Powder in October - Snowkite Session 34

It's not often we can say that the snow season has started, when we're still in October! But a huge depression, accompanied by very low temperatures and a lot of precipitation, had as result a huge snowfall in some parts of the Alps, last weekend.
The winds were also very strong, so higher and more exposed spots didn't benefit from this, but some protected areas of the Vercors mountains got as much as 60 cm of fresh powder, something rare, not only for this time of the year, but also for some of the spots in question!
So, seeing a forecast of sun and some wind for monday, I had to go with some friends to get the dust of the Winter gear and officially kick off the snow season for 2012-2013...

We chose to go to Lans en Vercors, a small spot, but with a nice hill to go up and down and particularly well oriented to accumulate the heavy snow falling on the previous days. And the choice was a winner, with so much snow that I didn't even scratch my snowboard (which is very common on those first sessions of each Winter) and could even enjoy some refreshing powder slashes while speeding downhill!

While most of the guys around were kiting, one decided to fly over our heads, but at the end everybody was wearing the same big smile over their faces (as you can guess from my Instagram picture below). Welcome back Winter!

Short session back home...

There's still some more to write and show about my trip to Mauritius, but I haven't had the time to go through all the photos and videos, since I've been 2 weeks in Turkey and one in Portugal since then...
In Turkey I wasn't kitesurfing, even if I spotted some good potential in the Bozborum and Datça peninsulas (the locals told me it only works well in the hot Summer days, since it's mostly thermal winds). But, back home in Portugal to visit the family, I was hoping to get some good sessions! I always manage to get some days of good conditions, but this time I wasn't so lucky...

It was the Indian Summer in Santa Cruz, a great spot near where my parents live, with temperatures over 20 degrees Celsius in the first days of October, which is nice, but the wind was turning and weak all the time. I only managed to get a small 2 hours session, with a light southern wind (that was actually fun, since the normal direction here is north to northwest). Still, it was nice to be back on the water, to get my new surfboard wet and only sharing the waves with my little brother! Better luck next time...