Fun with kitesurfers

JenGrace

I don't know if this classifies as a sport, so I put it in the people forum. Mods, feel free to move this if it needs to be.

Anyways, I was in Ormond Beach on Saturday and happened to spot these guys having a good time. It was the first true test of my 70-300VR and I think it performed fairly well considering the windy conditions and the distance. :cool









Here's the gallery of 17 images.

kdog

Great pics, but....

you don't think kite surfing counts as a sport!?

JenGrace

Well it's not so much that I think that, but more than I don't really know. I edited the OP to reflect that.

anonymouscuban

... I'm not the biggest fan of kite surfers so I laughed when I saw your comment. I know you didn't mean it that way. Even so... 'd at it.

I surf and sometimes we get some kooks out there on these kite-boards that get to close to the line-up and have no control. Most of the time their newbies so I try to empathize but I think it's irresponsible of them to be learning in areas where there are surfers and swimmers.

Great pics though. Very sharp. Looks like a windy day. I always plan to shoot some of my buds surfing but I always end up in the water instead of on the beach with my camera.

Travis

Sweet captures Jen. Where were you shooting from? it looks like you had fairly high vantage point.

JenGrace

anonymouscuban wrote:

... I'm not the biggest fan of kite surfers so I laughed when I saw your comment. I know you didn't mean it that way. Even so... 'd at it.

I surf and sometimes we get some kooks out there on these kite-boards that get to close to the line-up and have no control. Most of the time their newbies so I try to empathize but I think it's irresponsible of them to be learning in areas where there are surfers and swimmers.

Great pics though. Very sharp. Looks like a windy day. I always plan to shoot some of my buds surfing but I always end up in the water instead of on the beach with my camera.

I usually prefer being in the water as well, but I was dressed in non-water clothes.

JenGrace

Travis wrote:

Sweet captures Jen. Where were you shooting from? it looks like you had fairly high vantage point.

Thanks so much, Travis. I was up on the side of the street about 10 feet above sea level. Tide was very high so I didn't venture onto the beach itself as I needed to stay semi-clean.