shaggs2riches
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Registered: 4-10-2009
Location: Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Mood: low winds here I come
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Snowkiting Canadian Praries
I get a magazine every few months from my insurance company; which, usually covers topics in the prairies. The latest issue had a picture of a
snowkiter on the cover. Inside has an article about a group of kiters in the provinces capital here's the link if anyone wants to read it:
http://www.westmagazine.ca/crazies.php
I left a comment leaving my e-mail inviting any of the kiters to contact me if they are looking for someone to kite with. I make a few trips out that
way each year.
what I fly/ride:
19m Flysurfer Speed 2 SA
12m Flysurfer Speed2
6m Ozone access xt
1.5m Ozone imp trainer
144cm Airush Switch
152cm lib tech skate banana
MBS Pro 90
Jereme Leafe Pro 95
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InvertedForce
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Mood: Needing wind!
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Nice!
I love how they called them crazies even on their webpage address!!
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NOWHEREBOYS
NWB Blog
GI AK103
MBS Core 90
Venom II 10, Venom II 13, Venom 16, Synergy 19, Flysurfer Psycho4 15m
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Insect0man
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Registered: 5-1-2010
Location: Colorado
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| Quote: | Originally posted by InvertedForce
I love how they called them crazies even on their webpage address!!
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Hmmm.. insurance company calling kiter "crazy".
I wonder how long before the kiting addiction (and any injuries thereof) is excluded as a pre-existing condition :ticking:
Hydra 350
Scout 5m
Neo2 8m
Neo2 11m
MBS Comp 95
PL Bug
Mini Label Skateboard
Lots of Pads... \"Tuck and...:roll:\"
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markite
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Location: Cambridge, ON, Canada
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cool, some good exposure - hey it's all about exposure in the prairie winters.
Good stuff. A lot of people don't realize how long kite skiing has been around, it's actually way beyond the life of kitesurfing. I think the Erie PA
IceFly hosted by Lee Sedgewick started maybe more than 25yrs ago now. I remember at least 23 years ago it was on. Snowboarding came later though.
Mark Groshens NAPKA KC 13
WindSpeed kites & design - Canada
Peter Lynn Arcs: Charger2 22.5 +18 + 15 + 6.5, Charger I 6, Scorpion 16 + 10, Phantom II 12 + 9, Orig Phantom 9 + 6, Synergy 10 + 8, F 1200, S 840
Ocean Rodeo: Flite 17 + 12, Rise 13 + 10 + 7, Razor 9 + 6
Foils: PL Leopards and Lynx, Airea Raptors, some PL Reactor IIs + IIIs, Libre Spirits, Cross Kite Sonics, Ozone Flow
Peter Lynn Kite Cat for cruising the lakes
buggies: PL XR+, Cameleon Pagona, custom bigfoot, PL Bigfoot, custom ice buggy
Boards: 2 custom directionals, O.R Surf series 6-3 and 5-11, Mako Duke, Mako Skinny, Mako 140 Wide, Mako 150 Wide, Mako King, Brunotti
lots of old school skis, snowboard
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Bladerunner
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Location: Vancouver
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SO
Canadians are covered by our universal medicare BUT
Can we get laibilaty insurance ? ( for riding with Americans ;-) )
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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PBKiteboarding
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Mood: Light winds Summers are Fine with Big Kites!
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Very Interesting to see...
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WIllardTheGrey
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Posts: 897
Registered: 26-5-2008
Location: Florence/Oregon/USA/Earth
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Mood: Just buggy...
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| Quote: | | The kites, which can be anywhere from two metres (22 sq. ft.) to 15 metres (160 sq. ft.) in area and priced from $1,000 to
$3,000, are engineered for all types of riders: speed freaks, jumpers, even learners. |
Looks like they are trying to discourage the uninformed/ poor shopers. 
\"Well we are all hurtling around in 3 wheeled, tip over prone, non crash tested vehicles with no brakes that we steer with our feet. Just
sayin\'.....\" --heliboy50
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