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Kiteboarding & Cycling

// August 17th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // sports

I’ve spent another great weekend outdoors doing fun things like kiteboarding yesterday at Oliphant and cycling down Leslie Spit today. Above is a photo of Allen who now gets up on his board kiting! Although, he was underpowered on my 9 metre and says that next time when the winds are the same, he’ll go on his 15. Actually I was underpowered on the 9 yesterday too. We need to buy a 12 metre soon and use the 9 on windier days.

I was kiting as well, although since Allen’s board was out on the water, it was the one I used. His board is awesome, but WAY too large for me. I found the stance really wide and that made kiting right (my weaker direction) difficult. I got going on my left fine though. Next time, I’ll be sure to drag my board out too.

Our friend Natalie also made the trip up to Oliphant with us. She took some photos, flew the trainer kite on land and generally had a good time.

Today I wanted to bike back out to Leslie Spit as I really enjoyed the ride out there last weekend. This time I rode out to the lighthouse and got some photos looking back at the Toronto skyline. I took this photo from there (but on my iPhone, so the quality isn’t as good.) Still, check out this view:

Having Fun Doin’ Nothin’

// June 1st, 2008 // 2 Comments » // life

Allen & Guinevere walk on the lake front. Photo by Christie Jaggi.

Three weekends ago, I was supposed to go kiteboarding, but instead I found myself in bed for 5 days in-a-row battling a nasty cold/flu. I worked last weekend, so the plan was to kiteboard this weekend instead. But as of Friday night, I was still having bad coughing fits that was making breathing difficult. That forced me to spend another weekend out of the water, but it was a good decision. I normally don’t have the patience to rest and let myself get better, but this weekend I forced myself to and I’m happy to say that after three weeks, I am finally starting to feel better. I still have a cough, but it’s much less frequent. I can stand for more than a few minutes without feeling tired and I’m in much better shape for kiteboarding next weekend.

Yesterday after resting most of the day, I invited my friend Christie over for a visit. When she asked what the plan was, my response was a bland, “nothing”. As it turns out, doing nothing can be pretty fun.

After dinner, the three of us went for a walk by the lake. Toronto has some beautifully developed sections on the waterfront and I enjoy spending time down there. Fortunately, I live just a five minute walk from the water.

Some things we got to do include checking out glass blowing at Harbourfront Centre, visiting the International Marketplace and get greasy hands from handling swords, pose for photos, watch sailboats come & go, check out canoes for Christie’s lessons in July and spend some time with my sweetie Allen and good friend Christie.

It was just a bit of a walk, not far from my apartment, but that bit of “doing nothing” was the highlight of my weekend and more than just my lungs feel better for it.