Kitedude - 4-5-2008 at 03:59 AM
Hi Guys im heading back to Orlando in August and im looking to buy some new kit.
Does anybody know of any stores in the orlando/coco beach/Tampa area??
Also do any of you guys kite over that way? Im looking for a buddy to kitesurfe with:wink2:
Cheers Guys
levitation^Drew - 5-5-2008 at 03:33 AM
The only kite store in Orlando, Hawaiian Kiteworks closed up a year and half ago. The best store I know, on the east side of Florida, for kite surfing
is in St. Augustine. Which is about a two hours and then some drive North/East. Extreme Kites website is oceanextremesports.com/ for more info.
Drew
tridude - 5-5-2008 at 04:28 AM
Speleopower (PKF member) flys out of Cocoa Beach...................and welcome!
speleopower - 5-5-2008 at 02:03 PM
To buy anything you gotta go to St. Augustine or just order online. Or you could try Sandy Point Progressive Sports in Daytona. I've not been there
for years. http://www.progressivesports.com/
Look me up if your over this way. I'm not a huge fan of Orlando......
To many
weekend warriors come over to the coast from Orlando 
Later-Scott
Kitedude - 5-5-2008 at 03:16 PM
Cheers guys
Well im big into landboarding and im buying a new quiver for the water so was going to wait until i got there as the prices are so much better than
here in Ireland.
Yeah will do scott be good to hook up.
Cheers again guys
Oh what kinda of winds do you guys get at the start of August??
levitation^Drew - 5-5-2008 at 06:49 PM
The website I use for long range wind forecast is wind finder. The Daytona link is www.windfinder.com/windstats/windstatistic_daytona_beach.htm Check out the Statistic and the forecast. Oh and this is why I go to this beach a lot
in May. www.windfinder.com/windstats/windstatistic_augustine_beach_buoy.htm I try not to go so much on the weekend because of the locals who dislike the
orlando weekend warriors.
Drew
speleopower - 10-5-2008 at 08:59 AM
Look me up if your in the area. Cocoa Beach isn't the best place for landboarding due to mostly wrong tides and lots of people. Cocoa Beach has only
a very narrow area to landboard on during low tide. At high tide there is no hard packed sand to ride on. There are some good places on the west
coast and St. Augustine is a better beach for landboarding.
It's super crowded today on the beach...O-towners are here already. I guess I'll just chill in and by my pool until they leave in the early evening
then I'll goto the beach.
See ya-Scott
Kitedude - 12-5-2008 at 12:20 PM
Hi Guys thanks for the info
Scott ill hopefully hook up with you when im there.
speleopower - 12-5-2008 at 05:08 PM
When are you going to be around the Orlando area?
-Scott
Kitedude - 13-5-2008 at 04:47 AM
4th-19th of August so hopefully get out to the east coast a few times i guess the best time would be mid week rather than weekends?
speleopower - 14-5-2008 at 04:01 PM
In August it's pretty hot and the beachs are crowded during the day. In the evenings people start to leave and that's usually when the wind picks up
some. August is hit or miss for winds as well. During the day a lot of times the wind is blowing offshore but it switches to an
easterly/southeasterly wind in the evenings when the thunderstorms start picking up strength in Orlando. I think the t-storms create big thermal
winds which are very very steady on the beach. But they are light most of the time. A big kite is the way to go. I'd like to get a 15-19 meter
Flysurfer SA for the light seabreeze winds.
Scott
Kitedude - 15-5-2008 at 05:54 AM
Bummer
I was over in nokomis beach on the west coast last year and the same no wind
Ah Hopefully ill get out,ill be up in oceanextremesports.com anyway to buy some new kites
One of the guys has a 17m flysurfer here not sure he gets to much use out of it as its pretty much always honking or no wind what so ever....no
inbetween which can be a pain.