To watch the actual news piece, click here, and then scroll down to 6/19/08.

The last couple of months have been very busy! Between cramming for finals, the 09 product shoot in the Bahamas in April, the Wind and Water Open in Corpus Christi in May, and travelling to Belize with Miguel Willis for 2 weeks to shoot for his next travel story, I finally made it back home to Connecticut for a few days to catch up with my family, before heading down to the Best Lesson Center in Long Island. Before heading down to Amityville full-time, however, I got to meet up with Phil Burke from Kitewise and a bunch of the local crew, at Long Beach in Stratford, on Monday, to take part in a video shoot for Fox TV on leisure activities in Connecticut ... kiting! We did a few interviews for the camera ...

Phil speaks ...

Kitewise Graffiti ...

... and then Phil gave Sarah Cody, the show's host, a quick lesson with the trainer kite ...

On her own ...

Redbull even showed up ..

After the lesson, Sarah held onto my harness and I took her into the water to give her a feel for what bodydragging was like.

And, at the end of the day, we all got to do a little showing off for the camera!

The piece should air locally on Fox TV, Thursday June 19th, on both the morning and evening spots (between 10-11 PM),

If you're interested in taking advanced-level classes, I'll be teaching at the Best lesson center through the middle of July. Then I'm off again ... Cabarete, Bridge of the Gods, etc ... so don't wait too long to book your lessons. More information on the training gym we've been putting together for off-the-water practice to follow shortly ... it's going to be good!

~ Go Pro Joe