Wild sport
I headed to Lake Wenatchee with my son yesterday to photograph some visitor guide scenes as well as look for photo features. We arrived at the state park beach just in time to photograph Paul Cook of Edmonds and Jeff Rodriguez of Seattle getting their gear ready to kiteboard, starting off from the beach of the swim area.
I didn’t know much about the sport but thought it could produce some really cool images. Cook mentioned the jumps would be pretty cool to photograph but I had no idea that he was talking about getting in the air 30 feet or so.
Here they are setting up their kites and launching.
Cook is going back and forth along the beach trying to get momentum to get out into the lake further.
Here’s the first jump my son and I witnessed. We were amazed, thinking they would just get up a foot or two like my son does on a wake board behind our boat.
Rodriguez was having trouble getting airborne and tried a larger kite.
But while Cook was out in the lake catching 30 feet of air, Rodriguez suffered in the surf.
What a blessing to happen upon this story.
2 Comments
Great photos Don! Based on the choppy water and empty beach, it must have been a cooler day?
Wow, how this makes me miss my Washington more seeing your pictures.. I was born and raised there.. went to Wenatchee High being the last classs to go there and the first class to go to the New High School back in 1972-1973.. Being in Arkansas I sure miss Wenatchee, Lake Chelan, Cashmere, tiny’s that was at cashmere, and thos great Applets and Cotlets, and yes even my brother Wayne that still lives in Wentachee.. Now that I know you have pictures I will come and look more often…
Thanks for giving a former gal of wenatchee some great memorys..
Sincerely,
Marilyn Moser
Melbourne, Ark.