{"id":485,"date":"2016-07-10T15:17:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T13:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=485"},"modified":"2016-07-19T11:06:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T09:06:46","slug":"holbox-2016-season-ends-foilboarding-unicyling-and-manta-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=485","title":{"rendered":"Holbox 2016 season ends &#8211; Foilboarding, Unicyling and Manta Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?page_id=305\">Holbox Kite <\/a>season 2016 ended at the beginning of June. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holboxkiteboarding.com\">Holbox Kiteboarding School <\/a>will re-open in November.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry it&#8217;s been a while&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What an incredible and busy\u00a0season it was. We had reliable winds from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?page_id=305\">November until June <\/a>once more. The students as ever were really enthusiastic and successful and it was great to watch the progress of all. Especially those who stayed that little bit longer. The foilboard \u00a0seems to be really taking off this year.\u00a0As a location to practice<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?page_id=369\"> foilboarding<\/a>, Holbox, MX\u00a0really is awesome with rideable conditions most days throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>Before we left\u00a0\u00a0Cathy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?page_id=479\">learned to ride the foilboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=486\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-486\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-486\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jonnycathy2.jpg?resize=474%2C338\" alt=\"#axiskiteboarding #holboxkiteboarding\" width=\"474\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jonnycathy2.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jonnycathy2.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jonnycathy2.jpg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jonnycathy2.jpg?w=1058&amp;ssl=1 1058w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/jonnycathy2.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foilboarding together \ud83d\ude42<br \/>Cath learns to ride the kite hydrofoil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kite Foilboarding Together - Isla Holbox\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ap96Fd5wIAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also managed an amazing trip out to snorkel with the Manta rays. Willy&#8217;s tours based at Minisuper Besa\u00a0helped us out and were very professional. Francisco is the best captain.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snorkelling with Manta Ray\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6KguUCxIU7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a short break back home to see some friends and family (those we missed we&#8217;ll catch up with in the Autumn) and\u00a0 bagged a quick foil and freestyle session at Cleethorpes before booking our\u00a0summer trip. While it&#8217;s not been windy photography and Unicycling have also kept me busy.<\/p>\n<p>The unicycle was purchased as a way to crosstrain for the foilboard, how useful it was I don&#8217;t know, however riding the foilboard certainly improved my unicycle skills massively. I guess it must be the constant fine adjustments to balance that cross over so well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-489\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=489\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-489\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-489\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unidownhil3.jpg?resize=474%2C733\" alt=\"Mountain Unicycle\" width=\"474\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unidownhil3.jpg?resize=662%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 662w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unidownhil3.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unidownhil3.jpg?resize=768%2C1188&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unidownhil3.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/unidownhil3.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonny rolling down the hill at black rocks &#8211; Nimbus 26&#8243; Mountain Unicycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-490\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=490\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-490\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-490\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uniramp.jpg?resize=474%2C276\" alt=\"Off road unicycling - wetherby\" width=\"474\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uniramp.jpg?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uniramp.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uniramp.jpg?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uniramp.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uniramp.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Off road unicycling &#8211; wetherby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next stop Sri Lanka for some kiteboarding in and around Kalpitya and travelling around.\u00a0A place we&#8217;ve had on the list for a while. Wahoo &#8211; Holiday!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holbox Kite season 2016 ended at the beginning of June. Holbox Kiteboarding School will re-open in November. Sorry it&#8217;s been a while&#8230; What an incredible and busy\u00a0season it was. We had reliable winds from November until June once more. The students as ever were really enthusiastic and successful and it was great to watch the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=485\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holbox 2016 season ends &#8211; Foilboarding, Unicyling and Manta Rays<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,7,16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hydrofoil","category-kite","category-light-wind-kiting","category-travel"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/uniramp.jpg?fit=4948%2C2886&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}