Power Kite Forum - You must be an inland kiter if...

You must be an inland kiter if...

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ssayre - 16-9-2015 at 01:31 PM

1. You don't know what the holes in the bottom of your buggy seat are for.

2. You've bought and sold and bought again an entire quiver to figure out what works for you.

3. You've taken the advice to get used to flying your fixed bridle using a strop before depower only to get your arse kicked the first few times.

4. You've tried to use wind that you know won't work but do it anyway in a futile attempt at a session.

5. You've bought a twister and sold it.

6. Your entirely self taught aside from what you've read online.

7. Frequently you will have sessions that you work that kite like mad in the middle of your field only to get smacked with a good gust when you run out of room. Over and over I might add.

Am I missing anything :D Help fill in the blanks.

djsiryn - 16-9-2015 at 01:42 PM

4 out of 7 for me... Not bad. LOL!

RedSky - 16-9-2015 at 03:41 PM

8. You don't carry a change of clothes.

9. You've swallowed a bug.

10. You find yourself in a tree

11. You're a better pilot. :D

13. You don't immediately fall flat on your face from exhaustion when you return home.

14. You have convinced yourself that number 11 is correct.

cheezycheese - 16-9-2015 at 03:50 PM

I'm with DJ, 4 out 7. Great topic :thumbup:

John Holgate - 16-9-2015 at 05:09 PM

15. You spend as much time trying to figure out how to keep the camera stable and not rattling loose as you do kiting.

16. You come to the conclusion that sheep poo is good for you.

Dayhiker - 16-9-2015 at 05:10 PM

I resemble several of the numerals & have a whole slew of sport kite variations.

When you own & fly a kite like this glider just so some dang thing will fly when the wind dies for the day. (and how do the Revs keep getting in the pictures?)

4-28-13 Prism Zero G on table 450x338.JPG - 48kB

Feyd - 16-9-2015 at 05:25 PM

17. Smooth wind creeps you out. You are always on edge waiting to get your ass kicked by a gust that never comes.

18. You fly in punchy junky wind and make it look good and easy.

19. You laugh out loud when someone say's "gusty" is a 3 kt variation in windspeed.

20. You fly Arcs, Peaks, Access',Nasa, or some flavor of SLE.

21. Wind reports are an indicator of "wind" or "no wind" because the accuracy is, well, there is no accuracy.

22. You develop a sick love of punchy junky wind.

Dayhiker - 16-9-2015 at 05:31 PM

When you lean your kite against the car getting ready to go home (due to lack of wind) & the wind picks up to the point that the kite is stuck on the car.

rofer - 16-9-2015 at 05:45 PM

24. You size for the lulls in a desperate attempt to stay moving

(Or is that just me?)

soliver - 16-9-2015 at 05:51 PM

25. You are ALWAYS looking for a better spot (Google maps is constantly an open tab on you web browser)

26. That last gust ALWAYS makes you wait to pack up just a little longer just to see if you can get moving again

Me too rofer :o

I fit ALL of the above... except maybe the sheep poo thing...

nate76 - 16-9-2015 at 06:02 PM

27. You don't own a Sonic or R1 but have still managed to kite in a complete 360 degree circle. Multiple times. Not because you wanted to.

B-Roc - 16-9-2015 at 07:23 PM

28. You marvel at the fact that your kite and the park flag can, at the same time, be blowing in totally opposite directions.

29. A soccer team can disrupt your favorite spot for months on end.

30. A good day is when you've moved 30' in the same direction before having to turn around AND you don't have to walk, push, kick your ride of choice back to the starting point to repeat your "down winder".

31. The guy who likes to drive golf balls is your competition for prime real estate.

nate76 - 16-9-2015 at 08:08 PM

32. Your wife no longer asks, “Were you able to get out?”, or “How did it go?”, when you get home, knowing it may be a sore subject.

33. Your wife constantly asks, “Were you able to get out?”, or “How did it go?”, hoping the futility of what you are trying to do will finally sink in. Now go take out the trash.

34. You sometimes consult your Magic Eight-ball rather than WindAlert to determine whether it’s worth going out or not. It just seems more trustworthy.

35. Driving 230 miles for "good wind" seems reasonable.

Windstruck - 16-9-2015 at 08:08 PM

32. You've slammed your buggy into a soccer goal post.

33. The big kite you could barely get off the ground 2 minutes ago now has you pinching Twinkies in gale force winds.

nate76 - 16-9-2015 at 08:11 PM

Some of these are hitting too close to home. We might need to start a support group.

Oh, wait....here we are!

Feyd - 17-9-2015 at 03:19 AM

34. You stand around waiting for 2hr with hardly a puff, getting more and more frustrated with each passing minute. But forget Then forget all about the 2hrs of your life you just wasted because you just got lit for 10 minutes by a rogue gust. This all when the forecast calls for 15-20kts all day.

35. You ride more thermic wind than real wind.

soliver - 17-9-2015 at 04:14 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

33. The big kite you could barely get off the ground 2 minutes ago now has you pinching Twinkies in gale force winds.

Quote: Originally posted by nate76

Some of these are hitting too close to home. We might need to start a support group.

Oh, wait....here we are!

36. You know what the letters JWC mean :smilegrin:

37. You appoint yourself president of a fictitious club based on lamenting the poor quality of your wind.

By the way, I would like to welcome you all into the fold. You are now members of the Janky Wind Club, you will all be receiving your name tags and T-shirts in the mail very soon.

Bladerunner - 17-9-2015 at 04:52 AM

38- Whenever you find yourself running smooth with the perfect wind you get real worried and look around for signs your going to get blasted!

39- You see a dust devil coming and think, " this is the perfect time to increase my PB " !

40- You chuckle to yourself whenever somebody asks why their kite over flies the window.

41- You regret you wasted money on your FB race kites.

Feyd - 17-9-2015 at 06:09 AM

Hahahaha!!!

Feyd - 17-9-2015 at 06:12 AM

42. You're sitting dead still with not a puff while your buddy 20' away is lit to the gills and laughing at you as he/she rips by.

average_newb - 17-9-2015 at 06:27 AM

43. You pack up and then the wind finally starts to blow at racing speed

abkayak - 17-9-2015 at 06:33 AM

44. you cant understand the greatness or a Core or Reactor and sing the praise of stuff that basically looks like a bed sheet

ssayre - 17-9-2015 at 06:35 AM

45. When at a field you have good wind until people start to watch you. Then you just look like a weirdo sitting in a glorified wheel barrow

That was harsh abkayak :D

Feyd - 17-9-2015 at 08:33 AM

Spectators kill wind. :mad:

You'll be lit all day and then when someone stops to watch you are either dead in the water or working you butt off just to creep along.

Then they walk away wondering what all the hub bub is about.

smiler8401 - 17-9-2015 at 10:05 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Feyd

Spectators kill wind. :mad:

You'll be lit all day and then when someone stops to watch you are either dead in the water or working you butt off just to creep along.

Then they walk away wondering what all the hub bub is about.

hahaha.....

and you keep wondering what are they thinking

a) the kite won fly because you are not a good pilot ..

b) what a joke ...this guy try to fly in no wind .

I really hope they choose a)

rectifier - 17-9-2015 at 12:03 PM

46 - You land and relaunch your kite 50 times in a session as the wind comes and goes, and think nothing of it

47 - You are capable of untangling a NPW that has been blown inside out by a reverse gust, without walking to the kite!

I always get nervous as well when the wind blows smoothly and in one direction. Usually means a thunderstorm is coming...

Windstruck - 17-9-2015 at 12:52 PM

48. You frequently see Parks and Rec groundskeepers in county-issued pickup trucks pull up alongside a public field you are buggying on, stand there looking at you, pull out their mobile phone and talk while still watching you, and then get back in their trucks and drive away. (a.k.a., when is the foot going to drop?).

@ abkayak - hey! Some of us are devoted to our bed sheets! :D

Feyd - 17-9-2015 at 01:05 PM

Smiler is right. And I hate when some official is eyeballing me and on the phone.

Sometimes we get harassed by the PD. Usually because they got a call of someone through the ice or something like that. Sometimes not. Funny thing when you are on the ice many lakes cross multiple jurisdictions. And good luck trying to define where Nh stops and Maine of Vt. Begins. :D

soliver - 17-9-2015 at 01:53 PM

49. If/when you actually get to the beach you can't go more than 100 yards without having the strange compulsion like you have to turn... So you turn.

Happens to me EVERY time I go to Jekyll Island.

soliver - 17-9-2015 at 02:11 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

48. You frequently see Parks and Rec groundskeepers in county-issued pickup trucks pull up alongside a public field you are buggying on, stand there looking at you, pull out their mobile phone and talk while still watching you, and then get back in their trucks and drive away. (a.k.a., when is the foot going to drop?).

@ abkayak - hey! Some of us are devoted to our bed sheets! :D

For me this scenario always plays out with the Parks and Rec. guy saying something like (North Ga country accent inferred) "Well, I asked my boss and he said the rules say no motorized vehicles on the field and you aint got no motor but the wind... thats cool man."

@abkayak; being and inland kiter and a lover of Cores, Reactors, and glorified bedsheets I fail to understand your meaning... or this statement is very specifically pointed :smilegrin:

XXL - 17-9-2015 at 03:03 PM

you fly your race kites on longer lines to get above trees

Windstruck - 17-9-2015 at 03:16 PM

50. (Inspired by XXL's unnumbered comment) You DON'T fly your kites with line extensions even if it would improve your session pull-wise because doing so shortens up your runs too much on the soccer fields you are using for buggying.

jrhook - 17-9-2015 at 03:21 PM

LOL ssayre and fellow Janks! Apparently I haven't had my ass dropped and dragged enough yet with that Twister to want it gone yet. Awesome to know others are suffering equally! Did we mention:

--- setting up at breakneck speed when the wind IS blowing knowing full well it could peeter out before we get a stake in the ground...

Oh blessed Wildwood!

Windstruck - 17-9-2015 at 03:21 PM

Quote: Originally posted by soliver

I fear someday it will go somewhat differently, you know, more like it went for Luke.

51.

skimtwashington - 17-9-2015 at 04:53 PM

It's winter.

.... and you want to be on snow and ice so you go on a lake...which of course is INLAND.

Fortunately I get some fairly unjanky wind where I go...unlike many here's experience.

ssayre - 17-9-2015 at 05:14 PM

52. don't know if this has been mentioned, but the best wind is in fall / winter and that just happens to be when our days shorten and when daylight savings kicks in then it's dark by the time you get off work. Very cruel and unusual punishment.

soliver - 17-9-2015 at 05:40 PM

We ain't got nun uh them froze'd up lakes down here in Georgia... Jest the Janky wind.

ssayre - 17-9-2015 at 06:15 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

Quote: Originally posted by soliver

I fear someday it will go somewhat differently, you know, more like it went for Luke.

Just be courteous and wave at staff that drive by. I was using the parking lot by the admin building of the sports complex I was at.

3shot - 17-9-2015 at 06:21 PM

53. When a 2m FB scares the hell out of you on beach hardpack with clean wind.

abkayak - 17-9-2015 at 06:43 PM

Ssayre...no intent, sometimes I have funny thoughts...I think..
Fixed that for ya

ssayre - 17-9-2015 at 06:53 PM

I don't know what your talking about but you spelled my name wrong :D

Oh the reactor core comment? That was funny. Don't go getting soft on us abkayak, I like your comments. Still a little hurt on the name misspelling though.

Demoknight - 18-9-2015 at 01:59 PM

Well, I know the inland wind struggle. I have it good right now with one of the world's largest lakes next to me, but I come from humble beginnings. I have no idea where I would even try to fly if I still lived where I did in GA. I would have to drive an hour or more to ever find a place big enough with short enough trees to fly. Any of you GA boys tried the International Horse Park?

pongnut - 18-9-2015 at 02:28 PM

:lol:

Sure glad I had my depends on when I read this post - HILARIOUS! (...and so true!)

soliver - 18-9-2015 at 04:12 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Demoknight

Well, I know the inland wind struggle. I have it good right now with one of the world's largest lakes next to me, but I come from humble beginnings. I have no idea where I would even try to fly if I still lived where I did in GA. I would have to drive an hour or more to ever find a place big enough with short enough trees to fly. Any of you GA boys tried the International Horse Park?

I checked it out the last time you mentioned it on PKF and it didn't look promising to me. I have 3 decent spots within 10-30 minutes of me here in the Marietta Area:

North GA Fairgrounds (Jim R Miller Park, Marietta)(Literally 10 minutes from door to field)
Swift Cantrell Park (Kennesaw)
White Oak Park (Dallas/ Paulding County)

All are worthy spots that have appeared in my vids.

Errol, around Atlanta is not so bad when the wind is blowing, you just have to be choosy, patient and be sure to have a worthy light wind engine.

TEDWESLEY - 18-9-2015 at 06:34 PM

54. when you take a book with you cause you know that 10mph forecast is a lie
55. when you encourage your buddy to pack it up for the day hoping that will bring on the wind
56. when you know which kite makes the best pillow

Windstruck - 18-9-2015 at 06:34 PM

Quote: Originally posted by soliver

...you just have to be choosy, patient and be sure to have a worthy light wind engine.

Like a 10m NS3! :D

soliver - 18-9-2015 at 07:25 PM

Uh... YEAH!!! :o

Proletariat - 18-9-2015 at 07:57 PM

Ha! These are great. Here are a few more:

57. You've ever been hit in the face with your own depower kite after a lull

58. You have covered a full 270 degrees when laying out & adjusting your Arc.

59. You've spent 2 hours on setup and 15 minutes flying (and count that as a success)

60. 6 hour round-trip for a 45 minute (gusty) session counts as a win in your book.

61. You've ever been in a shouting match with a Soccer coach.

62. You've ever hit a sprinkler head with buggy or board.

63. You improve 1000% at everything whenever you get a trip to the coast.

64. Turbulence freaks you out less then lulls.

65. You have picked cactus out of your buggy seat (or butt)

66. Like John said, but for us it is "You have convinced yourself that goose #@%$#! isn't *really* that bad for the skin."

67. You've learned the art of running to get your kite in the air.

68. Your wife repeatedly suggests that you take up golf instead.

69. You prefer a downloop start with big kites because you know you'll need the momentum to get through the lull that you know is coming.

70. Half the marks on your helmet are from it being thrown.

71. You've read the bylaws of a state park / open space / athletic field or lake.

72. You've pondered whether "private property" really means what you think it means or if it's "open to interpretation".

73. You own a buggy, a landboard, skis/snowboards, and a kiteboard yet you still consider getting a different or bigger foil/kitecat / board for those "lighter" days

74. You stop checking wind reports altogether and just roll with it.

74.5. You look like the road warrior when you finish gearing up.

Proletariat - 18-9-2015 at 08:06 PM

Quote: Originally posted by TEDWESLEY

54. when you take a book with you cause you know that 10mph forecast is a lie
55. when you encourage your buddy to pack it up for the day hoping that will bring on the wind
56. when you know which kite makes the best pillow

Ha! Actual LOL on 55. That reminded me of a few more:

75. You unpack 2 kites so you can pack one up to appease the wind gods when the big lulls hit.

76. You've ever actually considered buying 60m + lines.

77. You don't even bother choosing a kite anymore, you just rig everything and swap bars because it saves time.

Proletariat - 18-9-2015 at 08:15 PM

78. You've bowtied a fully inflated LEI.

79. You know (intimately) what bowtie means.

80. You know how to shake out a bowtie without landing.

81. You invert, fly through the lines and think, "meh... I can fly like this, too... I'll fix it when the wind dies."

RedSky - 18-9-2015 at 08:41 PM

82. You see a guy at the other end of the field unpacking his kite and so the race is on to get your kite in the air first.
Success! You are the first to setup. You then buggy in his direction for the victory flyby only for the wind to completely die. Your kite falls out of the sky narrowly missing him. Embarrassed, you climb out of the buggy, switch on a false smile and pretend you came down to see if he needs help.

83. You see a guy at the other end of the field unpacking his kite and you race to get your kite in the air first but the other guy beats you to it and he's now heading in your direction. You drop your birds nest ball of string, kick it under a bag and pretend you're taking a call. The other guy expertly lands his kite next to you and starts walking over with a big wide grin while you mutter obscenities under your breath.

ssayre - 18-9-2015 at 09:14 PM

84. Every drive you take for work or personal reasons is also a secret scouting mission.

ssayre - 18-9-2015 at 09:20 PM

71 and 72 :lol:

Guilty as charged

Proletariat - 18-9-2015 at 10:07 PM

RedSky, that's weirdly specific and hilarious. Friend of yours?

TEDWESLEY - 19-9-2015 at 04:42 AM

85. You know the status and optimal wind direction for every piece of cleared land in a 30 mile
radius
86. you send birthday cards to 20 farmers just to "keep in touch"
87. you know the crop rotation schedule of those farmers

Windstruck - 19-9-2015 at 06:14 AM

@ 86 - now that's funny Ted! Reminds me of the self-help book "Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty".

88. You pride yourself on your kite landing skills during lulls. It actually becomes a contest with yourself during most sessions to land your kite and in the center of the wind window during the dozens of lulls you experience, success being defined as the kite being upright and set to hot launch at the next gust with you never having gotten out of your buggy.

89. You choose to view your static buggy time from 88 above as "opportunities" to check your voice mail, answer emails, and FaceTime your kids.

RedSky - 19-9-2015 at 07:42 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Proletariat

RedSky, that's weirdly specific and hilarious. Friend of yours?

I'm just fine when there's no audience but on occasion I see a new face in the park and its like amateur night out there, I can't do anything right. In the past I've had newbs come over to offer advice and to save further embarrassment I pretend I'm a newb too.

Oh I see, show me again where the strop line goes?

As he walks away I think to myself, I've being buggying here before you were born sunshine, you'll discover the JWC club soon enough. :D

Feyd - 19-9-2015 at 12:28 PM

God we need help.

soliver - 19-9-2015 at 02:37 PM

90. You get you kids all geared up for a ride in the Tandem and they can't sit still long enough to wait for the puff.

Holy cow,... we made it to 90

volock - 19-9-2015 at 04:09 PM

91. You get excited whenever you hear about someone else kiting, then find out they're one of the wimps who only kite when they travel to the beaches and clean wind

92. Running into another kiter, especially one you don't know, is a moment of elation at more people to kite with and possible gear to borrow, followed by dread realizing they may want to start sharing your tiny tiny spot that you're attempting to board/buggy, and you're almost tempted to talk them out of it

RedSky - 19-9-2015 at 09:10 PM

Quote: Originally posted by volock

91. You get excited whenever you hear about someone else kiting, then find out they're one of the wimps who only kite when they travel to the beaches and clean wind

92. Running into another kiter, especially one you don't know, is a moment of elation at more people to kite with and possible gear to borrow, followed by dread realizing they may want to start sharing your tiny tiny spot that you're attempting to board/buggy, and you're almost tempted to talk them out of it

haha! I think I may have used that one. My advice to you is to get yourself down the coast and enjoy the clean winds.....and leave me in peace. :lol:

ssayre - 20-9-2015 at 08:11 PM

Quote: Originally posted by abkayak

sing the praise of stuff that basically looks like a bed sheet

I think the nasa's look more like a romulan war ship :D

average_newb - 20-9-2015 at 09:26 PM

Diddo to that Sean, now only if they had one that looked like the enterprise!!

Dayhiker - 21-9-2015 at 01:43 PM

93. When you are proudly zooming around with your very specialized super ultra light sport kite, then a mom with two kids show up with Gayla kites & you realize they have no chance of even launching their kites. You feel guilty knowing you may have stifled their future efforts.

shortlineflyer - 21-9-2015 at 02:14 PM

94. you would consider ritual human sacrifice it it would get wind

Feyd - 21-9-2015 at 05:50 PM

95. You HAVE commited ritua humanl sacrifice to get wind. (Only once or twice).

Kober - 21-9-2015 at 09:46 PM

wow ..... nice list ... 4 years ago I quit inland riding because of that long list ,,,,, lol ..... Now I do only 5-10 inland sessions a year ....

jrhook - 22-9-2015 at 03:10 AM

Ok, a brief summary of the north wind blowing here on Sunday...

--- windalert says 8-11 am will be rocking, off I go!
--- text my local buddy who just bought the cutest little 2 line 1m thing after expressing an interest in kiting. He's working up to the 2m Hornet, the ideal trainer. He never shows.
--- float the Twister for about an hour just happy to see it in the sky and get a workout keeping it in the air. Where is this 20mph gusting to 38?
--- Glad I haven't texted Cheezy to take a ride down here for nothing!
--- winds picking up, oh boy, then the first of the female rugby players show up!
--- off to another field with a good 15, almost steady even... Ride back and forth with the 5m because of the tight area... Wasn't worth risking the 7's getting snatched up in a tree. Some fun is had!
--- back to the big beautiful now empty western side of my spot and blowing as good as it ever gets. Should I call Mark? Too good to last long, for sure.
---$Rode the board like a mofo back and forth unhooked until arms had enough. Left the place exhausted for maybe the first time ever. Wind still blowing...
--- there is hope if all conditions listed in this thread happen at once, much like the quintillion to 1 odds of life randomly forming out of a collection of gasses as is alleged by non-believers!
--- much like golf, duff around all day and hit one good one... You desperately want to come back for more!
Cheers all - life before WW is really getting in the way at this point!

Feyd - 22-9-2015 at 08:30 AM

96. A 10kt gust factor is "steady wind" and a 100% gust factor is "Normal".

pongnut - 22-9-2015 at 08:48 AM

97. The farmer, who lets you fly on his small piece of grassy heaven for the last 4 years, comes out to inform you that he can't let you fly there anymore, due to liability concerns :dunno:

Time for some "date-nights" with Google Earth.

kitemaker4 - 22-9-2015 at 03:23 PM

98. all your kites are nasa wings.

Susan (npw goddess)

RedSky - 22-9-2015 at 04:28 PM

Quote: Originally posted by pongnut

97. The farmer, who lets you fly on his small piece of grassy heaven for the last 4 years, comes out to inform you that he can't let you fly there anymore, due to liability concerns :dunno:

Time for some "date-nights" with Google Earth.

Tell him you'll happily sign a waiver. Print one up for him and sign it.

TEDWESLEY - 22-9-2015 at 05:09 PM

98. You make plans for next week based on a wind forecast seven days out
99. your tool bar has accuweather, weatherunderground, NOAA, windfinder, sailflow, and Madam Zostra's mystical wind prognostications.
you put the most faith in Madam Zostra.

hiaguy - 22-9-2015 at 05:44 PM

35(b) You've driven for four hours, spent 5 minutes in the buggy, and are glad that you were able to see your friends again.

100. You schedule your work vacation, home and work projects, even family time, around WBB.

For those of you that are sill waiting for the mail, here's your t-shirt:

soliver - 22-9-2015 at 07:44 PM

Wuhoo! we made it to 100!!!

I was thinking about all this today and wondering if we are just lamenting the lack of summer winds?

Will we all be so whiney in a month or so when the fall winds come,... then winter winds,... then again in spring.

Always loved the shirt Howard, we need to get Davis to actually print some up for us.

^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 8-11-2015 at 06:53 AM

If people driving by stop to see if you're OK because they think
You jumped from a plane and having trouble landing your chute!

ssayre - 8-11-2015 at 07:05 AM

Welcome flyinhigh! What part of Indiana are you from?

^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 8-11-2015 at 07:21 AM

Ssayre about 30 min north of Louisville, KY

WELDNGOD - 8-11-2015 at 07:53 AM

101. GOOSEPOOP! Nuff said?

Windstruck - 8-11-2015 at 10:16 AM

Quote: Originally posted by WELDNGOD

101. GOOSEPOOP! Nuff said?

102. Moose and Elk poop. NUFF SAID.

volock - 8-11-2015 at 11:59 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

Quote: Originally posted by WELDNGOD

101. GOOSEPOOP! Nuff said?

102. Moose and Elk poop. NUFF SAID.

This is apples and oranges. Goose poop gets on everything and slick, while the other has been known to stop my mountainboard wheels...

Windstruck - 8-11-2015 at 01:03 PM

Quote: Originally posted by volock

while the other has been known to stop my mountainboard wheels...

A good moose poop can knock you out of a buggy.... Just sayin' :moon:

soliver - 8-11-2015 at 01:59 PM

Here's a new one I've been thinking about recently in the last 3 weeks of practically nonstop rain:

103. You wonder if its ok to Scotch Guard your kites because its windiest in the rain... if its not ok, you wonder what products are available to waterproof your kites so you can fly in the rain... then start wondering how expensive rain gear is.

Love this thread and glad it popped back up!

Bladerunner - 8-11-2015 at 02:27 PM

Quote: Originally posted by pongnut

This is sort of why we formed NAPKA.

Would your Farmer Friend be O.K. with it if you had Liability insurance? If so you can consider joining NAPKA and having your own " events " at his place.

Devoted - 8-11-2015 at 03:20 PM

Dont remember of these are mentioned but

104. If you bring 3 kites or more just to make sure you cover the gusts ot the lulls.

105. If you hot the beach for the first time and realise the farmfields are really not that smooth riding

106. The first time you ride the farmfields again after a beach session and thinking the ones living near a beach are lucky (beep here to keep this forum nice)

107. Really wishing you never sold that arc.

108. Why did they start building houses and industrial buildings on my kitespot again?

109. Did the farmer die or did he become lazy. The grass is long today.

110. How do I tell my wife she needs to find a job in the coastal area. Its time to move.

^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 8-11-2015 at 04:00 PM

You find a hill with open fields all around and get permission to fly there..every day
Then kiters come out of the woodwork to steal your Spot!

Yes I'm like Sheldon Cooper "That's MY Spot"

ssayre - 9-11-2015 at 04:07 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ^^FlyinHighAgain^^

Ssayre about 30 min north of Louisville, KY

hit me up if your ever up this way. Occasionally I'm down that way for work.

^^FlyinHighAgain^^ - 9-11-2015 at 04:28 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ssayre

Quote: Originally posted by ^^FlyinHighAgain^^

Ssayre about 30 min north of Louisville, KY

hit me up if your ever up this way. Occasionally I'm down that way for work.

I'll actually be in Indy in Irvington this weekend. Having an early thankgiving dinner with my gf family. No kites in tow though.

ssayre - 9-11-2015 at 04:43 PM

that's ok, i've got plenty :D

That's a really early thanksgiving.

fast_monte - 10-11-2015 at 02:13 PM

111. If you hear someone say,"He is reliable as the inland wind," you know that is NOT a compliment. They are generally shifty, overly gusty, and inconsistent at best.

br44 - 10-11-2015 at 08:21 PM

112. You kited overpowered for 3 hours, thinking that the high winds will last just a few more minutes.
113. You are overpowered, but know that if you go back and get a smaller kite the wind will die.
114. You were overpowered, emergency landed, packed and went to get a smaller kite. The smaller kite was then too small. After packing it and launching the bigger kite again, the wind died for good. Should have kited during that last hour, instead of just switching kites.
115. You seriously considered asking for permission from a cemetery to kite on their land, at the top of a hill.
116. You know right away that your session is over before it started if you see 2 kites flying in the distance, because there is barely enough space for 1 kite, 2 is a crowd, and 3 is asking for it. So when you leave home you don't tell anyone and hope that nobody will show up.
117. You follow up on scouting trips with research, phone calls, letters and chocolate gifts, asking/begging for permission to ride.
118. You make sure you have your smartphone handy when you kite, so you can read the news or a book during lulls, waiting for the next "gust" to relaunch your kite. You even type emails and call people fully hooked in.
119. You pack enough food and hot drinks, knowing it might take a while for the wind to come back.
120. You have plenty of time to reflect on how beautiful your kite looks on the snow, with the sky, clouds, trees, birds and all that.
121. The forecast is abysmal but you go there anyway just in case.
122. Your favorite if not only way of playing golf is with a kite and skis. While you're at it, you find out why sand traps are called traps.
123. You repeatedly fantasized about how much you'd like to chop off ALL the trees from that particular spot, to make it so much better.
124. You wish you had stayed home instead.
125. Your hope just won't die.

soliver - 10-11-2015 at 08:56 PM

All very good br44 :thumbup:

ssayre - 11-11-2015 at 06:45 AM

120, 121, 123,124,125 some of my favorites. :thumbup:

soliver - 12-11-2015 at 07:23 AM

126. You go to get your buggy out at the end of the summer season for your first fall session and find it has cobwebs on it.

Seriously people ... Cobwebs, I mean seriously. :mad:

ssayre - 12-11-2015 at 07:25 AM

southern spiders are probably big poisonous ones maybe

Demoknight - 12-11-2015 at 07:44 AM

Not big, but poisonous, yes. Black Widows are a problem in the south.

abkayak - 12-11-2015 at 07:45 AM

my back yard and buggy shed has spiders that can hang w/ anyone's....beach spiders do not get proper respect

snowspider - 18-11-2015 at 04:57 PM

127. Flying your kite backwards out of the tree you snagged is just another part of your skill set.

pyro22487 - 2-12-2015 at 02:29 PM

128 you start with a 3.2 vapor and the wind dies...then put up the 6.5 vapor and forget the go pro is rolling and scream like a little girl when the 17mph gust hits.

jrhook - 3-12-2015 at 12:54 PM

Sorry if it's already in the list but dodging golf balls was new to me today in the jankiest of winds...:o

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