djsiryn
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Scared to death!
We have been having a complete and total lack of wind recently. I woke up this morning and looked at the weather report and it said that we would have
10 to 15mph winds today. I was "YAY!" and off I went to my local flying field. This usually means that at my usual field, the winds would be fairly
steady at 10mph or usually less. I brought out my 19M Venom 2 and started to fly.... All of a sudden after about an hour, out of nowhere, the winds
picked up to 30+!!!!! TOO MUCH KITE and too much trim.... I was violently lifted and drug across my field for about 40 or so yards before I could hit
the safety. Inland winds strike again! LOL! I have never been that over powered and freaked out before in my life! SHEESH! I love my large kites, but
DAMN! They don't play around! :D
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Windstruck
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Mood: Get in my buggy!
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Glad you survived to tell your harrowing tale!
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RaceStar+ (3.0m, 5.0m, 7.0m, 9.0m)
NasaStar-5 (2.5m, 4.0m)
NasaStar-4 (2.5m)
NasaStar-3 (3.2m)
Ozone kites:
Access (6.0m)
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Peak-5 (2.5m)
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Peter Lynn BigFoot+ nose & tail; midsection VTT rail & seat kit; home-brewed AQR
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PHREERIDER
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Mood: chilled....but ready to SAIL!
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you are lucky you walked away!
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pongnut
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Very glad you hear that you survived the 1930 club initiation.
But seriously, glad you are ok!
2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
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Bladerunner
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Ha Ha, I almost forgot about the 1930 club. You just joined a elite crew!
One thing I try and keep in my head when it starts to go bad is " Red Knob, Red, Knob " !!!!!! You can never go to safety too fast!
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
Ken (K2)
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djsiryn
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LMAO! I had to look up this 1930 club. HAHA! I'm so sore from this event that I'm gonna take a few days off to let the muscles and bones knit. I'm
gonna see if I can't find the hikers that where out at my field. I think they whipped out the phones and filmed it. I kinda want to see it from that
perspective. I'm sure it was hilarious from their point of view.
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djsiryn
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At first I was all " This seems to be a bit stronger than the forecast predicted.... It's all good, I got this, I got this"........... Nature said
"REALLY NOW?".............. All of a sudden way too high in the air and moving downrange at warp speed screaming in my head " I DON'T GOT THIS, I
DON'T GOT THIS!!!!!!" :o
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