Day
2 (Sunday February 20th, 2005)
Sunday was a beautiful sunny day but
again, the wind was offshore, light and variable. The demonstration area
was, however, very good due to some snow fall the night before. The wind
was very light and team could only kiteski with the largest kites available for
the event. The riders have done an excellent job flying the kites in such
a light wind condition and both the Tempest and the Patriot flew very well
(being larger, the Tempest behaves slightly better in such light condition).
The crowd was larger on Sunday than
on Saturday. Also, there was a grand stage set up next to the Kite
Demonstration area and that has drawn a very large crowd watching the
stage
and the kiters at the same time.
Even thought the wind was not perfect
for both days, the Kite Demonstration Event was a major success. Many
people has seen and watched the kiter up close, touched and felt the kites and
other equipment. NCC and Kitesurfingschool.org has already planned for the
next year Winterlude Kite Demonstration Event and couple years after.
Arrived at Kite
Camp early Sunday morning
The riders (Brent,
Peter and Andrew) unloaded the equipment
2 Tempest kites got
pumped up and ready for test runs
(Note how good the
snow coverage is!)
The early skaters
studied the custom-made Kitesurfingschool.org school kite
Jim and Andrew
answered questions from the early crowd
The Kite Demo was
on!
The early skaters
watched the kite demo from the Kite Camp
The Kite Demo was
on!
More skaters came
in the Kite Camp area to take a closer look
(Note the Blue
Tempest high on the sky that has attracted many skaters)
More skaters were
on the way to the Kite Camp!
Andrew tried to
compete his Tempest kite against the Remax Hot Air Balloon
And Jim tried to do
the same
An interested
skater checked out one of the Patriot demo kites
The grand stage
next to the Kite Demonstration area
The show was on!
Ice sculpture at
the grand stage
Andrew did a demo
with a Tempest just next to the grand stage
(the grand stage
was in the background)
Andrew did a
surface handle pass next to the grand stage
Barbara Underhill
(the lady on the left),
former World
Skating Champion was on the grand stage
View of the Kite
Demonstration area from the grand stage crowd
Jim answered
questions back at the Kite Camp with a beautiful Patriot kite in the background
Peter did a demo
run next to the grand stage
More skaters still
came in the Kite Camp even the show was on at the grand stage!
Brent went for a
demo run with the Patriot near the grand stage
Brent did a surface
handle pass with the Patriot
Fannie from NCC
came (the lady on the left hand side of the kite),
congratulated
the rider team and planned for the next year event!
Many thanks to
Fannie for making this happened!
The 2005 Winterlude
Kite Demonstration Team
Hung, Jim, Brent,
Andrew and Peter
We will be back
next year!
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