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Well it was about time that we had the perfect combination of wind and weather. Summer finally showed up at our doorstep and I was determined to spend July 4th in a windy spot. I got up at 5:30am slowly pushing myself out of bed after about 15minutes. The goal was to be on the road by 6:15am. I got up slowly and the car was already loaded but I just got into the car after brushing my teeth, deoderized and washed my face. Said my morning prayers asking for wind and for a full day. Hit the road went through the tunnel when I realized I forgot Bob's new bar so I turned around to go get it.

I just got out of the car from two days of utterly abusing myself. I didn't help plan this weekend at all, but I mooched a fantastic time. I wanted to say some big thank you's to some of the major contributers that I saw.

First off, a big thanks to the Ozone Crew. Pat and Kara were a blast to hang out with, and they drove us around in the Cloud 9 camper. They pumped kites to check out even though there was no wind. We were sad to see them leave on Sunday, but looking forward to a few more days with them up by Boston. They drank out beer. They danced.

"I'm skyrocket and I'm an addict!"

Is there a 12 step program for kite addiction?
Maybe we could expand on this topic...

You know you are kite addicted when......

1) You go into a catonic state when trees start to blow..think of the movie
The Happening!

2) You have a petit mal and froth at the mouth when you see white caps.

3) You sleep on a the back porch at Hatteras and actually don't mind.

4) You are excited when a random German knocks your bumper off so you can stay an extra week to kite.

So the season is officially on here in New England waters! Last year at this time a group of MASSkiters got together and decided that there was something that made us special in regard to the kiteboarding scene. Prior it seemed that it was hard to know when people were going kiting and for that we had less opportunities to kite with support. We did not have a centralized place to chronicle our epic kite adventures either. But we decided that if we pulled togther as a team we could then start to provide better resources to a new community.

I write this on my trusty iPhone as I take the bus down to the cape. I wish the forecast didn't change. I was excited about riding all week with the way the wind looked. For all of you who didn't hear, I got a good sized tear in my brand new kite while riding at Winthrop the other day. Sucks, but it happens. Now I can send 2 kites off to Florida to get them fixed at the same time. And as if I needed another reason to get a new kite