PrairieWind
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wissa 2012 Michigan
just hoping for some first person accounts of the WISSA races thus far. Not sure if feyd was the only PKF person down there or not...
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markite
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I saw some photos on line and heard that for the first days it was very light wind, and the what there was wasn't that good in the smaller lake so a
handful of racers using either the ELF kites or big Flysurfers dominated. I guess if you could keep a kite in the air the race was a go - everyone
outside of having those kites were skate skiing the course or walking back. The results so far are posted on line too.
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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bobdill
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The Québec Air Force is there!:wee::wee:
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mdpminc
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Mood: so want to get out, but no free time :-(
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WISSA 2012
Foils: Phantom2 15, Aurora 19 custom, F-1200, S-840, JN Luis 10, JN Randas 8
Inflados: Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17.5m, Rise LW15m, Razor 12m and 10m, Prodigy 7m
Boards: Mako Duke, Mako King, 6'6" Bushman shortned to 5'8"
Land 'n snow: "Tsar" RC2000 Nobile, 150 SantaCruz TT with IceBlade, 159 Mongoose Grand Slalom
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Feyd
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No freakin wind. I'm trying to be dilpomatic about things so I'll leave it at that.
On the up side there are a lot of really nice people here from all over and I've been out on Lake Michigan a little and it was worth the trip to meet
some new faces and ride a Great Lake.
Chris Krug-Owner @ Hardwater Kiting. Authorized Dealer of Ozone, Flysurfer, HQ kites.
www.hardwaterkiter.com 603-986-2784
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DenisLaMenace
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Feyd
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Totally an Elf/ Flysurfer Speed 3 fest. 16m Elfs and 19-21 m speeds. Normand is a damn machine.
The wind here has been non-existent. Horrible racing conditions for non pure bred race rigs. Rode the 24m Phantom 2 today and was at least to finish
my laps in a reasonable amount of time. It was like I was in a different race. I was fine in the crosswind but not even close on the downwinds and
up winds.
The winds picked up after our last race today. Figures.
Ripped around after the race and had he most fun I've had since Saturday. Not counting riding on Michigan. :roll:
Chris Krug-Owner @ Hardwater Kiting. Authorized Dealer of Ozone, Flysurfer, HQ kites.
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PrairieWind
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I'd seen the results so far on the wissa site. After reading some of the accounts of the kitewing guys skate skiing ( on a yahoo kitewing group)
just in order to finish - the reality of the wind conditions were made apparent, just wanted to hear from folks that were in the thick of things. I
don't think Chris packed any big ass Vapors...
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Feyd
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Yeah, the sledge and kitewing riders really got boned at this event. Those guys need a lot more wind than kites do.
I rode the 24m Phantom 2 yesterday and was pretty well powered and had a good time out ont he course.
No PW, I didn't pack any Vapors, big ass or otherwise. The BS wind reports the event organizer and the wind history for the area made it out to be a
prime place to race an Arc. But the winds took a vacation up to New England as far as I can tell. The wife keeps telling me she's been having one
epic day after another.
No racing today and the wind's supposed to nuke. Figures. 
Gonna rip on Lake Michigan today if the direction is good.:bouncing:
Chris Krug-Owner @ Hardwater Kiting. Authorized Dealer of Ozone, Flysurfer, HQ kites.
www.hardwaterkiter.com 603-986-2784
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