Let's brings some fun into this thread. Post where, with what, maybe a picture/vid, and whatever else you'd like to describe. :wee:

Does a Sunday session at Cape Henlopen count? Pictures included below... wife went a little nutz with the camera...

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=michael.d.marcha...

no wind today, but i unpacked my quadrifoil xxl 7.1, that should count for something,huh? we'll talk saturday, when the winds are supposed to be 20-25 mph........

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treetop I want to know if you flew today ... 40 knots

no pics today, but two goes with a blade, static jumping, the first in the AM for about fifteen minutes before work, I wasn't quite getting lofted in the gusts and definitely wasn't going for height, just light jumps and control, and didn't leave the kite up long enough to check out the gusts in detail, didn't seem the careful way out...

another surprise session in the afternoon kind of late just before the wind goes weird around dusk... one of those things where by being a little clever about timing one can free up an unaccountable hour or two at work... spent the first thirty minutes untangling the job a newbie did to my lines arghhh :flaming: then taught them how to do it right before getting him going again the wind getting worse all the time.

but it was still good enough to get about half an hour in and i have two new people at the self-launch / self-landing / and pack up right stage! now they're ready to figure it out for themselves with a little help from my quiver!

a very good day!

and up again soon for a little more flying before work starts to get in the way of our lovely 12-16 knot onshore winds, one more day and they're gone!

Knowing that others are flying sure is motivating! Furbowski, kiting throughout the day keeps the kiting shakes away--I tried this morning to fly in the AM hours but not enough wind. Dakitez, tons of wind in the afternoon, but I will definitely fly at lunch time and after work. How about you? :D

its crazy gusty here ... I will fly tomorrow

i'm prolly out till the weekend... winter storm warning... 6-15" of snow in next 48 hours, and 30-50 mph winds....

may do some boarding friday if the wind is favorable tho

Wind's all over on the west i guess cuz here in idaho it's going to be gusting up to about 30 today, tomorrow's going to be peerrrrrrrrrrrfect!!! 17knots and sunny warm at 45 degrees

Only got 5 hrs of flying time today:singing::roll:!Had 15-30mph winds! Started the day with 19v,then 15m proto and finished up with 10m v! We had 30 kites on the water at Ft. Desto. I hit a 2 ft shark this morning with my board. No pics sorry!....................aj

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Originally posted by action jackson Only got 5 hrs of flying time today:singing::roll:!Had 15-30mph winds! Started the day with 19v,then 15m proto and finished up with 10m v! We had 30 kites on the water at Ft. Desto. I hit a 2 ft shark this morning with my board. No pics sorry!....................aj

I bet that shark didn't know what hit him. Literally. Ft. Desoto would be fantastic to kitesurf. You could make most any wind angle work.

Flew a 2m at lunch and a 5m after work. Loving these winds. Found a new place to fly, near work too: Live Oaks Park, San Jose, CA.

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Originally posted by Drewculous i'm prolly out till the weekend... winter storm warning... 6-15" of snow in next 48 hours, and 30-50 mph winds.... may do some boarding friday if the wind is favorable tho

I want snow :/...

I would also like some wind....

wind is dead here but i just got a scrub quasar board.

wind is supposed to be 18 mph when i get off work tomorrow! not to much but i think will be good to learn to use my board in.

bad thing is i only have a blade 3 6.6m.... would really like to have a kite with a bar instead of the handles for the board.

i got rid of my flysurfer speed because didn't get consistent jumps without a board and when it did it scared the piss out of me! lol

wish i still had that thing....

Wind's ablowin'!!!! Come on end of work, get here faster! :D

Great idea for a thread!

Havent been out today, still aching from yesterday, going out tomorrow though yay

No flight for me, at least for another week or 2. Lord have mercy on my kites when I can launch again! Lol!

I went out today. Broke out the Crossfire II 3.0m which hasn't seen much action. I paid close attention to the bridles and untwisted some of them to get this thing dialed in. Winds 17-21 mph.

Whew! Power city. I still managed to get a luff here or there, but for the most part it seems almost there. Brake lines on the 2nd knot from the end. I swear at least once it had me off the ground for a second. Thats hard to do with me.

nice static flying of a brooza III 7.5m I have on a pass. It is always amazing to get a kite up in 5mph or less and fly it around for a while. I would rather have enough wind to get rolling but I will take what I can get.

got the new mbs core 16 out today for the first time. I was using my 16m scorpion in 20mph winds. It wouldve been a good day to dial in the new board, but the wind kept changing direction from the south to the East. since the wind direction kept changing i was lofted a few times about 14-15 feet up. Kinda scary when you aren't expecting it. I was able to get a few speed runs in, and a few transitions in with the core 16. I needed to loosen up the trucks a bit when i got home since i didn't have an allen wrench with me. i'm sure that'll make getting used to this board a little bit easier. I started in winds that were about 17mph and it kept getting stronger to the poiint where i couldn't hold my ground. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day with more predictable winds. Timing the jumps just right in shifty winds is also a little tricky. I got a few smooth lofty jumps with good landings, on the other hand i also hit my face one the bar one time which sucked. I'm totally happy with the new board!!!!!

Oh yeah, I forgot that I relaunched a scorpion 16 after crashing it and folding up all weird. Those of you who've flown a scorpion know how much relaunching them sucks

I finally got to fly and ride the buggy today. I didn't set any speed records but I was rolling. Wind was from 0 to 5 with an occasional "gust" up to 7 mph. I used my new Reactor II 8.6m. The wind wasn't steady enough to really evaluate the kite but it seems to stay in the sky better that the RI if you don't keep it moving forward good enough. Anyways, I got to roll today and its been awhile so I feel lucky.

I flew my 11m Neo today but really couldn't get moving on buggy or board. I was in soft grass and wind was max 8-10mph. I could keep the neo up no problem but no real power. It makes me wonder what kite to get to get moving in low winds. I am curious how the Reactor II does or what else might get me rolling in the lower winds.

12m ace, first real go, 4-8 mph mildly gusty onshores, soft sand, perfect! It's been over a year since I've been able to move up from the 8m, so it was a real deja vu day right down to the way my forearms felt like noodles after fifteen minutes!

yep it turns about like the 11m in the "hooj ballz" thread, maybe a bit quicker as that guy has wayyy longer arms than me... sometimes the redirects start about half-way through the run-up to jump, but the float is very nice. I can maybe tighten up the brakes a bit more, but there's not much slack left with the brakes pointing at the kite.

i didn't dare dip it lower than about 60 degrees off the ground, messed up once and got more than 10 feet up with the kite down around 45 degrees, i missed the redirect and landed moving fast with the kite heading straight for the edge, but because of the big kite / low winds / soft sand it was actually really easy to deal with the collapse and recovery at the edge of the window.

first flight, new kite! a nice day out...

Rain, Rain Go Way !!:bigok:

Yesterday, after work ~6pm. Got some relaxed flying in.

buggied today-first time in 2 weeks--what a release!! took gopro vid 38 minutes worth--now to figure out how to put on utube--flew my xxl 7.1 today--what a beast of a kite--it was really fun--but i can pretty much guarantee this kite will obe me in the near future--but what the hell--its all good anyways.......:wee:

i gotta get out this weekend. ive not flown on the land for weeks. im trying a few secret spot. grass by the sea and tarmac by the sea.

Flew yesterday, winds werent as strong as they predicted It was ment to be 15 constant gusting to 20mph, we got down there and it was 11 to 13 for an hour then it went under 10mph and my brother lost his phone