
This was my favorite day at Torrey Pines on the record.
The wind speed was perfect. 15 MPH. The direction of the wind was NW. So it was a little cross.

On of the cool things about this sport is that you rely on the weather in order to have a good time.

In this pic you see a student learning to kite with a small wing.

I love the fact that you can launch from the ground flying an airplane that you carried in a backpack.

This sport is a game changer with out a doubt.
So many times I am looking at live differently. It really is what it feels like to be a bird.

Today I am going to practice landing on this box.

The wind is a little strong for this to be an easy feat.

We share the air with Hanglider pilots, and RC planes.

@allenthoe was doing a SAT in this picture.

Lets get back to the practice.

I was getting closer every attempt.

You have to watch out because there are aircraft everywhere.

At this point I was telling Tony that one of the other guys landed at the beach. The wind direction was too cross.

There were only a couple places were the wind direction was strait up the face.

I was using every bit of the lift to stay aloft.

Lets take another shot at the goal.

Amazing views.

At one point in the video I was levitating.

Levitation happens when your airspeed meets your groundspeed and the lift is 250ft per minute.
Its a dangerous maneuver because you are deep in the brakes and dangerously close to stall point.

It feels so cool tho.

At this point I was about to land on the box.

On my seventh attempt I got it.

@allenthoe blocked me on this one.

This was my first wing bump mid air.

I really feel like I learned a lot durning this flying trip.

It was not easy but I landed it.

I did my first wing slide.

It looks cool in the video.

See Video Below
Sweet! Can I do it? Let me get back to ya on that.
Is it too hard to land on a particular place? Seems that way. Good luck on your new training.
Its is a bit hard to spot land when the wind is strong and gusty. Its a great time to learn tho.
oh...I see...
Awesome photography sir.
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