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killer west wind

Scudley - 29-5-2013 at 08:52 PM

Sorry about that I was editting when Gary's net kicked out.
Yesterday was an awesome west wind day, the kind that Sunset Jim and Bison are what making living on the coast worth while. RonH, Ryan and his son, did the tandem out to shipwreck. I armstronged it to the jetty and back. awesome.
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Bladerunner - 30-5-2013 at 06:34 AM

Your Welcome ! ;)

RonH - 30-5-2013 at 08:41 AM

Wednesday was AWESOME!!!

West Wind:thumbup:

5 meter kites:thumbup:

30 - 40 mph all day long:cool::cool::cool:

Ryan started the tandem ride but didn't have enough kite so we swapped rides and we made the shipwreck and back no problems at all.

I upped to a 5 and gave Ryan's son a tandem ride where we cruised around 25mph and topped out at 33 or so.

The best run was with sandflea. Jetty and back running 30 - 40 both ways!

I have way too many hours of video from my 5 days of buggying. Will gat to it soon.

Ron

bigkid - 30-5-2013 at 11:14 AM

GRRRRRRRRRRRR. save some for this weekend. Glad you guys had an epic day.:thumbup:

RonH - 30-5-2013 at 11:54 AM

It's up to the rest of them to save the good stuff... I'm at home now:(

Quote: Originally posted by bigkid  
GRRRRRRRRRRRR. save some for this weekend. Glad you guys had an epic day.:thumbup:

ChrisH - 30-5-2013 at 03:37 PM

Very nice, see ya tomorrow!

ChrisH - 30-5-2013 at 05:50 PM

Ok, maybe not....don't have a kite now. Still might come just to hang out with you guys.

RonH - 30-5-2013 at 06:21 PM

Chris,

If I was still there........ My kites would be available. I'm sure you could find the best brand to fly. OPK

Quote: Originally posted by ChrisH  
Ok, maybe not....don't have a kite now. Still might come just to hang out with you guys.

ChrisH - 30-5-2013 at 09:47 PM

Thanks Ron, very much appreciate it! Don't know what OPK means.

RonH - 31-5-2013 at 06:21 AM

Other peoples kites

Scudley - 31-5-2013 at 08:09 AM

Chris I am here and you can certainly fly one or two of mine.
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sunset-Jim - 31-5-2013 at 08:18 AM

Same here Chris. There's no lack of kites available to ya.

bigkid - 1-6-2013 at 01:51 AM

I will get my "you damage it, you buy" contract out and you can use anything I have.
I should let you know that you will have to leave a 5000.00 dollar cash deposit before you sign.:lol:
Just kidding, you only need to sign the contract.:evil::lol:

ChrisH - 3-6-2013 at 12:06 PM

Well...I went...I borrowed and I had one hell of a time!! Thanks everybody for your support and thanks to Eli for letting me borrow kites! Saturday and Sunday were great days for me.....I learned the upwind turn...aka tack and learned a little bit about flying race kites. I'd been wanting to learn to tack upwind for quite a while and just never had the balls to try it. Eli asked if I'd like to try it and I did, by the end of the day I didn't have to look at the kite anymore and I was cruising upwind like never before. Put 45 miles on yesterday :). Good times!

sunset-Jim - 4-6-2013 at 07:01 AM

You made it look easy Chris.

ChrisH - 4-6-2013 at 11:00 PM

Thanks Jim :)