Béal - Snowkite Session 24

The first real good powder finally hit our homespots, so it was time to get the dust out of my Manta kites and snowgear and see if I still remembered how it's done! It had been since March 2010 that I hadn't touched the white stuff...

(photos by Patrick)

Man, it felt so great! Even if we only went for a 2 hour ride, it was good to be back out on the fresh snow... For me and another friend, it was the return to snowkiting after injuries, so we had a big smile at the end (I thought it even deserved a Photoshop tweak)...

Time to find a new toy!

Today I sold my RRD Type9 12m kite... I must confess I almost had a little tear in my left eye, seeing it go away with it's new owner! It was the very first kite I bought and I had a lot of great times with it.

But it's time to move on, especially since this Summer/Autumn marked my return to kiting, after almost a year off due to injury. So, I leave you with a pretty photo of my old companion (the first one I took, when I took it out of the bag for the first time!), while I go "surf" the web for my new toy!