Ski McCormicks

Been doing some of my training at the cable park when the wind has been off here in St.Pete, which seems very often this season. The Cable is great to practice new moves and work on the sliders and kickers. McCormick's runs clockwise which makes it a great training tool as I'm naturally a goofy rider. Here is a video to give you vibe of the park.

Get out here and ride it! It really helps on those no wind days and building your board skills for any level of kiteboarder. And the power is always there! Hoping we will get a good kick of south winds before are season comes to a wrap here. Then traveling starts this summer!

East Beach Fort Desoto

Been doing most of my riding here lately with Billy Parker and the local crew, but haven't been able to get a camera out in the water very often. Hoping to get down to The Keys this week and the following weeks trying and get up to Hatteras. Here are a couple pictures and video coming soon!

East Beach

EB Sunset

St.Pete Times Photo

Was looking through my local newspaper The St.Pete Times and saw a photo of kiteboarders at Ft. Desoto East Beach and there I was! A nice way to start the day with a cool photo in the paper! A cool article too!  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/alleyes/content/winter-storm-kiteboarders

                                                     Feb. 1 East Beach

New Girl Kiter!

Just got in after teaching a great lesson today! My student was up and riding and started to ride up wind within the first lesson along with a few jumps (not sure if they were on purpose) :) ! So excited to have someone else loving the sport like I did when I started and always a + adding a girl kiter to this male sport! Watch out for this girl in the next couple years she will be ripping soon! Check out the Pictures. Best of all its my girlfriend, can't wait to ride together!

                                      Ending the Day with a Perfect Sunset

If your in the St.Pete Florida area and interested in taking a Kiteboarding Lesson contact me at kiterdrew@gmail.com for more info. Thanks

2011 Hadlow's

Hey just got in my new Flexifoil Hadlow's! Really excited to get in the water and fly these. The kites have very good build quality this year and have a lot of cool new options to fit your riding style! You can fly them in 5 line or 4/6 line setups and now also you can put a pulley on each front line and offer up to 50% more depower! Once I get the kites dialed in, I'll post a review about the new Hadlow's here. If your in Florida and want to try these out just hit me up! Not too many in the US yet! Here are a few pictures of the new kites. You know the feeling of getting new kites you have to set them up. Thanks Flexifoil for your support and great gear!

Update On Rail Plans

Hey, Thanks everyone for your interest in my Rail! Instead of sending more details out to everyone I decided to just post it here. Check it out below and let me know if you have any more questions or comments!

                                              Build Diagram/ Material List

Here are the rest of the pictures www.sites.google.com/site/kiteboardingrailplans/

New Portable Rail! Plans Included

So just finished building a new rail to use out here in the bay. Only problem when building this was that here in the bay you can't leave your features out in the water. So had to make it portable and easy to setup and break down. The rail is a 24' flat bar rail and with different legs it can easily turn into a incline rail. Down below is how I did it. Can't wait to get out and hit this new rail!

Here is the building material list and a few pics

Rail 24' 2 sections of 8"X12'

Deck 2- 2X8X12
Support Beam 2- 2X6X12
Posts 6- 2X4X8
3- 4X4 Brackets
Feet 3- 2X4X8
Bolts needed 14 varies sizes
Plastic Deck(PVC Sheets)- 2X8 sheet

Rough Cost $150-200 I found a lot of my materials so my cost was around $100

If interested in the Building Plan Contact me and I'll send you a more detailed plan with pictures

                                                                   New Rail

                                                              Easy Set-Up

                                        
                                                              Two Piece Design