{"id":642,"date":"2016-08-28T06:01:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=642"},"modified":"2016-08-30T04:52:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T02:52:54","slug":"kappalady-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=642","title":{"rendered":"Kappalady Lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been getting some amazing winds here in Sri Lanka at Kappalady lagoon and Vella Island.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of new tricks we&#8217;ve been working on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cathy&#8217;s Pop to Blind with Ole Downloop Transition and Toeside backroll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cathy has been riding blind for a long time now but this transition out of it looks sweet. I need to get this one in the bag too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cathy&#039;s New kite Tricks - Pop to Blind Ole Downloop - Toe to Toe Back Roll\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPL2nCUj-sM?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><strong>Double Backroll to Toeside Downloop Transition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I saw Patrick\u00a0doing something similar in Holbox, then saw Zac Andrews doing them here in Kappalady and figured that I needed to learn. Not perfect but getting there. Sticking a tailgrab on the invert should be nice and throwing my head and shoulders back further.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-644\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=644\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-644\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/doubleback-invert-to-toesidebwl.jpg?resize=474%2C305\" alt=\"Axis Limited\" width=\"474\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/doubleback-invert-to-toesidebwl.jpg?resize=1024%2C658&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/doubleback-invert-to-toesidebwl.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/doubleback-invert-to-toesidebwl.jpg?resize=768%2C494&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/doubleback-invert-to-toesidebwl.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/doubleback-invert-to-toesidebwl.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Double Back to Toeside at Kappalady Lagoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backroll Nose Grab<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cathy manages this nicely on the 7m Rally, I try and get some better shots or video of this soon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-652\" style=\"width: 759px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=652\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-652\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/backrollnosegrab.jpg?resize=474%2C309\" alt=\"Cathy grabs her nose at Vella Island\" width=\"474\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/backrollnosegrab.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/backrollnosegrab.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathy grabs her nose at Vella Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beach Slide &#8211; Darkslide on the beach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ok I&#8217;ve been darksliding for a while but this is the first time\u00a0 over the sand. Inspired by Catching trade winds video and local rider Nalin. My lovely board stood up to the abuse but really didn&#8217;t deserve it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-647\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=647\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-647\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/jonnygif2.gif?resize=474%2C506\" alt=\"Jonny Smith darkslides the beach at kappalady lagoon, Sri Lanka on axis limited.\" width=\"474\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonny Smith darkslides the beach at kappalady lagoon, Sri Lanka on axis limited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kiteboarding - Darkslide the beach - Kappalady\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gMm2rApT5BE?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been getting some amazing winds here in Sri Lanka at Kappalady lagoon and Vella Island. Here are a couple of new tricks we&#8217;ve been working on. Cathy&#8217;s Pop to Blind with Ole Downloop Transition and Toeside backroll Cathy has been riding blind for a long time now but this transition out of it looks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/?p=642\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kappalady Lagoon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kite","category-kite-spots","category-kiteboarding","category-travel"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/beachslide2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642","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=642"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whenitswindy.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}