Kite Surfing was Brilliant!

Whoo hoo – did I have fun learning the “kite” part of kite surfing this afternoon.  J J J   A lot of the folks here on Necker are from the UK, so my new word of the week which they all use and I love it, is….BRILLIANT!  But you have to say it with a British accent to really feel the energy of it.  So when  my new UK buds asked how was it today…my response…absolutely BRILLIANT! 

We were practicing with the small kites on land this afternoon, while Richard took out to the waves in his big bejebbers kite (holy it was big!).  So interesting learning how to understand and harness the power of the wind.   I crashed a few times – but as always it was when I was “overthinking” and not just being in the moment and letting the feel of the kite guide the movements and responses – reminded me of what we should be doing in life as well!   A funny moment – one of the girls almost flew a kite into Richard and we were laughing that if you hit Richard with a kite, that might get you voted off the island!  However, Richard is such a nice man, he probably would laugh it off and praise you for your risk taking.  He has a bit of a prankster in him as well.  One of the girls that was sailing on his boat yesterday told me the story that when they were approaching shore, he asked her to come over and look at this with him – which she did and then he good naturely pushed her into the water!   

I forgot to take pictures today of the kites – I will tomorrow and post them.