Kitesurfing at Damon Point

Kiteboarding is a surface water sport combining aspects of wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, and gymnastics into one extreme sport. A kiteboarder harnesses the power of the wind with a large controllable power kite to be propelled across the water on a kiteboard similar to a wakeboard or a small surfboard, with or without footstraps or bindings. "Kitesurfing" is a style of kiteboarding that's specific to wave riding. Kitesurfers use standard surfboards or boards shaped specifically for kitesurfing. There are different styles of kiteboarding, including freestyle, freeride, downwinders, speed, course racing, wakestyle, jumping and kitesurfing in the waves.  ~wiki

The Novice Surfers

I love capturing pics of the human activity on the beach, as well as the glorious nature of the surroundings. Saturday, a group of four novice surfers, along with the girlfriend of one of them, ventured out with all their new gear to tackle the beautiful waves on Damon Point. While I am not thinking the waves were surfing-perfect, it probably was a good choice to start. Unfortunately, two of them got out past the waves, and two didn't.

lost the surfboard

ah...there it is!!

a special greeting in response to the mocking from beyond the waves -
this shot was actually a surprise, I thought he was waving! Well, he was, kinda.

Now they were just going to wait until the others made their attempts.  

the patient girlfriend

We didn't wait around to see how their first outing went. On our departure, I did mention to the girlfriend that she should have brought a book, as it looked like they would be a while. She chuckled and said she didn't think they would be long, since it was their first time out. A rather sage young women, indeed.

I hope they fared better than the surfers walking off the beach ahead of us with the broken board.

A Sweet Quilt Show

even the prize ribbons were quilted!

quilting is an amazing precision art form that I will always appreciate

those sweet birds were added with an embroidery machine

and here is the Mr. drooling over a newer model of embroidery machine...

those fish were 3-D...very cute!

I just loved the colors of this one - the brights paired with the grey was delicious

this one was amazing (the photo does not do it credit!) -
it won 1st place, and it was easy to see why.
So much piecing and the dreaded MATH!

love the vintage feel of this one...I was told the middle medallion thingy is called a 'yo-yo'

my mom would have loved these hand-quilted Hawaiian designs

amazing machine quilting

my favorites were the beach-inspired designs, of course *smile*