I haven't been kiting in weeks. Lowest high temp we've had this week is 106 with the humidity at almost 40%… and there is no chance of it cooling off.
Why don't I go kiting in the morning? Because it's almost 100 degrees by noon. Not to mention, the wind during the summer is hardly even considered
kiteable. Hope you all are living it up for me.WELDNGOD - 7-8-2011 at 06:34 PM
you need a banshee bungeeSeanny - 7-8-2011 at 06:37 PM
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Originally posted by WELDNGOD
you need a banshee bungee
I would use it for evil. I would not use it for good.WELDNGOD - 7-8-2011 at 06:46 PM
i don't even want to know.....:dunno:Kamikuza - 7-8-2011 at 06:47 PM
That's why getting in the water is so good ... although, last time I was at the ocean, the water was so warm that after an hour my fingers and toes
looked like I'd been sitting in a hot bath too long
Dude it's only sweat - and a session lost is one you can never get back Seanny - 7-8-2011 at 06:53 PM
Kami there is no water. Seriously. Our lakes are dry. It was 108 today… that's not something to mess around with. Last week two kids dropped over dead
during their football practices. It's stupid hot, and the wind isn't even kiteable. Not worth it Kamikuza - 7-8-2011 at 06:57 PM
Camelbak if the wind sucks though, why bother ... true dat.Seanny - 7-8-2011 at 07:02 PM
Camelbak lol :P The wind always sucks. I've never even flown in clean wind before. But it's worse when instead of the wind being refreshing and
invigorating, it feels like you're standing behind the afterburner of an F-16.indigo_wolf - 7-8-2011 at 07:25 PM
Lake Travis/Windy Point Park looks plenty wet and is less than an hour South of you.
At 3:00am temps dip down to the low 80's and winds are in the low double digits. You could be the next poster boy for Cyalume
ATB,
SamSeanny - 7-8-2011 at 07:28 PM
Lake Travis is dangerous and the water level has receded hundreds of feet from it's normal shore line.
Aaaaaaaand I don't have a kiteboard. bobalooie57 - 7-8-2011 at 07:31 PM
With a full moon next week, a midnight landboard session might be just what the doctor ordered. Is there no open space for a landboard ride? Oh, and
dont forget the video!!:roll:Drewculous - 7-8-2011 at 07:32 PM
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Originally posted by Seanny
It's stupid hot, and the wind isn't even kiteable. Not worth it
Seanny - 7-8-2011 at 07:35 PM
There is a field I'd like to try out, but there's power lines and a highway, and I don't want to find where either of those are the hard way action jackson - 7-8-2011 at 07:50 PM
Zilker park has a moon tower in the south field! You can kite till 11pm or longer after you make nice with the police.........ajSeanny - 7-8-2011 at 08:03 PM
I might have to make the trip down to Zilker to do some night flying. Sounds like fun. :D I'm trying hard not to make excuses about not flying… but
it's seriously been miserable. It really takes it out of you, especially when you work outside on a normal basis.greasehopper - 7-8-2011 at 10:04 PM
Feelin' yer pain bro. Here in Occupied Northern Mexico there is a reason everybody naps between noon and 3:00PM.
I'm on the 0500-0630 program or the 2300-0200 moon light program these days. Crap winds or not, if there's a sneeze, something is gettin' launched
but, then again, I'm still rabid and stupid like that. Otherwise, it's hide-n-wait or sort gear in front of the swamp cooler on the patio. Tough
summer this time around.bigkahuna - 7-8-2011 at 11:28 PM
I seem to remember a thread on great places to live if you want to kite all the time and someone couldn't understand why I said I never wanted to go
to Texas... :P
Seriously though, it's been hotter than normal almost everywhere here on the East coast. Inland it's been nearly 100 every day and here on the coast
it's going up to 90 today with 75 - 90% humidity. The ocean has been the warmest it's been since I moved here, 82 degrees. That concerns me because
hurricanes feed on warm ocean water and the NHC just changed their forecast to an above average hurricane season. While we're cooking here, I spoke
with a buddy in Washington (state) and it's been the coldest Summer on record there. They barely made it to 80 so far this Summer. Everything so far
is following exactly as predicted for global warming: hotter summers, colder winters, more violent storms. Humans really buggered up this planet
good I'm afraid.Seanny - 8-8-2011 at 08:43 AM
In West Texas, the kiting is probably heavenly. Miles and miles of open space and constant clean wind. Around here though, it's nasty. Please send a
hurricane our way. A nice Cat 3 or so. That should help out a bit. As far as global warming goes, I think you've been watching too much TV :Pbigkahuna - 8-8-2011 at 09:29 AM
Don't even own a TV, so there. Looking_Up - 8-8-2011 at 05:31 PM
The heat is my excuse
But it gets so hot here it messes with the wind u get 7-12 gusting to 30
That was the forecast yesterday and I was talking about living near the coast in Texas the guys down there haven't missed a day on the water for
months now but where I am at in the desert it isn't that great except the cash oh Yeh
Getting out of debt at a blistering pace.
Been doing a lot of night Kiting at ten or so the wind is kicking and the temp is still 95 degrees
Ha ha I know exactly what the wind is like when it is so hot that the wind is no longer a reprieve but like sticking your face in the hand drier from
the bathroomCheddarhead - 8-8-2011 at 06:39 PM
I feel your pain Seanny, but I'll trade humidity and dew point levels with Texas any day. 80% humidity and dew points hovering near 70 = Instant
sweat machine just sitting in one spot. It's been very jungle like here lately with no wind to speak of. A few days with the rev here and there, but
that's it. I shouldn't complain because in a few months I'll be getting the skis ready.pyro22487 - 8-8-2011 at 07:49 PM
i must agree though its really bee to hot so yesterday i woke up with only 3 hours of sleep hoping to buggy a little. had to use my 14 (first time
using it with a vehicle.) anyways just started to get the hang of it when a small rain cloud turned into a large storm and 5 minutes later booooom
lightning never thought i could bring a kite down and pack up so fast in my life.
ps storm chasers do you take members that only chase storms or would you exept ones that get chased by storms too.Drewculous - 9-8-2011 at 07:00 AM
Lol the chasers main goal is flying...
If you were in or around a storm, knowingly flying... Because its the only way to get some fly time... Dang summer lulls..... Lol welcome to the SCKC!
Just remember, you dont want to become a lightning rod
Get pics next time too lmao!Seanny - 9-8-2011 at 08:59 AM
I know you guys in Wisconsin and on the east coast have been getting walloped with humidity. I know the feeling. It's the worst in the deep south,
like Florida. Step outside and it's like a sauna. :P Even here though, it was 107 yesterday with 60% humidity… that makes the heat index like 114,
easily. Bleh. It's no help that there isn't any wind and if there is, it's the
same story with Looking_Up over in Midland… 7 gusting to 30.BeamerBob - 9-8-2011 at 11:33 AM
I thought you guys were just whining, but that's some serious heat. We get 106 today but the dewpoint is 32F which gives a humidity level of 10% and
"feels like" 99.pyro22487 - 9-8-2011 at 01:35 PM
heat index of 106 or hotter.
hot
Jason-G - 10-8-2011 at 08:47 AM
It has been really hot here in NW Oklahoma too. The other day the wind was nice (good speed and direction) but it was 110 with a heat index of around
114 so I didn't fly. I am not positive about this but I think for the month of July, Oklahoma set the record for highest average temp for any state
ever. Looking forward to fall.
Jasonburritobandit - 10-8-2011 at 08:58 AM
We've been kiting at Lake Pflugerville every night this week, usually from ~sunset until midnight. We actually had 6 kites on the water 2 nights ago!
We put glowsticks on our kites, harnesses, and boards so we're very easy to see. Air and water temps are perfect and the waxing gibbous moon
illuminates the water fairly well so you can see the wind/gusts across the water. We've seen at least one shooting star every night we've been out
there, too!
I'm not sure if you ride on water but you're welcome join us out there tonight.Looking_Up - 10-8-2011 at 08:58 AM
+1 for fallHouston AirHead - 10-8-2011 at 09:12 AM
that sounds like allot of fun burrito, ive always wamted to kite pfluggerville. i was kiting a side shore wind monday at surfside.
i saw a few sharks in the water. makes me want to move to austin....:dunno:burritobandit - 10-8-2011 at 09:23 AM
It's really a lot of fun! The light pollution isn't too bad there so it's cool to see all the stars moving behind your kite plus all the glow sticks
floating & spinning in the air and moving along the water, and rooster tails of water lit by the moon and our glowsticks.
As far as moving here, I'm not too sure you'd really want to live here for the kiting. We've been getting very lucky with these nighttime winds here
and what we do get is quite gusty and switchy. For steady, consistent wind, I think you might be in a better spot. Fresh water is great and all,
but I've been heading to the coast almost every weekend because the winds have been so weak here.
Have you tried Rockport or Corpus? Corpus has been going off everyday since last week!burritobandit - 10-8-2011 at 09:34 AM
if the wind sucks though, why bother ... true dat.
