SNOWkite UTAH - In a BLIZZARD My partner Saar and I were honored to team up with Jeff Kafka, Chip Wasson and Steve Gibson - 3 kiters who recently accomplished a FIRST - the first ever to kite the mongo waves at Mavericks to lead a band of entrepreneurs on a snowkiting expedition to snowkite Utah — in a blizzard… kiting in 4 feet of fresh snow. The day’s already been described in posts from

Jesse Richman’s 22 Second Jump - 7 kite loops Big Air Wind Jam was held at San Francisco’s Crissy Field last weekend. On Saturday, Jesse Richman had an ASTOUNDING 22 second jump. I talked to Jessie about it - his remarkable hang time was driven by 7 kite loops, 4 right, 3 left. Here’s some footage:

Storm Winds Whip Bay Area - Christmas kiting A winter storm rolled through the SF Bay area just after Christmas this year. Wind speeds held steady along the coast at 50+ MPH, with waves nominally 20 to 27 feet. Gusts in the Tahoe Ski area were reported at 90 - 115 MPH at ridge tops! All this made for a windy day inside the bay as well. In the morning, 3rd was blowing 40 knots with gusts