My wife wanted to spend her 40th Birthday down in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, kiteboarding, paddling and partying.We reached out to Trip Forman of REAL for help and he linked us up with a rental agency for a place to stay and stoked my wife out with her first kiteboarding lesson.
The "Tri-cities" area, Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo, of the Outer Banks (OBX) is world renowned for great kiteboarding and REAL has a world class facility with an amazing staff.
What an outstanding way to break from the winter blues. We caught the back end of a nice swell and there were some good waves out in the Atlantic. When the swell died off we had a couple of really fun downwind SUP paddles on the bay side. Anne dug the little blue 10' Jimmy Lewis SUP Surf and the gang at REAL made me a deal I couldn't refuse. (I WILL be "borrowing" that gift when the conditions are right!)
My only regret was that we couldn't take pictures of everything we experienced while we played.
We are back home in Virginia and we got word that the fleet of 12'6" JL Distance boards arrived the day after we left the OBX. The SUPER Series will be kicking off the first weekend in May with the Buckroe Beach ECORA race and I can't wait. This weekend will offer an opportunity to try out the new rides at a fund raiser for a local tributary sustainment paddle. The Lynnhaven River Challenge is all about bringing awareness to the plight of our local waterways and we will have the JL Distance boards there for demos.
Stand-by for the first performance reports...
Aloha,
DRD
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