Movie Premier of ¨Present Tense¨ produced by Nathan Appel Hosted by Liquid Force and Playa Central

On Tuesday Jan 18th, Liquid Force was setting up for a movie premier, produced by one of their team riders and LF media contributor, Nate Appel, who happens to be in La Ventana right now to document this upcoming kite tournament. The video, ¨Present Tense¨is a collection of some of the biggest American kite events during 2010, as well as some free riding that Nate documented and edited.

The video was projected on a silver screan that is painted on Playa Central´s wall, which is great for events like this. People gathered all over the lawn, ordered pizzas, beer, margaritas, and wine as they watched the 30 min video (Good job Nate with the soundtrack :).

After Present Tense, we watched a Joe Cool raw footage of the Lord of the Wind Showdown (Jan 16-19th), which included course race starts (my favorite), bikini contests, skipper meetings, and parties. Thank you Joe. We also watched Jason Noorwick´s video of La Ventana winter kiteboarding, most filmed infront of Playa Central. Thank you Jason!

Here is a link to Jason´s video:

http://www.kiteforum.tv/video/La_Ventana_Kook_Out.html?Itemid=0

Jessica and Marcela go to Los Barriles for the Showdown

Since Marcela is a yoga instructor at Playa Central and I am the general manager here, sometimes it is hard to find 100% fun time. We took advantage of the Lord of the Wind Showdown in Los Barriles and excused it as a business trip, and headed South for a three day kite vacay.

The event a

ttracted pro riders from all over the US, Canada and some international destinations. We got to see many pro riders, like Damien Leroy, Sean Farley, Adam Koch, Jon Van Malsen, Adam Withington and finally a girl!! Claire Lutz, from Liquid Force was one of the only pro girls there, and she is a sweetheart.

Now we are all in La Ventana, getting ready for the La Ventana Classic. All of the pro riders are here now training, people are flying in, and we are looking forward to the next week of kite partying.

Cinnamon Rolls

It is pretty common for the yoga students to stretch back up and walk off the yoga matt into the bakery for some fresh cinnamon rolls after their 8:00 am class with Marcela. Playa Central's cinnamon rolls are pulled out of the wood burning oven at 9:15 am, just at the same time the Ashtanga yoga class ends! One of the students kidded and said the only reason she came to yoga class in the morning was to excuse the cinnamon roll after class.

Some campers sip on La Choya coffee or hot teas served at Playa Central while they wait for Vivien to glaze the cinnamon rolls. It is also common to have kiters come in just before they gear up for a session and fuel up with some baked goods.

Come by Playa Central and buy a cinnamon roll right off the pan.

Bakery hours: 7 am - 7 pm.

Whole Grain and White Baguettes

At our bakery we bake whole grain bread with flax, sunflower and pepita seed, oats and whole flour. Our white baguettes are made with no oil, and sprinkled with sesame seeds, perfect for subs, toast, and quick snacks.
Avilable daily @ 9 am at Playa Central.

This picture: Vivien and Jessica, sisters and baking partners at Playa Central.

Potato Salad

Playa Central sells potato salad in To-Go containers, ideal for hungry kiters and family lunches.

4 servings for 55 pesos.