A Visit With Jimmy Lewis - King of Kiteboards
A Visit With the KING of KITEBOARDs - Jimmy Lewis
Today we (Aaron, Chris, Natasha, Julia, and Bill) made a pilgrimage to visit the KING - The King of kiteboards -- Jimmy Lewis. We drove on up to Haiku where Jimmy gave us a tutorial on his custom board designs and a tour of his shop.
Aaron led the charge this time as it was finally his turn to order his own custom 'Bitch Witch' (a board) - designed for wave riding.
Compared to the Jimmy that I ride (a Model III), the Bitch Witch has a narrower (7" wide BW vs. 8" wide Model III) tail which allows it to sink a bit in bottom turns to edge through the waves.
Aaron and Julia discussing the finer points of Aaron's new baby with doctor Jimmy...
After a tour of the shop, Natasha, (who I brought into the sport in 2001 -- and who now is an IKO certified instructor teaching primarily in the Dominican Republic) decided that she wanted this special Jimmy board...
So Chris takes the liberty of spanking her with it!!
Natasha can be found in several places -- feel free to write her at diamond00usa@hotmail.com if you are headed to the Dominican Republic and interested in Kiteboarding lessons.
Its been great to see her progress from the time I introduced her to the sport in 2001.
You can see more of her in the kiteboading video "Unhooked 2" from Tronolone Productions (www.tronolone.com) as well as in kiteboarding magazine - KBMag (www.kbmag.com.au). Have a look.
Aloha
Today we (Aaron, Chris, Natasha, Julia, and Bill) made a pilgrimage to visit the KING - The King of kiteboards -- Jimmy Lewis. We drove on up to Haiku where Jimmy gave us a tutorial on his custom board designs and a tour of his shop.
Aaron led the charge this time as it was finally his turn to order his own custom 'Bitch Witch' (a board) - designed for wave riding.Compared to the Jimmy that I ride (a Model III), the Bitch Witch has a narrower (7" wide BW vs. 8" wide Model III) tail which allows it to sink a bit in bottom turns to edge through the waves.
Aaron and Julia discussing the finer points of Aaron's new baby with doctor Jimmy...
After a tour of the shop, Natasha, (who I brought into the sport in 2001 -- and who now is an IKO certified instructor teaching primarily in the Dominican Republic) decided that she wanted this special Jimmy board... So Chris takes the liberty of spanking her with it!!Natasha can be found in several places -- feel free to write her at diamond00usa@hotmail.com if you are headed to the Dominican Republic and interested in Kiteboarding lessons.
Its been great to see her progress from the time I introduced her to the sport in 2001.
You can see more of her in the kiteboading video "Unhooked 2" from Tronolone Productions (www.tronolone.com) as well as in kiteboarding magazine - KBMag (www.kbmag.com.au). Have a look.
Aloha
posted by kiteVC at 10:17 AM
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Again a quality post, i liked it, thank you for posting!
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