Wind - 15knots max 19. (gusty as hell)
Kite - Ozone C4 10m
Conditions - chop and small waves
Aim - to get to know the spot and wind
So when I went to explore the spot yesterday I was amazed at how big the bay actually is. I am not sure why but I had envisaged it was smaller than it is. I made myself at home in the Club Mistral and then got out on the water for about 3 hours in total (with a lunch break in between to have some food and a cold beer). The water here is colder than the Canaries in the morning so the advise of the summer suit is to be taken, not like me who is kiting in a pair of wetsuit shorts and a rash vest! After an hour my feet were cramped with cold and also probably due to the lack of kiting I had done over the previous 2 weeks!! I had a good hour out on the waves and practised a few jumps here and there and to be honest just enjoyed toying with the smaller waves and getting some good pop of them, they are much more fun and consistant here than in Lanzarote.
After Lunch I went back into the water for about 2 hours and followed the same line with the progress. I was gutted to not get any space to practise the tricks that I have learned as the Moroccan locals seemed enamoured by a female kiter and would not stay out of my way!!
I came in for a break and some water and got chatting to an English guy who was using the locker next to me. I know his face from somewhere and I couldn't quite place it. It came to me eventually that I think I went to school with him but I wasn't sure. After a short while him and his GF were ready to launch on the beach so I offered my help, and whilst doing so braved asking the question...... "Don't I know you from somewhere? Did you go to Wycliffe? Daniel Ridgeway isn't it?" As it turned out it was him and my memory for faces had yet again surpassed me! They both went kiting and I ended up helping his HF who, god love her, was insistent on trying to kite in about 12knots on a 9m. It failed but she did very well. Good fun for me and great practise for her. We eventually had a few drinks after and agreed to meet for dinner. It was a very good meal in a local fish restaurant on the harbour, the food was amazing and although it was expensive in local terms it wasn't for what we would have paid in England. It was amazing to catch up on the school gossip and have someone to eat with for a change.
Until tomorrow. No wind forecasted so a lazy day for the next 2 days. Fingers crossed the wind comes back soon, as travelling here alone is a little lonely.
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