Past is Past....

Here's a list of some of the things/events that I can remember and is of significance to my learning this sport.

• Took lessons with KBA on Feb '07 - my instructor was a local rider named Nung (pronounced as "ning"). Great guy only I sometimes had difficulty understanding what he was trying to say I simply just smiled and nodded when I couldn't make out the words.
• Barely an hour since I opened up and used my kite, I crashed it into the tree's causing a rather large tear near the main bladder. I sat there speechless thinking this is the start and end of my career. Fortunately my friend Leo, the local instructor, was able to patch up the tear and breath new life to my kite.
  
• I've lost somewhere around 6 pieces of contact lens to the waves that battled with me in my attempt to get up and ride.
• I've had many many bruises and cuts on my knees and elbows. Too many that I've no longer bothered to protect them.
• From the waist harness, I've recently switched to an impact vest harness because a) the bruising on my chest (because of the bar) is getting to irritating and painful specially on back to back days of kitesurfing b) it adds buoyancy making it a bit easier while attempting to get up on the board c) my tummy is getting too big that I look terrible when my waist harness lifts up to my chest area.