Kite flying at Half Moon Bay

By amandanoe

Today we decided to try out kite flying on Californian beaches. We drove to San Francisco to the ultimate kite store. See for yourself!


Chinatown Kites

We bought a flexifoil kite which is good practice for future kite surfing :-) . We almost got their biggest kite which had a span of 2.6m but chose to take the cheaper, more reasonably sized one to start (~2m). Our kite came with a great bag and two different kinds of handles to fly it: a bar (like the one used for kite surfing) or two separate wrist bands.

After a quick lunch on the Half Moon Bay beach (nicest beach in our area) we launched. It was awesome! Wind was great and after just about 5 min of training we were competing to see who could do the most loops in a row. Score: Amanda – 12, Noé – 15!

kite_noe.jpgOur kiteAmanda Kite

 Short movie will follow soon ! As you can see we had a good time :-)

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