In my first attempt to do some serious sports shooting, I went to a section of the beach at Sauvie Island, OR, that has been adopted by kiteboarders, and settled in with the Canon 1D and the 100-400 lens on a monopod.

It was a beautiful, warm day and the wind conditions were great! I had spent time on the Website NWKite.com and followed links to wind forecasts so I knew that this afternoon would be good, and it was -- kiteboarders showed up in droves, and a good time was had by all!

Shooting this sport isn't a piece of cake, because you have to maintain focus as the boarders move back and forth and up and down. I took 1000 shots, discarded over 300 right off, and am still weeding through nearly 700 shots, so this will be a work in progress, but I did get some great ones!