barnes
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Tugg Hill NY Snowkiting Pictures
Got home from Tugg Hill Rally and got the pictures on my Flickr page.
http://flickr.com/photos/rybarnes/
Special thanks to those who set this up, the land owners, and the whole town of Lowville who embrased the kiters with open arms!
Kites: 16m PL Scorpion, 9m & 14m 06 Best Waroo
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strictlycarved
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is that a frenzy
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SecondWind
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Great pics!
Those wind turbines look huge :o
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barnes
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| Quote: | Originally posted by strictlycarved
is that a frenzy |
Its an Access XC 6m. One of the organizers let me ride it because my 10m was to but then I learned I was underpowered on it and had a blast on my
Speed.
Still learning to fly the speed though, I find if flies out of the PZ really fast, and I was having trouble keeping it in the PZ. I think I just need
to fly it more, and I was a bit underpowered at this point too.
The Turbines made the whole event so unique. To see the wind turbines and the kites together in a sort of tango of wind power was awesome.
They actually looked pretty short really. It looked as if it could snag a kite and take some unfortunate fellow for a ride. (The outside of the blades
moved at something like 130 mph I think I heard.) But, the general concept of them was that they were too high for kite lines to reach.
Kites: 16m PL Scorpion, 9m & 14m 06 Best Waroo
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Those pics with the windfarm are super cool!
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joecat
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Hey Ryan,, looking at the photos,, even before you made mention of it,,, I was thinking what the chances of that happening,,, getting caught it the
blades,,,, that would be nasty!
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barnes
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| Quote: | Originally posted by joecat
Hey Ryan,, looking at the photos,, even before you made mention of it,,, I was thinking what the chances of that happening,,, getting caught it the
blades,,,, that would be nasty! |
I sat and practiced my quick releases all night. but I still don't think it would catch.
Kites: 16m PL Scorpion, 9m & 14m 06 Best Waroo
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NPWfever
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When I read wind turbines I though like turbines making wind for kiting. That my friend needs to be started!!! Like and indoor kite park, kinda like
the wave machines for surfers.
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barnes
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The only difference is there are possibly billions of surfers, and probably a million or so kiters.
Some day though, some day.
Kites: 16m PL Scorpion, 9m & 14m 06 Best Waroo
Vehicles: Thrift store snowboard, fraken-ATB, Old Litewave water board.
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