So, I've just come home from beating the living daylights out of an RC truck on an evening that I "should" have had a kite out and was wondering what diversions you all have that battle for your valuable time? I'm bad for RC but the wheeled variety is new to my world. My low wind exploit was always RC planes & helis - kiting being a natural compliment but the trucks kinda compete. Moreover, I've got a neglected sport bike in the garage that doesn't get nearly enough love and a handful of woodworking projects sitting unfinished.

.....oh, and a wife that demands "quality time" :singing:

Building is a huge distraction/money eater for me. Paragliding as well......photography.....and I'm looking at making an RC paraglider right now out of my 2m Junkie. Any ideas on that macboy?

Golfing does it for me... except every time I go out, it seems the wind is blowing. Then its kinda hard to focus.

I'd love to hear news about that RC paraglider.

It should be alot of fun to make, and fly, would be great fun to fly from a tandem glider, as a passenger, off your wingtip. In all actuality though, I would say kiting is a diversion from paragliding :D

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE to kite, but god, the feeling of free flight is just.....unbeatable!

ohhhhh boy do i have too many hobbies my friend. I have a skateboard that i haven't used in years which I really enjoy using, a longboard which i use every so often, I did have a snowboard (which i used every year) up until last year((it got stolen )), I've got a mountain bike i like to ride, PC gaming is another hobby that takes a lot of my hobby time. Im also an avid camper i go camping every chance i get :P. I also have rock climbing gear which i have yet to use for a second time, oh and a set of golf clubs i LOVE TO GOLF!.... As you can see my wife was a bit weary of me getting into "yet another hobby" (powerkiting). I'll tell you what, it's definitely the hobby to end all hobbies!!!!:P

my other hobbies

sleep / work / xc biking / road biking / wii

also avoiding traffic / cars / trucks towing trailers :tumble:

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Originally posted by f0rgiv3n ohhhhh boy do i have too many hobbies my friend. I have a skateboard that i haven't used in years which I really enjoy using, a longboard which i use every so often, I did have a snowboard (which i used every year) up until last year((it got stolen )), I've got a mountain bike i like to ride, PC gaming is another hobby that takes a lot of my hobby time. Im also an avid camper i go camping every chance i get :P. I also have rock climbing gear which i have yet to use for a second time, oh and a set of golf clubs i LOVE TO GOLF!.... As you can see my wife was a bit weary of me getting into "yet another hobby" (powerkiting). I'll tell you what, it's definitely the hobby to end all hobbies!!!!:P

Our wives should talk. I hear the same words. That's what I heard when the lure of kiteboarding got me into power kiting and the buggy. I have a road bicycle, a mtn. bike, ski boat (former top passion) with specialties in slalom and barefoot, can't wakeboard anymore due to the landings bothering discs in my neck, camper, roller blades, disc golf, rappelling gear, tennis and raquetball raquets, skeet shooting, snow skis and we like to hike as well. Throw in the pool we pay mandatory neighborhood dues for and tournament baseball and we could stay busy with hobbies if there were no jobs at all. Now I'm constantly wanting the buggy (got it) and "just one more kite".

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Originally posted by BeamerBob Quote: Originally posted by f0rgiv3n ohhhhh boy do i have too many hobbies my friend. I have a skateboard that i haven't used in years which I really enjoy using, a longboard which i use every so often, I did have a snowboard (which i used every year) up until last year((it got stolen )), I've got a mountain bike i like to ride, PC gaming is another hobby that takes a lot of my hobby time. Im also an avid camper i go camping every chance i get :P. I also have rock climbing gear which i have yet to use for a second time, oh and a set of golf clubs i LOVE TO GOLF!.... As you can see my wife was a bit weary of me getting into "yet another hobby" (powerkiting). I'll tell you what, it's definitely the hobby to end all hobbies!!!!:P Our wives should talk. I hear the same words. That's what I heard when the lure of kiteboarding got me into power kiting and the buggy. I have a road bicycle, a mtn. bike, ski boat (former top passion) with specialties in slalom and barefoot, can't wakeboard anymore due to the landings bothering discs in my neck, camper, roller blades, disc golf, rappelling gear, tennis and raquetball raquets, skeet shooting, snow skis and we like to hike as well. Throw in the pool we pay mandatory neighborhood dues for and tournament baseball and we could stay busy with hobbies if there were no jobs at all. Now I'm constantly wanting the buggy (got it) and "just one more kite".

hahaha dang man, i think you've got me beat!! :P . Yeah, that's great stuff :D. Disc golf, not a lot of people play that! That's cool man I started to get into it, I bought one disc and didn't go any further with it. Haha! Looks like fun though .

For whatever reason, this topic has inspired me to make my first post.
Aside from kiting the rest of my time free is taken up by karate (wado kai - hence WadoGal:karate, dodgeball, snowboarding, mountain biking, kayaking, camping, hiking, Guitar Hero, painting miniatures (Warhammer Wood Elves - I'm know I'm a nerd...) and subbing in for the various staff teams at the Edmonton Sport and Social Club usually volleyball or ultimate frisbee. Most of these activities I do with my boyfriend so I still get a lot a quality time with him! I even get to kite with him - he's not too fond of landboarding though. If I could get him into a buggy perhaps....

Surfing, SUP, going to the gym, mountain biking and spending time with the family...

road biking, photography, ceramics (most of my free time last winter was spent behind a wheel at school and now I have one on loan to me to use a home- whoo-hoo :thumbup , and tinkering with tools in the garage.

I smoke a lot :duh:

....wait a second. WadoGal....did you say Edmonton Sport & Social Club? Could it be? Have we flushed another one out in Edmonton?!

Yep, well Spruce Grove to be precise. I'm just starting the snowkiting thing this year, so I hope to be out at Cooking Lake a few times, otherwise I do most of my kiting at the local fields in Spruce. And if my deductive reasoning is correct, I believe that your neighbor has sent me pictures of your AccessXC.

What a small world. Glad to finally "meet" you. We'll see you out at Cooking Lake for sure! I'm resolving to push my limits on the snow this year so look for the guy being dragged around by the chickenloop ; )

paragliding, surfing, biking, hiking, hot springing...

oooh, and I got nunchuck skillz

diversions, I'd say distraction from kiting...:moon:

Kayak fishing, Mountain biking, photography, Flyfishing. Crap, too many expensive hobbies.l

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Originally posted by Bladerunner I smoke a lot :duh:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Well, for me. Work...and school. Well, by work I mean the internet. I work as a web developer. I love it, and will find myself working way way to much, because I enjoy it to much.

But also, Philly distracts me. Concerts twice a week, a conference every other weekend, something awesome happening every weekend, countless of parties to attend, and people to meet. I love the city life...but its no doubt distracting!

And school. Organizing the Ski and Snowboard club...a lot of work. (deciding how to work snowkiting into our trips...) Its the biggest club in the biggest high school in the area, and I've got to manage it...well, the web site that manges it I should say. Not to mention the hardest year of my life, and applying to college...its a lot of work.

Hopefully it will all clear up and slow down come winter, allowing me time to snowkite...and take my 18th birthday road trip to Canada, for snowkiting, and other obvious reasons. :D

catchin' !:D

What is this obvious reason Barnes? Could you fill us in?

You get to Edmonton Barnes and the BEER'S on me! We'll make sure you forget you turned 18!

sailplanes, RC sailboats golf building cedar stripcanoes and kayaks running bulldozer [and welding on it ] rc helicopters am no good at any of these still searching.........

OOH! Sailplanes! I just got a bunch of RC stuff to make an RC paraglider, and it wound up in a sailplane.....lol. Oh well, another trip down, another $50 and I'll have both. I was always REALLY afraid of RC, and like, IT"S SOOOOOOO EASY!!!! They're hard to fly, but easy to build.

Here you go NPW:
http://www.rctoyhouse.com/rc/rc_helicopter_sunchaser.html

i got 3 hobbies that take all my free time.
i haven`t touched a kite or buggy in like a year.
i just finished building a 1930 chevy.
now i moved on to a 1948 chevy.
i got 10 rc trucks and cars.
i do want to sell one of my rc trucks.
my t maxx. i need money for the 48 chevy.
i just picked up a 1984 vette rolling frame that i`m putting
under the 48 chevy. i cut,chopped, and channeled the 48 body to fit under the vette frame. i`m looking at, at least 2 yrs work on the 48 after that i want to build an open 23 T bucket car.

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Originally posted by macboy You get to Edmonton Barnes and the BEER'S on me! We'll make sure you forget you turned 18!

Don't give me temptations like that or I just may drive all 3,000 miles up there!

But really, I was thinking Montreal / Quebec as that is a reasonable 10-12 hours up north...and any local PKFs want to meet up around December 29th to snowkite and celebrate my B-Day!

Rumor has it that there's a bit of a community in Ottawa too, an hour or so from Montreal I think. That's where our funny guy Rick Mercer did it if I'm not mistaken. Actually it was probably Gatineau - which is across the river from Ottawa. The clip (www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/backissues.php) shows quite a few kiters out.

paragliding, bmx, fishing, camping, skateboard, all seems to get in the way of what realy matters (kiting) as long as ther is no wind

Barnes,

Get a hold of Buzz ! He is a great guy ! He will set you up with all the info on the Uber active " Paraski " scene in Quebec ! They are literally a generation ahead of the rest of North America in snowkiting. Just check out Conceptair's history so see what I mean !
I'm off to visit Quebec City in 2 days !!! It is their 400th anniversery :singing:
I'm pretty sure the drinking age in Quebec is 18. I actualll thought THAT was what you called obvious

While you are way up North, trip on over to Vansterdam ! :wink2: