I am currently sat waiting for breakfast so thought I would write some thoughts down!

Brazil is excellent, my kiting has improved and Emma is now able to water start and travel a healthy distance on the board. It is fair to say that she can kiteboard. The next thing on the list of things to nail is staying upwind which should be no issue as she can do it on land and snow. I have some things I want to try like 360 inverts, backloop kiteloops (can almost land them) and a whole host of unhooked shenanigans! The water here is nice and warm and the wind good but part of me does miss Littlehampton beach for a punchy epic flat water session We have been really lucky to have great accomodation and really nice people to hang out with. It has been funny showing them land kiting videos and watching their eyes pop put of their head (having never seen it before)

Christmas was good albeit different. A group of us had various meals out with the pinacle of the day being spent hanging out at the beach by the lagoon drinking coconuts and eating ham and cheese sandwiches! I would, as my twitter feed suggested, be a liar if I said I didn’t miss a traditional Christmas dinner with all the trimmings! As for presents, Emma bought me a share in Apple Inc. which is pretty damn cool. The certificate will arrive when we are back home. Emma loves a good massage so I got her two deep tissue massages for when we return and various massage related items for when we are here.

I still think my iPhone rocks. I have however stumbled across a curious situation. Gaming. I love playing games. I love my iPhone. It is therefore safe to assume that I would love gaming on my iPhone right? Not exactly. I have various games on here and a whole selection of games I’d like to buy but I just don’t play them. There is some mental barrier that seems to stop me seeing the device as a games machine. This will probably pass but it is a curious gate that I want to get past. I think what doesn’t help is so many games extolling the virtues of tilt controls when they make control soft, soggy and down right frustrating to play. A bit like trying to tie shoe laces with boxing gloves.

Hope everyone that reads this is having a great holiday!