Kite Boarding - trip four to the Puddle

I bought a 15M Cabrinaha Kite and Airush board from Silent Sports - why? Kiting is so safe now and my two new windsurf waveboards have not been wet once in over two months... something needed to be done!!!
Venue: The Puddle (back bay at Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia)
Day 4 at The Puddle, always enough wind and with an even depth of about 3 feet, is at least a kilometer wide and over the same in length. Also a very soft bottom to cushion any wipeouts. Nice sea grass for rigging. And no access for spectators except via a 50 meter walk on soft tidal grass so... the place is ours! Has to be one the best beginner spots in the world!

Finally went both ways on my Airush board AND did my first power slide turn in the fakey direction! Also an off the wind speed run. The board was difficult to control on the chop - 6 inch chop!! So I know I was going fast!!
It is so great to be learning a new sport. I flew the kite 3 feet off the water just out ahead of me. It actually caught on the surface a few times but I kept it in the air. That single off the wind run was an amazing moment - I am sure it was longer but it seemed to happen so quickly and was over in what felt like a moment. Time compression or what!! What happens if I explode at speed hooked in? With Kite flying would I get dragged?? Or launched? I was going quite fast on the water on a broad reach - impressive sport kiting- had no idea of the speed potential of kites!

Thanks to Dave Beck for the $500 worth of free kite boarding lessons. Just knowing of the Puddle has saved me and kite too from injury/damage. Recent pic of Dave at The Range, our point break wavesailing venue which is just down the road from Lawrencetown. Very tired and sore today but lovin' it! Gary