Fall back, spring forward!

So it is time to start turning the clocks back for winter already. I have had a great fall with hiking, biking, skating, and kiting. All around Utah this fall. Skyline Drive is beautiful in the fall. But watch out for those crazy hunters! Or at least wear orange when you hike!!

I also had a really fun session at Utah Lake with Billy Bordy and Salvador. Sal and Billy were bustin sweet moves over the tall green islands of reeds. I only had my surf board so the chop at Utah Lake was amazing with big smooth rollers to slash and spray. Thanks to Mark Johnson for bearing the fridged cold air and water to take pictures of us!

It was a great session after working in the office for a couple of weeks. I am so glad this is the start of my trip to South Padre Island, Texas. From cold water to warm water for the next month. As the season changes in the Mountains, I hope there will be 2 feet of snow by the time I get back!!

Peace

Patrick Nedele
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Kite Skate Sess.

So I read on kite forum earlier this week if kiteboarding will be as popular as skateboarding. Or if kiteboarding would be as cool as skateboarding one day!

I say, "Hell yeah, kiteboarding one day will be Too legit to quit!" If the sport of skateboarding took as long as it did to become main stream. I think kiting has all ready become a legit sport and also gone more mainstream in a shorter time span.

All I really want to see is everybody that has a skate board to try Kite skating. Or even snow kiting. Maybe a little lame for most. But I seem to have a lot of fun doing it. I don't know if it is the constant pull of a kite. Or just that I can cruise a parking lot doing turns, jumping curbs, and grinding parking blocks with out having to kick as much.

But that is the benefit of snow kiting too. I don't have to hike to do my turns! Or get pulled by a snowmobile to have fun. I use my kite to pull into quarter pipes, half pipes, and fly off hills.

All I am trying to get at is, if you have a trainer kite. Pull it out and try to skate with it. It is more fun than you think. Not only that it helps your strapless riding too. It also trains you to use your kite in moving it more and generating more power with speed in the kite. I have found that people go out on the water and don't work there kites as much. They have gotten into a rut of just park and ride kiting. Then everyone says it isn't windy enough to ride!

Well I guess these are just thoughts, go out and try it for yourself!!

peace

Patrick Nedele

Crazy Capital

When we left the Outer Banks, North Carolina we headed for Richmond, Virginia. We visited some historic sites and checked out the Civil War monument and museum. Super cool to see, at least once in your life. I don't know why people are so backwards. A war over slaves, who would have thought we would get past all the racism.

Before we left the sound of OBX we also stopped off at the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills. It was so inspiring to see all the work they did. The determination just to fly. I think it is human nature to want more, maybe it is the drive of the imagination. Or maybe it is the feeling of flying and soaring. I wish I could fly. I would be right next to them trying the same thing back in the day!!

I recommend to anyone that is a soarer or a dreamer to go to the site of the Wright Brothers Memorial. It is awesome! You get to see the replicas of the glyders they started with and the models they tested. Who would have thought that two bike mechanics could figure out how to fly. No PHD's or engineering school just determination. Geniuses back in the day.

After we visited the memorial we headed further north and made it to Washington D.C. Wow what a cluster F@#k! The people in the east just don't know how to drive. Everybody drives fast and furious. They drive to close, cut each other off and honk like mad. Clark defiantly was a little stressed driving through all the interchanges and off ramps. The traffic was amazing! Driving just 5 miles through the thick of it all, took about an 1 hour. Getting cut off in a camper is not fun, do people realize i don't have any brakes!? I don't think I have seen so many near misses and crashes in my life. Super entertaining to watch out of the mellow front seat of Clark!!

After we made it through all the traffic. Me and Kara parked the rig and took the bikes off the rack and started to tour the sites. First stop, was a statue of President George Washington in a beautiful park setting. He was sitting on a bench with a book and paper deep in his thoughts, pretty.

Next we rode to the Jefferson Memorial. Absolutely amazing! The architecture was great and the statue was even cooler. The quotes on the wall were very inspiring. But man the tour groups of kids and people were crazy. So many mass hysteria kids running around and chatting, screaming, and giggling. I guess it is good that the schools still take there students to see the Nations Capital. I hope all the kids take something home from the history and think about what has happened in the last 200 years of the United States of America. How lucky are we to live in such a amazing country!

After the Jefferson memorial, Kara and I road our bikes to the National Memorial and to the Lincoln Memorial. Once again very inspiring. Men that wanted to see change in the way people live, to have good and stable lives in a country that is safe and full of opportunities.

Thank you founding fathers for this country. Hopefully we can keep progressing and making this country better and stronger. I wish this stupid recession would end too, all in good time!

Well after all the touring for two days we head of to Atlantic City, New Jersey. We are doing a demo there for Atlantic Kiteboarding. Hope to blog again and keep in touch.

Peace
Patrick Nedele and Karabeth Hanna