canuck
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It is snowing in Calgary tonight
24C (75F) yesterday and SNOW tonight:wee:
The ground is still too warm for any accumulation but it looks like a promising early season if the forecasts hold up.
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
PL Comp ST buggy, MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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Cheddarhead
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Good to hear, I don't think it can get much worse than last year. Around here there was barely enough to keep the ground white. Let's hope for more
this winter.
SS Turbine 17m
SS Rally 14m
SS Rally 12m
SS RPM 10m
SS Rally 8m
SS Rally 6m
FS Speed 3 15m dlx
FS Peak 2 6m
Ozone Frenzy 9m
Ozone Access XT 6m
PL Farc 1200
What I ride:
Home brew buggy
Volkl race tiger DH 210
Dynastar DH 218
Blizzard Cochise 185
Steepwater 179 twin tip
Aboards Reverse 161
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lives2fly
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Oh man, I'm so jealous! It will be December at least before we get any snow in Scotland and its not reliable snowkite conditions until Mar/Apr!
Pretty short season really but I always get a few precious days in and get some kite time on my snowboarding trips to the Alps.
15m Naish Fly,12m & 7.5m Naish Cults, 10m & 12m Naish Parks, 9m Naish Bolt, 6m & 14m Naish X3's, 13m PL Venom, 10m & 6m Ozone
Access,
1.5m flexi Buzz, 3.5m Flexifoil Bullet, 4.7m flexi Rage, 5.6m PL Twister II, 6.6m flexi Blade, 8.0m HQ Toxic
Flexdeck Landboard, Nobile Flying Carpet 160, Airush Switch 142, Slingshot Misfit 136, Naish Monarch 134, North Whip 5'8", Fischer Skis,
Palmer & Drake Snowboards.
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bigkid
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by lives2flyPretty short season really but I always get a few precious days in and get some kite time on my snowboarding
trips to the Alps. |
I had to look and see what you were talking about, looks like about a 20 hour drive from home to play in the Alps.
Thats about the same for me to go to NABX(were there is NEVER any snow, but I will more than likely chain up at least once on the way there and once
on the way back).:shocked2:
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
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lives2fly
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigkid
| Quote: | | Originally posted by lives2flyPretty short season really but I always get a few precious days in and get some kite time on my snowboarding
trips to the Alps. |
I had to look and see what you were talking about, looks like about a 20 hour drive from home to play in the Alps.
Thats about the same for me to go to NABX(were there is NEVER any snow, but I will more than likely chain up at least once on the way there and once
on the way back).:shocked2: |
23 hours if I drive it. I usually get 2 planes... one to Glasgow then on to Geneva. you still waste a day travelling and waiting around in airports.
All worth it 
There is some sub-artic plateau at about 4000' in the cairngorm mountains in mainland Scotland which is perfect for snow kiting but in winter is more
ice than snow unless you catch a fresh fall so you need to wait until the days are warm enough to soften it.
NABX sound great though I don't buggy much. Cool sounding event though.
15m Naish Fly,12m & 7.5m Naish Cults, 10m & 12m Naish Parks, 9m Naish Bolt, 6m & 14m Naish X3's, 13m PL Venom, 10m & 6m Ozone
Access,
1.5m flexi Buzz, 3.5m Flexifoil Bullet, 4.7m flexi Rage, 5.6m PL Twister II, 6.6m flexi Blade, 8.0m HQ Toxic
Flexdeck Landboard, Nobile Flying Carpet 160, Airush Switch 142, Slingshot Misfit 136, Naish Monarch 134, North Whip 5'8", Fischer Skis,
Palmer & Drake Snowboards.
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Bladerunner
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 I got out of town just in time !
Calgary is a fantastic place to live and snowkite ! If you are hard core enough to push it at Spray lakes you can kite almost 8 months a year.
Hike up to Robson Glacier and that's 12 months a year ! :wee:
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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macboy
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Was it a white morning down there Canuck?
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Reactor II 5.5/6.9 | AccessXC 10 | Frenzy 12 | PsychoIII 13 | Speed2 12 | Speed3 15 | SA2.5 19
Bomba 15 | Phantom 15/18 | Venom 13 | Slingshot T3 9/11/14m
Skis, Ski Skates, Nobile RM Pro, MBS Pro 90, Kailolo 5' 11" Custom Phish, Kailolo 5'9" Custom Phish, Plyboard, Proof 151,
FlydoorM, F-One 198, Coyotes, Comp XR+, and the BEST WIFE IN THE WORLD!
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Kober
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My first real kiting experience happen on snow and magically it appears in my dreams sometimes .... After last year snowkiting fiasco ..... I pray
that this year will delivery plenty of opportunities to go crazy on frozen lakes and snow covered beach .....
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2021 Eleveight FS .........10......12
2021 Eleveight XS .........14
Gin Zulu II / III .........5...7
Gin Sherpa .......10
Gin Yeti ..........4.5
Gin Tonkawa ..........3.1...4.1...5.4...6.8...8.7...11.5...15.4
Liquid Force ELITE .... 6m
Flysurfer Speed4 Lotus 18m
Flysurfer Sonic-FR .... 9 ....11....18m
Flysurfer Sonic2 .....11....15m
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canuck
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Just white rooftops  but it should start to dip below freezing
every night soon and start the freeze up at Lac des Arcs :singing: Long range forecast is snow for Halloween :singing::singing:
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
PL Comp ST buggy, MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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rectifier
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Whoop whoop my first season of snowkite is coming up fast!!
I haven't even made my new kite yet, I better get in gear before it sticks and I miss out on a day... the 1M NPW is not going to be very powerful
hahaha
There was lots of snow out here on the east side of Calgary on the ground, not just the roofs!
Homebuilt: 1m NPW9b, 2.6m NPW21, 7m NPW21 UDS
HQ: 3.2m Crossfire, 5m + 7m Apex 3
6m Ozone Explore v2
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canuck
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It is white again tonight in Cowtown :wee:
I sure hope the wind stays around for the morning....
FB: Pro Foil 5.5m, PL Reactor II 3.5m, Radsail 3m
Depower: GIN Shaman 12m & 6m, Shaman2 9m (incoming), PL Venom II 13m, Venom I 10m
HQ Powerkites seat harness
Salomon snowblade 90, straight & shaped skis
PL Comp ST buggy, MBS Comp 16 Pro, Coyote All Terrain Rollerblades
BodyGlove wakeskis
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shaggs2riches
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Mood: low winds here I come
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White and wet here in Lloydminster. The small big hill in town was covered with enough for crazy carpets this afternoon. There's snow forcast all
week. Wish I had me a crap pair of skis or snowboard to play in this.
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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