First Instructional Up on my website

Check out my NEW Instructional page on my website!
I will add new "lessons/tips" regularly. 
Feel free to let me know if you would like to see a specific one.

Foilboarding 105

Fun Times in PR: Today was a light day in PR, so again, perfect for me to keep on trying the foil board!  It's really starting to get fun, but still feel like I am on a roller coaster. On my 5th time taking it out now! It's funny because it feels like learning on how to kiteboard all over again!  The first time I tried it, I could barely put the board on my feet! Oh and also, I am pretty sure I'll steel legs with it! 

Foilboarding 102

Wind at about 10 knots, flat ocean.... hum let me think: let's take out the FOIL!!! Antoine and Phil at Kitesurfpr have one, so I went for it.
I tried it out yesterday for the 2nd time (1st time was ... a long time ago), and actually had a lot of fun.  It took me a little while just to figure out how to put my feet on the things!, and then how to go straight... but I eventually got it.  I also had to go for shorter runs because of the reefs inside the bay!  Now I just have to learn how to get it out of the water, and keep it hovering there... instead of just climbing and then crashing!

Merry Christmas

I wish every one a Merry Christmas,

and a 

Happy New Year!!!

... and that we all get great kiting and surfing conditions in 2010!!!

America's Cup sailing

I was  lucky to go sailing today on one of the America's cup boats in the Auckland Harbor.  The 2 hours sailing went by really fast.  The sails are huge (205 sq. meters for the main sheet, and 400 for the spi!), and the whole boat is just amazing.

I had a really good time here in Auckland with my sisters, and the local kiteboarding crew.  It is now time to go back to Puerto Rico: home sweet home, waves and good bye wetsuit!

Rangitoto Volcano

My trip in New Zealand is coming to its end, and I am leaving tomorow.  As a good tourist, I took a day trip to the Rangitoto volcano in the center of the Auckland bay. The view was absolutely stunning from up there!

Raglan

Raglan is on the west coast about 2 hours away from Auckland.  There are 2 spots: the wave and the flat water one.  We kited at the flat water which is a river mouth with a lot of current.  The current was opposite to the wind, and pretty fun to just sit in the water and start going upwind! 

The weather was pretty bad when we arrived, but soon cleared up and the wind got steady around 20 knots: big jumps on my 9m. My sisters and I were able to all kite together...it's pretty rare, and we really enjoyed it.

Later on, we went to checked out the surf spot... but I decided to stay out of the water.  Too much current for me!