Kiteboarding today was not as successful as yesterday. We used a bigger kite. Yesterday’s kite was a “teaser,” smaller and easier to control but not powerful enough to haul me out of the water. I’ve been teased. I was able to body drag by successfully controlling today’s kite but I had too many crashes and stalls, where the kite loses it’s power and drops from the sky. Once the kite has stalled, there is no coming out of it. Worse, if it twists on the way down then your line are hopelessly twisted. No relaunch, go back to the beach and straighten things out. My vest kept coming open and the body drag put a strain on my ribs but they held without breaking. My chest is just sore.

No more Arubian kiteboarding for me this trip but I know what to work on when I get home to the land of surf. A prospective customer came up to me after my lesson. They were trying to sell him a 5 hour package. He may have been discouraged after I told him I’d been at it for 2.5 years. Better for them if I don't hang out in the kiteboarding booth.

Joel took a lesson after me and made great progress. Just a few more years and he’ll have it down pat. He can take more lessons after I leave. Joel stays another two weeks after I’m gone. He was grateful for my "tie your shorts on tight" advice. There was a young lady wearing a bikini taking a lesson after Joel. I hope she brought a spare. We didn't stay for the show, we had to get back to the boat for lunch. They could probably make more selling movies than lessons.

Not much else to report. Our new anchorge is a little too sheltered for me to sleep well but the breeze coming into my cabin through the hatch above my bed is great.

Found free wifi on the beach and Skype on the iPhone is amazing.

We're probably moving the marina tomorrow, Thursday.

Regards,

Steve & Joel