hellnferno - 19-9-2016 at 09:41 PM
I spent my weekend hiking Mt Adams via South Trail. Didn't made it to the peak but I made it to Pikers Peak! It was windy and cold between both peak!
I drove pass Hood River and guess what? Yep everyone was kitesurfing! Kinda made me wish I lived there or closer to a river/lake! Never tried it but
always wanted to! Water would be a lots more forgiving than on dirt when crashing 
....
If you were there, let me know how it went! I might consider going there and rent gears/take a lesson there because I read somewhere that there is
some shop in Hood River that offers kite surfing lesson!
Picture view toward Hood Mountain from Pikers Peak!
MotoFoo86 - 19-9-2016 at 09:47 PM
There are a bunch of outfits in Hood river that do lessons, although many of them are closed for the season at this point. I wasn't out there on the
11th, was up at work. The crashing is normally more forgiving, however it can be much more frustrating figuring out lines and whatnot after a crash.
They "float" but when you're keeping yourself up and getting slowly dragged downwind things are a bit more interesting then on land or even deep snow.
Highly recommend learning at Jones Beach with the outfit there, much less crowded and in my mind a better place to fly although there is more ship
traffic.
hellnferno - 19-9-2016 at 09:53 PM
Thank for recommendations! Yeah there are like 30 kites up at the same time near that toll bridge. Makes me wonder how people avoid tangling each
other's kite!
MotoFoo86 - 19-9-2016 at 11:24 PM
If you've ever buggied on a very short beach it's about the same, you stay in your space they stay in theirs. Downwind kiters kites stay low, upwind
riders stay high. I stay away from the fray (or used to) but it's not as bad as it seems from shore. That being said i much prefer the kite beaches
that aren't so busy. Lauching with tons of kiters right off shore is a pain especially if someone is mowing the lawn or thrown down (for the cameras)
right off the launch neither of which are uncommon.