Series was proving the kite to be on in the testing 30-40mph winds over the w/end. This kite just eats the gusts!

B/Holiday W/end

Below is a pic of the Blast Instructors getting ready for a day of teaching!

What a great w/end, we had lessons everyday over the long w/end.

The wind looked pretty shitty but thank goodness we scored wind every day,even if we did have to travel a little.

On the Monday we had students from Bristol Uni and had a few stars in the making...one girl, India was up and looking very competant on only her second day! Pic below is India

We had a lot of students but had great help from our friend Martin Thatchel and my lovely daughter Emily Jo Rowley both BKSA Instructors!

Winds have been a little light lately, bad news when we have so many new toys to try since returning from the Mondial Du Vent last week.

Then again we have been on the Blankforce Fiction XL boards(the board on the right), WOW has been the over whelming responce. These boards get going in very little wind and even rocking upwind. Once you get past the look and size of the board everyone has been amazed by them.

I also tried extra line lengths on a 10m Zeeko kite in light winds at the weekend

and blimey, that is some power increase. 43m lines= power!

Blankforce

The 2010 Blankforce Boards are slipping through our hands like a wet kipper. We can't get them in quick enough.

Both the Advisory and the Ballistic are selling well but also the Fiction is getting a load of interest. With prices from £329 it's hardly surprising though, hell the full Carbon Ballistic is only £439!

The reaction from all who've tried them has been amazing, call us to arrange a demo!!