^^FlyinHighAgain^^
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Registered: 1-11-2015
Location: Soy Bean fields of Indiana
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Mood: If the Wind is Blowing I'm Going
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Wind Tech
What do you guys use? Wind Alert app or website, Google Earth,? Any one know of any good wind kmz/kml files to plug into Google Earth?
Home weather stations/wind meters?Hand held Anemometers?
A cool wind animation. http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orth...
What do you use and what do you prefer or think is best?
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bigkid
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Registered: 12-4-2009
Location: Somewhere over there -->
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Mood: :-)
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A wet thumb and which way the last of my hair is blowing. Or accuweather.
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
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ssayre
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Location: Indiana
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I check current conditions by trees and flags. The only reason I check weather on an app is to see if the wind will gain or wain in strength to know
if it's worth a session. I use windfinder but I haven't found any that are useful above and beyond getting a sense for what wind will be like for the
day.
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sand flea
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Posts: 612
Registered: 2-12-2010
Location: Portland Oregon
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Mood: non significant wind chaser
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windshark.com is one of my favorites.
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UnknownAX
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National weather service, data from nearby weather stations/airports, webcams and www.windyty.com . |
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stevecarson
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Registered: 21-11-2015
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I generally use windfinder or windguru.
For real time I check the weatherlink stations on my local spots
-Ozone Chrono2 11M
-Flysurfer Sonic 15M
-Ozone Chrono2 9M
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southpadreburt
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Registered: 1-12-2011
Location: South Padre Island
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Mood: Retired from Work, Working overtime with the Wind
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I use WeatherFlow/Iwindsurf/WindAlert because the reports are from local wind sensors rather than a distant location. Winds in my area very
considerably from locations just 10 miles away. Too many wind sources tend to take forecasts for a general area and assign them to more localized
spots that have micro climates when it comes to wind.
Prism Micron
Rev B Series Standard,Vented,Full Vented
Rev PowerBlast 2-4
Rush 3 Pro
Ozone Access 4, 6, 8,10
Ozone Summit 8, 10
Ozone Frenzy 13m Ultralite
Cabrinha 7, 9, 13 Xbow
Cabrinha 11 Switchblade
2 PL BigFoot Buggies
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Cheddarhead
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Registered: 4-12-2009
Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
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I generally show up at said location with every available kite size I own and wing it. Sometimes I get skunked, but most times I don't.
SS Turbine 17m
SS Rally 14m
SS Rally 12m
SS RPM 10m
SS Rally 8m
SS Rally 6m
FS Speed 3 15m dlx
FS Peak 2 6m
Ozone Frenzy 9m
Ozone Access XT 6m
PL Farc 1200
What I ride:
Home brew buggy
Volkl race tiger DH 210
Dynastar DH 218
Blizzard Cochise 185
Steepwater 179 twin tip
Aboards Reverse 161
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IFlyKites
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Registered: 2-6-2014
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I usually use a combination of myforecast, Weather network, and windyty. Like Cheddar said, it is always ideal to bring several kite sizes just in
case. That way if the wind changes, you still have something to fly. I have had plenty of those days.
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canuck
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Posts: 514
Registered: 5-10-2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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I usually look at windguru and windfinder to plan ahead but look at the local weather station reports in the WunderMap on Weather Underground site on
the day I go out. Never 100% but usually let you know if you will get skunked.
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
PL Comp ST buggy, MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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BeamerBob
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NOAA is the only one that resembles accurate for me. It's interpolated for a specific location instead of a nearby city. Direction, speed, and gusts
all on an hourly graph.
Coastal Wind Sports Team Rider
Landsegler Disc wheels
PTW Hero Buggy - XXtreme ApeXX Buggy US 88 - Libre Hardcore
IvanpahBuggyExpo.com
Youtube link
Bob Muse
HQ Montana X 8m, Montana IX 12m, HQ Ignition LEI 5m,
PL Phantom 12m, 15m, Big Blu 24m+, Synergy 10m, Venom 10m, 13m , Phantom II 12m Vapors 3.8, 5.4, Crosskite Sonic 7m, PKD Combat 10.3m
Uturn Butane 2.5m PKD Buster 3m Genetrix Hydra 7m Ozone Yakuza GT 14m
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