Yesterday we learned not to trust weather forecasts that say conditions are nice in McMurdo. Because they aren’t. By which I mean our flight was delayed again.
Ed and I spent the day starting on Ed’s dream of learning to kite surf. We took the bus out to New Brighton and visited a kite sports and appliance store (the appliances are the money maker). For our introductory lesson (on land) we mostly learned to control the kite. We also spent a little time with a board, not entirely unlike a skateboard. We achieved small spurts of wind-powered motion!

New Brighton

At the pier

Seabird
For a lunch/tide break, we took a walk around

Ed controls the kite

Going low

Practice moving with the kite

Concentration

I wait to launch

A modicum of control

Our instructor, Peter, tests the sand
And makes it look easy

Ed launches
For his turn on the board

Gets the kite under control

Mounts

Prepares to generate some power

And goes!

My turn

Practicing getting power
While (sometimes) not losing control of the kite

Slowly improving

Time for the board

I go a little!
Not fast or far, due to low wind and lack of skill

Revocery
Getting the kite back under control, after ditching the board
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