Remember Wildwood's tide cycle is every 2 weeks.

I can make the Bowl any or all days.

Still wish I was back at Treasure Island...(sigh)..St. Augustine beaches looked promising too if the wind is right.

This would be the weekend to head to Wildwood, but wind direction isnt the best for there. North winds are rideable, but only at North Beach, which is a significantly smaller area. Still better than riding at the Bowl, but its a long drive. Especially considering I'll be out of town all day Saturday, and I'm not wild about trying to head back to DC late saturday night, grab my stuff, and head to wildwood... I suppose I could drive from PA down to Wildwood Saturday night, but we would be leaving around 2000hrs, which puts us into Wildwood pretty late.. (read after midnight).

Something to consider I suppose... I'll talk with the wife about it tonight...

edit: Definitely north west winds for Wildwood on Sunday, and that is not really rideable on North Beach. You would head to south beach, and its off-shore and gusty. Wind strength is high enough that it would be rideable... but not perfect...

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Originally posted by ragden I daresay this weekend looks decent at The Bowl. Hard to believe it would line up again so soon... but if the prediction doesnt change drastically, it could be good. Saturday looks better (with straight north winds), but I will not be available until Sunday. Winds are shifting west as the day progresses, so an early session may be in order... I'll check again as we get closer to the date to see if this pans out... Lets keep our fingers crossed...

I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully it'll work out- I want to see how those C kites are going to work for me. It'd be nice to have another gathering like we did a few weeks ago.

Wish I could join you guys but I will be on the road for work this and next weekend. Have fun where ever you end up.

Anyone want to go to the radio field today?

I could ~possibly~ make it later in the afternoon...

I might be willing to head out there, but I'd have to stop at home and pick up some kites first. I'll post later in the day...

Sunday is looking light at this point in time. Wind direction is right, but wind might be too light. I'll check again tomorrow night to see if it will be flyable.

What to light for the speed 3? I didn't think that was possible.

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Originally posted by Frathouse What to light for the speed 3? I didn't think that was possible.

Well, it is only the 15m.

Oh, I could probably still ride, but most other people will be stuck standing and watching. I didnt really want to advertise that as an option... but if you wanna come watch me ride with my 15m S3... then sure.. come on down...

I thought that might be the situation. I must add a light wind kite to my quiver. Maybe next month I will get a speed 3.

Maven and Lad- Let me know if you're going to be able to make it, if there's wind I think I'll be out.

I'm in DC, but it's too Freezing 2day!

Who cares? Can you make it?

Ya, who cares? It's 0 deg F right now in the frozen north, with the wind out of the WNW at 9 mph, which puts the wind chill at about -15 . I'm heading up the hill with my new 7M NPW to just get dragged around for a while. I'll bundle up, but within 15 min. I'll be sweating!

Looking good, since I got Sam's new kite shipped off to him earlier today. But don't know for certain yet.

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Originally posted by Frathouse I thought that might be the situation. I must add a light wind kite to my quiver. Maybe next month I will get a speed 3.

Really? I thought your Neo2 provided the low end you were looking for? You'll have to give the S3 a shot one of these days to see if you like it. Not everyone does. I'll be happy to let you take her for a little run...

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Originally posted by power Maven and Lad- Let me know if you're going to be able to make it, if there's wind I think I'll be out.

I won't be there.

The Neo2 11m has good low end but its not as low as the speed3. I could fly on sunday morning but I couldn't ride until the wind picked up. Maybe the Neo2 14m would pick up the low end but I have to demo it to buy it. I definitely want to demo the speed3 at some point and see if I like it.

Ragden can I take a "Power" run on the speed3:eureka: LOL!

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Originally posted by Frathouse Ragden can I take a "Power" run on the speed3:eureka: LOL!

Sure. Lets do it...

Anyone up for some snowkiting at the radio field today?

If it didn't involve driving on those roads, sure. But it does, so no. Too many stupid people out there and they didn't bother to prepare the roads properly, even though they knew this was coming.

I'm heading out. Give me a call if you want to come. I'll let you know how the roads are, my mom was out this morning and said they weren't too bad.

Already sitting at the 8" mark down here and for some reason the 4 wheel drive won't engage on the Jeep Time to cook up some Lasagna and call it a day!

My car does not make it anywhere in this stuff.

How do foils do when it is snowing, I would think the openings would suck in snow and the kite you just fall out of the sky for being too heavy at some point.

Going to try and put the kites up tomorrow and I am buying a snow tube just to see how that works out. I can only imagine the slingshot type turns that might be possible! Had the idea on the way home from work!Have 4" on the ground here, still have to be to work by 4am. Sounds like a good day for a sick day!

If this snow keeps up over night, the Bowl might be snowkiteable first thing in the morning. I'm tempted to try. But it would really be pushing the low end of my S3. If it stays above 10mph, I might be fine, but when it starts to drop, it'll be rough. Its also supposed to start swinging west by 1pm... Might make for a short frustrating session... or it could be amazing...

Not sure there is enough snow, or enough wind... debating... just cleaned off the car and there is about a foot of snow on the ground... Wish there was more... My board would definitely be hitting the ground if I tried to ride it... Bummer.. Gonna have to pass on this one.. Wind is light as well, would make for a frustrating day...