Mark and Pamela are here for the weekend. This morning we all went and checked out the ever popular Nelson Markets. Every Saturday morning one of the largest carparks in Nelson city is transformed into a marketplace with trailer-sized stalls selling almost anything. Woodturning, pottery, jewellery, exotic foods, fruit and veg, furniture, cutom made knives, candles, ...anything!
After lunch at Sub-way, Mark and I spent a few hours this afternoon on the Wakapuaka Sanflats with all the kites we could fit in the car. Mark has an excalibur like mine, so he's no stranger to flying a two line kite... but he had never buggyied before. First we tried the Super-10 which was very fast in todays big SW wind. He got the hang of buggying in no time, and after only two or three kite crashes he was making runs at 30kph+! Not bad at all for a first timer! Then came the fun when he made his first "power-turn". That is he turned downwind with a little too much wind in his sails, and lost traction with the back wheels of the buggy. In a split second the buggy spun around, and he found himself facing the wrong way trying to steer the kite, with the lines crossed, while traveling backwards. All part of the learning curve :)
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