Some great daily pics of world championship at; http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/kbwk10

Great colors, and some cool water shots.

Our boy Ricky finished 55th out of 77. Pretty damn good. Way to go Ricky

Congrats! :bouncy:

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128982983 <-- that's one nice pink kite!

That is one big batch of prganized chaos. I would love to fly in those conditions, looks like tons fo fun! Was there water _on_ the course?

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128983236 <-- ?

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128938416

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128915434

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128915474


http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128986805 <-- Asian alert!

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128986819

How about Chris ?

Way to go Rip'

Great photos!

thanks for posting the link.

Good Job Buddy....... Pretty cool seeing the Canadian Flag over there. Now on to snow kiting :D

CB
KC888

I was scrolling through the pics, and saw one of US123? Anyone we know? Not on mbr list at the NAPKA site.

edit: http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/KBthu_037.jpg

well, I tried to link directly to the pic, but it won't work, it is # 37 on thursday.

I'm guessing that is Chris aka Krohn .

Did he place at all ?

NAPKA 55th best club in the World !!!:roll: EH !

Chris lists his NAPKA number as US13? I was just impressed to see a US# there. #55 is Good!

yesterday, i was 55 based on 3 - 40 mins races.

today we had 3 races, the first one i finished the second i #@%$#!ed my shoulder getting pulled. the third race was cancelled due to extreme gusty offshore winds (but i finally had an advantage because of home turf and NABX).

can you managed at start and technical area you could survive with a 3m to 4m Vapor (6m/s) and on the France (9 to 10m/s) side you needed a smaller kite.

day two I now sit at 54 place.

you guys should be here its insane but the course isnt that difficult to round markers with on 3 to 4 marker to round. however driving from Beligum to France is one long ride.

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128983236

not me

sorry!!! LOL.

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128982983

This shows Ricky's kite up high on the right of the picture. He has a white helmet and bright number plates more in the center of the pic.

His is the red/gray vapor with no white on it.

Yes, Bladerunner, you are right, it was Chris Krohn, US123, came in 68th, guess he owes Ric!

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Originally posted by bobalooie57 Yes, Bladerunner, you are right, it was Chris Krohn, US123, came in 68th, guess he owes Ric!

owes me what?

im at 54 place right now.

the plan is to bring racing clinics to NABX and not to start a debute but you all should know the simple FISLY rules not the Peter Lynn backyard rules. we can always setup to race courses with 10+ pilots and I prove you that FISLY rules work and are to keep you safe.

That's what they meant. You're at 54th, Chris is at 68th, thus he owes you your winnings on all the "bets/trash talking" you two were doing.

Here's Ricky, just a little wet! lol
http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128983242

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the plan is to bring racing clinics to NABX and not to start a debute but you all should know the simple FISLY rules not the Peter Lynn backyard rules. we can always setup to race courses with 10+ pilots and I prove you that FISLY rules work and are to keep you safe.

WOW can we help? Let us know. Great idea.

I concur. I've been thinking about races for next year. The ones last year never seemed to get rolling; no phun intended

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Originally posted by csa_deadon Here's Ricky, just a little wet! lol http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128983242

that tide pool / river sucked ... everyone had to drive though it or the second option was to drive further passed the river however you would be waaaaay behind since the marker was just off to the left side.

i cant understand why we needed a mandatory technical zone markers (normally used to slow pilots down at the start / finish line - easier for the race counters), the damn rivers and tide pools did enough. hehehehe

Tell me I'm wrong but is that front fork on Ricky's world class world championship Apexx Exxtreme buggy actually a Peter Lynn bigfoot fork?

nope, its my new XXtreme ApeXX BF Fork.

also didnt get time to test the two wheeler here but it will be on home turf in a few days and will be available for riding at NABX.

i come home with more than I came with ... LOL.

i saw lots of new prototypes coming into the market soon, pkd's new race kite looks interesting but doesnt seem fast enough yet. the FS Speeds are dope on the course since you dont need to change sizes too much (this is perfect for you Dino). full report from gear to riding will be coming in the next few days. i have lots to mention about the event.

in the meantime start thinking 2012 - France or the 24hr Race in 2011.

http://www.pbase.com/waltercarels/image/128938421

Thanks for sharing!

Why the #change? NAPKA KC88= KC122?, I noticed with Krohn, listed as US13 on the NAPKA site was US123 at WC. Do they assign new numbers there? Does that mean when I get to the World CupI won't be able to use my beloved 57?

Seems we should have had you out at mud bay for training Rip" ? Funny how we have similar condtions and SO under use them ? I know the extra long walk and wet sandy gear are enough I need to be encouraged to go out!

I thought You and Chris were racing for " pink skirts " ?

so here is a quick round up of World Cup from my side.

First off, thanks to everone envolved for making this possible. You have now opened the door for more Pilots in 2012.
As far as the racing goes, it just was not my event. The first race started out good, I wanted to take it easy at the begining and I came in 57th. Ricky got around me on the last lap and came in a couple of places before me.

The second race I took to small of a Kite and didn't do so good.
The last race of the day I got boxed in and as I was trying to figure out how I should get out of it my kite got behind me and a gust took me out the back of the buggy. I landed on my head, and by the time I stoped seeing double the race was over. There is a picture of me getting towed back after the race.



The second day was really Gusty with a huge diffrence in wind from one side of the course to the other. It was really hard to figure out what kite to take. During the first race I got taken out of the sky by another guy right in the wind shadow of an Appartment building and could not get started again. After everyone was passed I ran out to the middle of the course to get started again but it was too late.

The second race was not much better than the first. In the first corner I got taken out again and while getting started I got caught again be a huge gust that threw me about 10 meters. Because I was right in the corner and the main pack was coming closer I pulled my safty and just grabed the kite and got out of the way. I didn't want to mess up the race for somone else. I was ok but the kite was a mess. It took me about 1 hour to get the knots out of the lines.
The third race was called right after the start.

The last day was quiet with no wind. This was good because alot of people were pretty beat up after the day before.

I had a blast and cannot wait for the next chance to try my luck again.


But Ricky, The next time you won't have it so easy!!

Ricky 1 Chris 0
Rematch, NABX 2011!!!

Oh Ya
I had US123 for racing. They do this so that each number shows up only once. It makes it easier for the judges to keep track of who's who.

Everybody get ready for 2012!!!

Thanks Chris !

I have always wondered about that getting stalled up by a group thing.

On the day that the winds were much different over the course was anybody racing with Arcs or Flysurfers, Depower in general ?

If not. Why not?

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Originally posted by Bladerunner Thanks Chris ! I have always wondered about that getting stalled up by a group thing. On the day that the winds were much different over the course was anybody racing with Arcs or Flysurfers, Depower in general ? If not. Why not?

Pascal Lohmann was on a Flysurfer. everyone else were one FB's. If I had had a depower with me I would have used it, and I am sure many others also. We just simply didn't have them with.
I never imagined that we would get winds like that so I never even thought of bringing some with.