Nitnat lake kite fest

Every year there is a kitefest at Nitnat lake in the interior of Vancouver Island.
Its a thermal lake with the coast at one end and hot dry land inland so if the weather sets up it can be solid 20+ winds daily.

Unfortunately this year it had been a bit rainy and cool the previous few days so it didn't really have time to set up properly. However the wind gods came through at the last minute and although the skies were mixed clouds there was just enough wind for the event.

The first day was a long distance upwind race, most folks were on 12m and up, all I had was my 9m Wainman Smoke but I placed respectably in the top 3rd of the field regardless, racing on a OR twintip against raceboards and bigger kites.

The next day was gusty and holey, we did the boardercross with heats of 3 kiters, I didn't fair so well in my first race against the bigger kites partly because I got a last minute start from helping a fellow kiter in distress, just previous to the race.

Later that day was the freestyle comp with lighter winds.  I chose to sit it out and watch the fun.

The next morning there was a spectacular airshow by a kiter in an old war era plane (mustang?) lots of fun to watch as he made pass after pass over the lake, rolling and doing various acrobatic tricks in his vintage plane.