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I'd been watching the website windguru all last week in anticipation of the upcoming wind this week. I made plans to go to San Jorge on Sunday and have Jason shoot some photos. He agreed to help me in making marketing material and trying to get a sponsor. Jason is an amazing photographer so I was pretty excited. Early Sunday morning we packed up and headed out just as a nice set of rain clouds were rolling in from off the volcano so we just sat, chilled out at Gato Negro and waited. Eventually they passed but I was feeling a little discouraged. San Jorge is packed on Sunday afternoons with local beach goers which makes for a tricky launch, especially when Jason has never lifted a kite before. He managed to do a really good job of launching my new 12m in only 12-15 knot winds with tones of cars and people around.

Due to a record setting rainfall season here in central america, Lake Nicaragua currently is lacking any kind of beach which is a bit of a problem for setting up. Water is actully hugging the beach front restaurant patio's. I found a small amount of dirt / sand at San Jorge beach to set-up. The wind was blowing onshore so it was possible to set up inbetween the curious kids and the piles of garbage. I must admit having to walk between dirty diapers while setting up my lines was not the nicest of experiences but once your on the water you forget about all that. The thrill of being the only one on the water with a growing captive audience far outweighs the challenges of getting there.