1. You don't know what the holes in the bottom of your buggy seat are for.

2. You've bought and sold and bought again an entire quiver to figure out what works for you.

3. You've taken the advice to get used to flying your fixed bridle using a strop before depower only to get your arse kicked the first few times.

4. You've tried to use wind that you know won't work but do it anyway in a futile attempt at a session.

5. You've bought a twister and sold it.

6. Your entirely self taught aside from what you've read online.

7. Frequently you will have sessions that you work that kite like mad in the middle of your field only to get smacked with a good gust when you run out of room. Over and over I might add.

Am I missing anything :D Help fill in the blanks.

4 out of 7 for me... Not bad. LOL!

8. You don't carry a change of clothes.

9. You've swallowed a bug.

10. You find yourself in a tree

11. You're a better pilot. :D

13. You don't immediately fall flat on your face from exhaustion when you return home.

14. You have convinced yourself that number 11 is correct.

I'm with DJ, 4 out 7. Great topic

15. You spend as much time trying to figure out how to keep the camera stable and not rattling loose as you do kiting.

16. You come to the conclusion that sheep poo is good for you.

I resemble several of the numerals & have a whole slew of sport kite variations.

When you own & fly a kite like this glider just so some dang thing will fly when the wind dies for the day. (and how do the Revs keep getting in the pictures?)

17. Smooth wind creeps you out. You are always on edge waiting to get your ass kicked by a gust that never comes.

18. You fly in punchy junky wind and make it look good and easy.

19. You laugh out loud when someone say's "gusty" is a 3 kt variation in windspeed.

20. You fly Arcs, Peaks, Access',Nasa, or some flavor of SLE.

21. Wind reports are an indicator of "wind" or "no wind" because the accuracy is, well, there is no accuracy.

22. You develop a sick love of punchy junky wind.

When you lean your kite against the car getting ready to go home (due to lack of wind) & the wind picks up to the point that the kite is stuck on the car.

24. You size for the lulls in a desperate attempt to stay moving

(Or is that just me?)

25. You are ALWAYS looking for a better spot (Google maps is constantly an open tab on you web browser)

26. That last gust ALWAYS makes you wait to pack up just a little longer just to see if you can get moving again

Me too rofer :o

I fit ALL of the above... except maybe the sheep poo thing...

27. You don't own a Sonic or R1 but have still managed to kite in a complete 360 degree circle. Multiple times. Not because you wanted to.

28. You marvel at the fact that your kite and the park flag can, at the same time, be blowing in totally opposite directions.

29. A soccer team can disrupt your favorite spot for months on end.

30. A good day is when you've moved 30' in the same direction before having to turn around AND you don't have to walk, push, kick your ride of choice back to the starting point to repeat your "down winder".

31. The guy who likes to drive golf balls is your competition for prime real estate.

32. Your wife no longer asks, “Were you able to get out?”, or “How did it go?”, when you get home, knowing it may be a sore subject.

33. Your wife constantly asks, “Were you able to get out?”, or “How did it go?”, hoping the futility of what you are trying to do will finally sink in. Now go take out the trash.

34. You sometimes consult your Magic Eight-ball rather than WindAlert to determine whether it’s worth going out or not. It just seems more trustworthy.

35. Driving 230 miles for "good wind" seems reasonable.

32. You've slammed your buggy into a soccer goal post.

33. The big kite you could barely get off the ground 2 minutes ago now has you pinching Twinkies in gale force winds.

Some of these are hitting too close to home. We might need to start a support group.

Oh, wait....here we are!

34. You stand around waiting for 2hr with hardly a puff, getting more and more frustrated with each passing minute. But forget Then forget all about the 2hrs of your life you just wasted because you just got lit for 10 minutes by a rogue gust. This all when the forecast calls for 15-20kts all day.

35. You ride more thermic wind than real wind.

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

33. The big kite you could barely get off the ground 2 minutes ago now has you pinching Twinkies in gale force winds.

Quote: Originally posted by nate76

Some of these are hitting too close to home. We might need to start a support group. Oh, wait....here we are!

36. You know what the letters JWC mean

37. You appoint yourself president of a fictitious club based on lamenting the poor quality of your wind.

By the way, I would like to welcome you all into the fold. You are now members of the Janky Wind Club, you will all be receiving your name tags and T-shirts in the mail very soon.

38- Whenever you find yourself running smooth with the perfect wind you get real worried and look around for signs your going to get blasted!

39- You see a dust devil coming and think, " this is the perfect time to increase my PB " !

40- You chuckle to yourself whenever somebody asks why their kite over flies the window.

41- You regret you wasted money on your FB race kites.

Hahahaha!!!

42. You're sitting dead still with not a puff while your buddy 20' away is lit to the gills and laughing at you as he/she rips by.

43. You pack up and then the wind finally starts to blow at racing speed

44. you cant understand the greatness or a Core or Reactor and sing the praise of stuff that basically looks like a bed sheet

45. When at a field you have good wind until people start to watch you. Then you just look like a weirdo sitting in a glorified wheel barrow

That was harsh abkayak :D

Spectators kill wind. You'll be lit all day and then when someone stops to watch you are either dead in the water or working you butt off just to creep along.

Then they walk away wondering what all the hub bub is about.

Quote: Originally posted by Feyd

Spectators kill wind. You'll be lit all day and then when someone stops to watch you are either dead in the water or working you butt off just to creep along. Then they walk away wondering what all the hub bub is about.

hahaha.....

and you keep wondering what are they thinking

a) the kite won fly because you are not a good pilot ..

b) what a joke ...this guy try to fly in no wind .

I really hope they choose a)

46 - You land and relaunch your kite 50 times in a session as the wind comes and goes, and think nothing of it

47 - You are capable of untangling a NPW that has been blown inside out by a reverse gust, without walking to the kite!

I always get nervous as well when the wind blows smoothly and in one direction. Usually means a thunderstorm is coming...

48. You frequently see Parks and Rec groundskeepers in county-issued pickup trucks pull up alongside a public field you are buggying on, stand there looking at you, pull out their mobile phone and talk while still watching you, and then get back in their trucks and drive away. (a.k.a., when is the foot going to drop?).

@ abkayak - hey! Some of us are devoted to our bed sheets! :D

Smiler is right. And I hate when some official is eyeballing me and on the phone.

Sometimes we get harassed by the PD. Usually because they got a call of someone through the ice or something like that. Sometimes not. Funny thing when you are on the ice many lakes cross multiple jurisdictions. And good luck trying to define where Nh stops and Maine of Vt. Begins. :D

49. If/when you actually get to the beach you can't go more than 100 yards without having the strange compulsion like you have to turn... So you turn.

Happens to me EVERY time I go to Jekyll Island.

Quote: Originally posted by Windstruck

48. You frequently see Parks and Rec groundskeepers in county-issued pickup trucks pull up alongside a public field you are buggying on, stand there looking at you, pull out their mobile phone and talk while still watching you, and then get back in their trucks and drive away. (a.k.a., when is the foot going to drop?). @ abkayak - hey! Some of us are devoted to our bed sheets! :D

For me this scenario always plays out with the Parks and Rec. guy saying something like (North Ga country accent inferred) "Well, I asked my boss and he said the rules say no motorized vehicles on the field and you aint got no motor but the wind... thats cool man."

@abkayak; being and inland kiter and a lover of Cores, Reactors, and glorified bedsheets I fail to understand your meaning... or this statement is very specifically pointed