During the month of June my wife and I had the opportunity to go to Thailand and visit her family. To my luck Joy's parents live in Hua Hin, which is one of the few kiteboarding beaches in that country. It was also a very nice time to see where she grew up since her parents are missionaries. I learned a lot of things about a new culture, but I also had the chance to learn to tricks while landboarding.
It was the most humid weather that I have ever been in, but luckily the heat brought smooth onshore winds in the afternoon. While I was there the winds were very low, only 7-12mph at most. I was able to go inverted in only 12mph winds with my new 15m matrixx.
The days that the wind didn't show up I was able to ride elephants instead of my atb. I was definatly more scared of riding the elephant than boosting big with a kite.
Majority of the time I had the beach completely to myself since it was hot and most people opted to stay indoors. It gave me a chance to practice board-offs
On one occasion I drew the attention of some Buddist monks which came over to see what was flying around on their beach.
Manual
One of the main things that I love about HQ besides the wicked lift and hangtime is the ability to stall land these kites on their trailing edge simply by using the hand break.
It was such an experience to get a chance to ride in another country especially having the entire beach to myself.
Overall I had an awesome time and I learned how different some parts of the world can be. A big thanks to Chris and Kevin at HQ kites USA for the new gear. It was awesome!
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