I took my 3.1 prism and trampa to Cape Canaveral beach this past Sunday. It was just after low-tide and the wind was mostly on-shore about 15mph.
I had an absolute blast! Best kiting day I have had since JIBE. The beach was pretty empty and I was able to pour on the speed and must have hit
20mph. :o I don't know how the rest of you guys have hit 30-40 mph... 20 felt terrifying!
I was able to practice tacking again, and made a lot of progress. I had roughly a mile all to myself and tacked all the way back to where I had
started after my first run. No more walks-of-shame for me. :D On my second run the beach was more crowded after turning around and I had to walk to
avoid upsetting mothers with their children.
Although I love the direct-drive feel I can't believe how exhausted I get after just a few miles back and fourth using a FB. My forearms were killing
me afterwards. I can't wait until I can afford a depower + harness. Hopefully before the end of the year.
"They will soar on wings like eagles..." Isaiah 40:31 NIV
Quiver:
Helmet +
Prism Tensor 3.1
Trampa 15 degree short kiteboard
I took my 3.1 prism and trampa to Cape Canaveral beach this past Sunday. It was just after low-tide and the wind was mostly on-shore about 15mph.
I had an absolute blast! Best kiting day I have had since JIBE. The beach was pretty empty and I was able to pour on the speed and must have hit
20mph. :o I don't know how the rest of you guys have hit 30-40 mph... 20 felt terrifying!
I was able to practice tacking again, and made a lot of progress. I had roughly a mile all to myself and tacked all the way back to where I had
started after my first run. No more walks-of-shame for me. :D On my second run the beach was more crowded after turning around and I had to walk to
avoid upsetting mothers with their children.
Although I love the direct-drive feel I can't believe how exhausted I get after just a few miles back and fourth using a FB. My forearms were killing
me afterwards. I can't wait until I can afford a depower + harness. Hopefully before the end of the year.
Really great to read about your journey and that you made it to JIBE. Great advice BTW in the other thread to slow down a bit. Don't feel wimpy,
riding a board on a beach at 20 mph while holding onto a 3.1 Tensor barehanded is pretty studly. There are of course board riders going over 40 mph,
but I suspect 40+ is more common in buggies or skiing on Hardwater. I like how you lead off in your quiver list with a helmet. The way you're
proceeding gives me renewed hope that you may eventually get as old as most of us on here.
IYM...time to hook in, get a harness
I got 3 of the last 4 days of onshores on the landboard...its nice to be back standing w/ a kite
i have 4 more days of onshores in the forcast and will be getting them all
i have 4 more days of onshores in the forcast and will be getting them all
:flaming:Am I the only one here that hates this guy?
Go ahead... tell me to "go fly a kite!" Please!
Howard - used to be KC67
Fly: A quiver of Lynx' and Cores (did someone say "Pansh"?), a couple o' Arcs, and a Rev to remind me about control
Ride: PL XR+
Where: 43.857899, -78.941661 and 38.970951, -74.828922
i have 4 more days of onshores in the forcast and will be getting them all
:flaming:Am I the only one here that hates this guy?
Come on now Howard, don't be hatin'. He's represent'n, which is a hell of a lot more than I can say I've done as of late. One freakin' buggy session
since IBX. :D
Represent'n indeed. I keep threatening to drive down to join him, but life keeps getting in the way.
We've had lots of wind, but it's been accompanied by torrential rains all spring, followed by an occasionally sunny but calm day. And repeat the rain.
Ines captured my weak efforts last weekend as I came out of a hub-deep puddle in our water-logged field.
102 days 'till WBB :wee:
Go ahead... tell me to "go fly a kite!" Please!
Howard - used to be KC67
Fly: A quiver of Lynx' and Cores (did someone say "Pansh"?), a couple o' Arcs, and a Rev to remind me about control
Ride: PL XR+
Where: 43.857899, -78.941661 and 38.970951, -74.828922
I experimented with a DIY Keystone Kitebar made from an old windsurfing boom tail piece and some other stuff I have around. This is sort of an
unusual setup but I think I like it. The idea is to get some of the advantages of handles, with a bar. I used it with a couple of my 4 line kites,
mainly my 2.5 M NPW 21. It turned out pretty well - it was pretty easy to get used to it. The biggest advantage is you can steer with the brake
lines, instead of the usual bar set up where you steer with the wing. Also, it was fairly easy to use hooked in (which I have little experience
with.) It is pretty intuitive to use. With my NPW's I usually use a 3 line setup, to provide for safety when I need it. However, with this you can
control the brake tension, and instantly de-power and re-power the kite. Reverse launch is also much better than with my usual 3 line setup for an
NPW.
This is a work in progress as I only had some videos like this to go on.
Thought I'd heard of people flying 2 revs Independently ( notice the July 4 Reference....BAM!)
Now I'll have to spend the whole night googling instead of doing my corporate year end taxes. Thank you. No seriously, Thank you
There are a few people that even fly 2 dual lines at once. They're controlling the third kite with their body position and a harness of some sort. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp-BloNvsME
I got my new Sysmic rims in the mail today and had some 6-ply trailer tires mounted on them. Great thanks extended to Paul (Jeepersjoey) for walking
me through the specifics of my purchases. I've got the exact same rims with BigFoot tires already. The BigFoots for the "beach" of the Great Salt
Lake and the Trailer tires for the playa.
Paul had given me the good advice to have these bad boys professionally mounted and I'm glad I follow his lead. My local tire shop did it by hand and
needed to use something called a "Bead Bazooka" (see below; it's really called that!) to get the tires to sit correctly on the rims. They are
absolute beauties if I may say so myself! :D
In other kite related news, I called up Jeepersjoey this afternoon as I was pulling out of the tire shop to share the stoke about the new setup and to
put some more cement in the foundation of our Ivanpah Thanksgiving trip. Whupp! I caught Paul wandering the isles of some super store in Minnesota
where he was discovering things by the minute that he never knew he absolutely positively needed until he just laid eyes on them for the very first
time.
Sorry, no actual kiting to report. Why should this week be any different?
Just a touch short of a metric ton I believe. Remember, my heart is pure, so I have the strength of 10 men.
All joking aside, while I don't welcome the weight when it comes to hauling the buggy in and out of the back of my SUV, I will welcome the weight on
the playa. I've had more than a few times when I've lifted my upwind back wheel off the playa (usually during acceleration coming out of a turn, but
not always) and it always gives me a jolt. Fortunately, my brain is just smart enough to send a correction signal to my feet to steer out of it, but
it spooks me nonetheless. As such, I'll take every ounce of perimeter weighting I can get out there! :karate:
That's incredible! If I hadn't seen the video, I never would have believed it.
Thank You.. it's kind of my spotlight move. I experimented with stack line lengths quite a bit before I settled on this configuration.. I don't think
I've ever seen anyone else do it proficiently either.. I've successfully launched a stack of 6 this way several times.
FWIW, Since I made the video and practiced it more, I've settled on a 4 stack for this since I can hit that >90% of the time.. While the launch is
impressive the fails are kind of epic too and I'd prefer not to make those in the public's eye..
Got a refund for a buggy seat ive been waiting to recieve for 2 months so i ordered another complete wheel and spacers from Kent. Just need a front
wheel and a seat and ill be able to start learning to buggy! I did get out a few days ago in some light wind and saw a lil action on my board with
the Crossfire. Had to work it, but it was a good time, actually stayed on the thing the whole time for once, lol.
HQ: Symphony Beach 1.3, 2.2.4, Crossfire II 5m, Apex II 5m
Peter Lynn: Pepper II 3m, Venom II 13M
Born: NS3 4m, 7m. NS2 5.5m
I'm on a family vacation at Mission Beach, CA (San Diego). Yesterday in the evening light (and on a far more empty beach than during the day) I was
able to static fly my z-bridled 3.2m NS3 from handles. As an inlander it is a true treat to be able to sink my toes in the sand and arc a SS back and
forth in impossibly steady breezes. No wind meter but if I had to guess I'd say it was 5 knots, gusting to 6. Under these sorts of conditions the
NASA flies like it has a ghost rider on board. Everything just happens smoothly and in super slo-mo.
No it wasn't flying in my buggy at 50 mph with my sphincter in full clamp but it was a little bit of alright and I'll take it.
Very cool riffclown! I'm impressed. I found stacking just two kites difficult.
As for me, I started building my kite today, but cutting out some templates......
Without knowing what kites you are stacking a few fundamental items come to mind. First, not all kites can stack well. Some designs just don't support
stacking geometry well. The main trick for those that can stack is all the stack lines have to be exactly the same length so the sails are exactly
parallel to each other and will fly as one... Same connection points on each sail and so forth. There are a few other tricks to it but get those two
basics down and you are pretty well set.. And personally, 3 kites will stack easier than 2 for some reason...
IIRC, You're making the Firecrest 2 Foil right?? I've never made a soft kite.. One of those sounds like a great adventure..
I finished the Firecrest quite some time ago. It took me over a month from start to finish. It has been quite useful thought with my Buggy, SUP and
Kiteboat.
Here is my attempt at stacking with two single skin prototypes. Worked pretty well, but tiring to fly in much wind since they pull really hard.
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