picked this beauty up downtown vancouver a week or so ago but have been to ill to even set it up until today... aah, my new summer lite wind weapon.

she's a 16m Caution Santa Cruz Spitfire II (big pimpin' kite!)

anyways, enough talk - on to the pictures! (which i just took 10mins ago)







my neighbour's 03 f-150 4 door for size reference...




little people for size reference :P




she'll be mated up to my 141cm carbon fibre slingshot ssx kiteboard until it gets too cold, & then if the winter winds are tame/i head back to montana for a winter kite rodeo weekend - the snowboard beside it. (or maybe a new one)




i've been kiting for a year or two now, but am quite new to kitesurfing. it's still a great accomplishment for me to get up and going a couple hundred yards down the beach, however, each time i go - it's feeling more & more natural, so i think i'll learn a bit quicker now. mind you, i'll have to learn a new kite at the same time... hrmm meh - either way, if i'm out there all afternoon and only manage a few short runs for a while yet, it's still worth every penny & every second invested.=) i can't wait 'til i'm well enough to take 'er out on 'er maiden flight in the nice summer beach breeze.