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Brazil Trip with Extreme Control

Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:35 am
by extremecontrol
HI EVERYONE !!
I’M FINALLY IN BRAZIL!!! AFTER THE 24 HOURS IT TOOK FOR ME TO ARRIVE IN CUBUCO FROM CANCUN. I'M NOW IN A NICE POSADA CALLED THE GUEST HOUSE . IT IS NICE BUT THEY ARE WORKING ON THE PROPERTY DURING THE DAY... SO AGAIN LIKE LAST YEAR IN THE OTHER POSADA I COULDN’T SLEEP WELL DURING THE MORNING I ARRIVED, BUT BY THE END ITS GREAT, BECAUSE I ALWAYS END THE DAY WITH A GREAT KITE SESSION.
TODAY I FIRST TRIED TO DO SOMETHING LIGHT ...Y SAID "LET ‘S GO TO TAKE SOME PICTURES AND THEN GO KITING" BUT THE BATTERY OF MY CAMERA WAS DOWN SO I TRIED TO CHARGE IT BUT THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY IN THE HOTEL AT THAT TIME.
NO SLEEP, NO PICTURES ......................LET'S GO KITING !!!!
SO I WENT BACK ON THE BEACH OF BRAZIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LAST YEAR AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THE SAND WAS FLYING AWAY CREATING A FILM-LIKE COVERING ALL OVER THE BEACH, WHITE CAPS WERE FILLING THE OCEAN, AND SOME KITES IN THE AIR. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW!!!
THE PLACE WHERE I AM STAYING IS JUST 600 MT FROM THE CENTER OF CUMBUCO SO THE BEACH IS RIGHT IN FRONT AND KIND OF EMPTY. JUST A LITTLE PALAPA ROOF THAT SERVES AS A MEETING POINT FOR KITERS AND WHERE SOME PEOPLE WERE HANGING OUT.
I WENT THERE TO ASK SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THE KPWT COMPETITION SHOULD BE AND I DISCOVERED THAT IT STILL HAD NOT STARTED. SO THE ONLY OTHER THING TO DO WAS TO INFLATE MY KITE AND GO IN THE WATER .............NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE WAS LEFT.
ONCE IN THE WATER THE WIND WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR THE SEVEN SO I DECIDED TO GO FIND EL GAGO "GABRIEL" E CARLA AND GO FOR A DOWNWINDER
EASY TO FIND THIS LITTLE CRAZY RASTA GUY, I FOUND HIM IN THE DURO BEACH KITE SCHOOL.
FROM THAT MOMENT ON WE WERE KITING BIG TIME WIND WAS 20 23 25 KNOTS AND THE END COULDN'T BE BETTER……… A SWEET DOWNWINDER UNTILL THE LAGOON DO COUIPE IN THE SUNSET.......
NOW I AM TIRED BUT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY…….HOPE SEE YOU SOON HERE GUYS…….YES IT IS FAR BUT WORTH IT 100%!!!!



Marco Cristofanelli
IKO Instructor level 2 Senior