Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Lelex - Snowkite Session 11

Some days you just feel it... With Cyril, we had a day off and, although all weather forecast pointed tobad conditions (mostly covered and ZERO wind), we said "what the hell" and decided to go explore the spot in Lelex anyway.
When we arrived, we got the ski lift to the spot (it's on top of a ski station, in the Jura mountains) and we where welcomed by the sun. But there was absolutely no wind, no even a breeze...


Cyril decided to unpack his kite anyway, while I looked at him and said: "What are you doing? You won't even get in on the air..."
But, to our astonishment, a light breeze started to blow (as if his kite was calling it) and it soon transformed into a steady wind, no too strong, but enough to start kiting around!



After a morning exploring with light winds, we took a little lunch brake under the sun and, by the end of it, the wind had picked up in force and was blowing strong. That, plus the discovery of a natural halfpipe meant a fun afternoon for the two of us!






 
Here's the GPS track of the day...

...and an unpretentious movie to give an idea of this fun spot.

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