scott540
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Just went for some body dragging with my 2.5
Skidded on my butt the length of a soccer field this afternoon. Winds are 25 - gusting to 35. Had blast getting drug on the grass with my 2.5
beamer. I am one big grass stain head to toe. so much fun. Some litle kids were wacthing me and just laughing.
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SecondWind
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Sounds like good fun - no wind here today 
Foil Kites: Flysurfer 12m Sonic 4, 10m Soul V2, Peak 5s and 5.5m Hybrid
LEIs: 9m Naish Pivot, 12m Naish Phoenix
Land: 16" Dirtsurfer GP
H20: 134 Shinn Monk Chromatic, Slingshot 103cm Hope Craft w/ Axis Spitfire 840
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scott540
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This week has either been no wind or too much. I couldn't take it anymore so I got the little kite out and went out for a good beating.
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Pablo
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Yeah, small kites rock when powered up, my favorite size has got to be the 3m.
Sysmic S1 Buggy.
0.7m / 1.4m / 2.0m PKD Buster I
4.4m PKD Buster
10m JoJo RM+
6m Flysurfer Outlaw
12m Ozone Access
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Deano
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just got a 2.4m eolo radsail would i b able to board with it?
at the end of the day.....
......it gets dark!
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Pablo
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In the right winds, depends on what you have to work with. I've buggied on a 2m before, even got around ok on a 0.7m kite. Just need the right winds.
Sysmic S1 Buggy.
0.7m / 1.4m / 2.0m PKD Buster I
4.4m PKD Buster
10m JoJo RM+
6m Flysurfer Outlaw
12m Ozone Access
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leebrianh
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Talking about right wind.... I was flying my Samurai II 2m the other day and gust wind picked me up (not that high but definately above the ground)
and I found myself doing "airwalk." Shocked that such a little kite can pull me up like that when wind is right. I packed up and went home right
after that :D
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BigSiler
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my little sami 3m lifted me the other day too... I was suprised, since its not a lift type kite,i always thought if it caught a gust it would just
drag me face first around...
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scott540
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I Finally got a good jump with my Montana 7. at least 6 feet because I went higher than a guy I was talking to at the park. I even floated down
pretty nice but still managed to fall down when I landed. Old guy just looked at me like "yeah, that seems like fun, right" I just need to figure
out how to do it more on demand instead of surprise
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ExLax
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so the montana lets you down easy? ive been looking for a kite that doesnt drop me like my bullet. need something to soften my 10-20ft lifts
KITES:
Beamer II 2.5
Beamer II 3.6
Bullet 7.0
Blade IV 6.5
BUGGY:
Peter Lynn CompXR+
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scott540
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Yeah, if done right. Most of the time I go up I getted pulled forward and end up on my side or face first.
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Deano
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after advise from dude on ebay i changed my order for there 3m and my god dose it drag me around bater parkon me bootie like a 5 year old walking a
german sheperd.
how will i know if its gonna lift me? im a lump at 15stone?
ive not been on my board yet want to master kite 1st.
at the end of the day.....
......it gets dark!
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Bladerunner
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http://www.kitesurfingschool.org/
Here is a good site for learning the basics by book. Start by reading about the wind window and power zone. Understanding these is KEY to
understanding power in your kite and how to control it.
Landboarding and water use the same basic moves so most of the stuff applies.
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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