Some big winds were had at a place up in Northumberland called Budle Bay today. With the tail winds of hurricane Katia hitting the U.K for the second day, what else would/could you do apart from go and have a kitesurf.......

Had the 5.5m Kahoona prepared for battle and boy did she perform! Winds were very strong and was recording 40 - 50mph with the odd gust of 57.4mph!!

This is what we got......





Some of the action!

Looks like you had a great day for it.

Ended up being pretty squally down here by redcar, so i gave it a miss. The gusts were hitting 60 odd again, so didn't fancy it on my 7.5m

Tommorrow, lookin pretty good though, bit more managable 12m weather!!!

Ross

class pics andrew, who was behind the lens ?

Is that RPM an 8m ?
thats some seriouse topend for an 8m kite, 40-50mph with 50+ gusts

excellent photos ! like the ones with the kite in the photos,was somebody in the water taking the photos or on the beach

jamie501 wrote:class pics andrew, who was behind the lens ?

Is that RPM an 8m ?
thats some seriouse topend for an 8m kite, 40-50mph with 50+ gusts

Sergio Borg was taking the pics, the guy in the green wetsuit (dont think you have met him yet).

it was an epic day, thought it would have been too much on my 5.5m but the kite was only half depowered. Borg was on a 6m rpm.

mick oliver wrote:excellent photos ! like the ones with the kite in the photos,was somebody in the water taking the photos or on the beach

Aye, Borg was in the water when there was some awesome boosting to be had!

Cracking pics them like!