riffclown
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Finally some static time
After several days of either shifting or non-existent wind, finally had a decent 10mph afternoon. We got in some good static time with a couple of
kites..Heat cut the session a little shorter than I like but hey, an hour with handles in hand and kite in the air beats a lot of the alternatives.
Not the right day for the new 4M though..
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pongnut
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Great that you scored some fly time. Just curious though, why not good for the crossfire?
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riffclown
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It would have probably been fine. I've flown it a few times before (before it was mine) and I know I need to be prepared to get pulled around a bit. I
just didn't want to risk messing up my work clothes if I'd lost my footing. If I'd been in shorts and a T-Shirt, or had my pads, I'd have flown it.
I did fly the 2M and that was about the right amount of pull for me today.
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3shot
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soliver
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Quote: Originally posted by riffclown  | It would have probably been fine. I've flown it a few times before (before it was mine) and I know I need to be prepared to get pulled around a bit. I
just didn't want to risk messing up my work clothes if I'd lost my footing. If I'd been in shorts and a T-Shirt, or had my pads, I'd have flown it.
I did fly the 2M and that was about the right amount of pull for me today.
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LOL, been there!!!... I'm just glad that I have a job where I get dirty, ... that way, when I come in from the fields after my lunch break all sweaty
and nasty, it just looks like I've been working even harder 
I'm going to take a nap now
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lives2fly
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Any time under a kite is good time :D
Thats the great thing about a small fixed bridle foil or a stunt kite. No hassle, no tons of gear. just take it to the park and fly it!
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riffclown
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Got some good static time with both Crossfires today.(wore jeans to work). That 4Meter is really going to be a bear when the wind picks up. Looks like
I'll have to do some tuning on the bridles though. Like others have mentioned, it likes to luff near the edge of the window so i do have a bit of
getting used to it to do..
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pongnut
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| Quote: Originally posted by riffclown | | ...I just didn't want to risk messing up my work clothes if I'd lost my footing. If I'd been in shorts and a T-Shirt, or had my pads, I'd have flown
it. ... |
 Ahhh, understood!
2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
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riffclown
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Today was a good day. 2M and 4M were both a lot of fun to fly. HotAir flew the 4M with me at Lunch and Niexev flew them both with me after work..
Awesome flying time.
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3shot
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glad ya'll got out Riff!
I can't leave the perfect OBX waves alone long enough to fly down here.
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Proletariat
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What the hell? I didn't realize it was supposed to be directly overhead at all times. I'm doing it wrong
I carry my symphony around all the time and I sort of stopped flying it, but this thread made me realize that I should bust it out over lunch breaks
like I used to. Also, my MBS pads go right over my work pants and keep them from getting stained. Great investment, those...
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Proletariat
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What the hell? I didn't realize it was supposed to be directly overhead at all times. I'm doing it wrong
I carry my symphony around all the time and I sort of stopped flying it, but this thread made me realize that I should bust it out over lunch breaks
like I used to. Also, my MBS pads go right over my work pants and keep them from getting stained. Great investment, those...
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Proletariat
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What the hell? I didn't realize it was supposed to be directly overhead at all times. I'm doing it wrong
I carry my symphony around all the time and I sort of stopped flying it, but this thread made me realize that I should bust it out over lunch breaks
like I used to. Also, my MBS pads go right over my work pants and keep them from getting stained. Great investment, those...
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lives2fly
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Well if you are above it at any time while its flying you ARE doing it wrong - or you are doing some monster mid air downloops! :D. Its definately
supposed to be in the air.
I had the same reaction. I used to carry my 3.5 around in the car to just grab half an hour static flying whenever. Its back in the car now and I have
had a couple of lunchbreak sessions throwing it around in light wind which have been great fun.
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,
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