Lessons learned, and tips for learning to KiteBoard. Buy a trainer kite, and go to the park / beach: First, buy a trainer kite, and get very good at flying it. If you can’t keep it up in the air for an hour, how are you going to stay out on the water for an hour, with a bigger, stronger kite, a board, current and swell? Practice diving the kite from the zenith (neutral), and signing it to 6 o’clock and back up to the top. Work on one side, then the other. Also try to fly the kite toward the “Edge of the wind window”, and hold it there very long without dropping it out of the sky. Very hard to do with a trainer kite, but this is how you launch and land a big kite. And the people who are helping you probably appreciate it if you have good kite control.

My wife and mother in law said I should begin blogging. I don’t know what they are thinking. Most of my family, friends and co-workers know I am the worst at grammar and spelling. My English teacher would laugh at the thought. Well, ill give it a go, as I do have a bit of insomnia. I should start writing down some of these thoughts. To cut to the chase, what is this blog about? It will be about the Northern California Experience: Work (c# coding), Wine, Adventure, and Travel. Ill post all of our weekend getaways and links to information about the areas. If anything, it will be a diary our kids and family can read.