Please add me to the bottom of the list. I did not get a chance to fly it when it was in Norcal and just on board-starts at the time so it was not appropriate to try on the water. What is the final destination of the kite and what shape is it currently in?

never heard of this before, I was wondering what the heck 'pass the ....' was.
It's a fantastic idea.

I live in Calgary, AB too and would love to demo this kite.

sent u2u and email address to syuzhak

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Originally posted by kitedelight never heard of this before, I was wondering what the heck 'pass the ....' was. It's a fantastic idea. I live in Calgary, AB too and would love to demo this kite.

i would contact the boys in AB when it arrives and just meet up with them. Macboy, Canuck, and/or PWind are the coolest dudes in the world.

Posting in attempt to get to the 5th page. :dunno:

well, didn't work. Mods feel free to delete this post and the last one, and I guess I'll see page 5 some other day. (Man, I HATE this bug)

We'll look after you kitedelight. Might have to arrange a Sylvan or Cooking Lake group session if there is still wind :tumble: when it arrives in Alberta

Hey Canuck,

If you gat a chance to give Kitedelight a go on the Charger when it's there it would be HUGE. I know he is thinking of getting one and wonders if it's too big.

I feel well taken care of. :tumble:

yes, I have been wanting to try a 12 or 10 arc for sure. Well see if we have snow by the time it arrives, might have to make it a landboarding test session. I'm okay with that. The spring winds can be strong, so it could be a great time to try it out.

We have OODLES of snow. I have an eight foot pile right outside my backdoor that's tempting me to strap on the snowboard

Truly, I'm shoveling about 5-10 cm a DAY here for the past two weeks.......we just need wind. Anyone got any? Seriously - it's been a BAD season for wind. Go figure.

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Originally posted by macboy We have OODLES of snow. I have an eight foot pile right outside my backdoor that's tempting me to strap on the snowboard Truly, I'm shoveling about 5-10 cm a DAY here for the past two weeks.......we just need wind. Anyone got any? Seriously - it's been a BAD season for wind. Go figure.

BRO, stop talking - jealous

can you ship me about 100 arces worth please. overnight to me.

DHL enroute!

I'll get some pics tomorrow in the daylight. I'm DYING to get to the lake.

Your bed is ready - come on out!

Sent to doublespeed360, he should receive it tomorrow.

i got it today,i'm in kite heaven

Get any time on it? what's your thoughts?

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RULES - if this is your first arc, pass on it ... go for the SYN PaSS. - you may request longer time with it due to uncontrollable reasons, wind, work ... "your wife" not letting you fly doesnt count. one weekend should be good enough i think. - you may not buy the kite at any cost, even if you pay me one million dollars for a used pass kite - should there be damage, please let me know ... i will forward you to the nearest repair and/or send repair tape - if you're around NABX, there will be a CH 10m to fly. 1. Steston05 - Pasco, WA 2. rckmac123 - Vancouver, WA (moved from SYN Pass) 3. Arkay - OR 4. Forgiven - Idaho 5. Beamerbob - Cali 6. Laserman - San Fran 7. 8. 9. Erratic winds - Denver 10. Redtallin - North Dakota 11. InvertedForce - Iowa 12. Syuzhak - Illinois 13. 14. 15. Power - Maryland 16. Knolee - Maryland 17. Doublespeed360 - Massachusetts 18. DeniseDMan - Quebec (moved from SYN Pass) 19. Macboy - AB 20. Canuck - AB 21. PraireWind - AB

got to try it on last sunday ",had a wicked good time" so nice to be back in the buggy,beach was fantastic .i really like it ,cant wait to try it out at nabx/sbbb2011 it will really shine out there on some long reachs.

Sean/Sofa king
Newark, DE
Spot 14 plz, since maryland is driving distance :wee:

(I own a syn, so i have experience too)

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Originally posted by sofa king Sean/Sofa king Newark, DE Spot 14 plz, since maryland is driving distance :wee: (I own a syn, so i have experience too)

sorry bro, we're at 17 already

DeniseDMan - quebec give me your address so i can seeend it.

on it's way to macboy -ab.

Rip - assuming it makes it here in time for the festival and we get a chance to launch it should we send it south to Calgary with Canuck/Kitedelight enroute to PrairieWind? Then we just gotta swing it over to Denis and the trip is complete. Maybe we Albertans can all toss a toonie in the bag to split the shipping down to PW or over to Denis. (Smart huh? And people think it's the oil that makes Alberta rich ; )

PW - you have plans to be in or near Calgary anytime in the next few weeks?

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Originally posted by macboy Rip - assuming it makes it here in time for the festival and we get a chance to launch it should we send it south to Calgary with Canuck/Kitedelight enroute to PrairieWind? Then we just gotta swing it over to Denis and the trip is complete. Maybe we Albertans can all toss a toonie in the bag to split the shipping down to PW or over to Denis. (Smart huh? And people think it's the oil that makes Alberta rich ; ) PW - you have plans to be in or near Calgary anytime in the next few weeks?

i heard a rumor that he is busy playing with some Vapors.

The Charger has landed back in Canada - thanks Doublespeed (and Rip). I'll make sure it's out at Cooking lake this weekend. Let me know when y'all are thinking of coming in case I make family day plans for family day.

The Charger didn't take flight this weekend so it's still here. The plan is to hope for wind in the next week or so and then get it down to Canuck in time for him to get under it and then get it to PW to take down to NABX. I'll keep the thread posted.

I did open the bag but no sooner had I inserted the spars, I got called away to help a young kiter and by the time I got back to the Charger I had witnessed the Venom 10 launch struggle so I rolled it up for another day and pulled the Frenzy out instead. As I said to Canuck, "Sometimes you just need to fly the snowkites."

No wind for me but that's OK. I have a feeling I'll be on the coast this summer so I'll have another chance to play with it I'm sure. It's on it's way to Canuck as we speak.

Thanks macboy, the Charger is in Calgary. :roll:

Looks like there might be enough wind this weekend and we still have lots of snow. I'll make sure kitedelight gets to compare it to his 13m VenomI

ya, hope so. Couldn't be a better time for me as I got a really good session with the V13 yesterday so I am getting more familiar with it and what it can do. The winds are up lately, so could be good time to test it out the 12. Hope the snow sticks around on the lake with the warmer weather and strong winds. Snow is disappearing rapidly on the fields....gosh, might even get the charger 12 out with the landboard if this keeps up!

So, got the charger out once....in quite bad conditions. Winds were very up and was changing average speeds (moderate to large change) probably every 2-4 minutes, and at times every 1-2 minutes, with gusts of all types in between. Winds were probably ranging from 15-45kph in total (not at the same time of course), and maybe a bit stronger once or twice during some really strong walls of wind. The wind direction was probably the only thing that was stable that day. When I finally got out, it was only me and a guy on a 5m depower foil, and he was going at a reasonable pace too.

I have only flown my venom and a venom2, and clearly Peter Lynn has been busy since putting out the Venom. The hardwear and bar/lines system is a big improvement, especially the chicken loop. I really like that the front lines are drawn together near the kite, really helped in the gusty conditions keep the proper shape of the kite during sudden holes in the wind. I liked it so much I am wondering how I could do this to my current venom 13 set up. I could do without the clam cleat system though, not a fan of it.

I was told to make sure to have it nearly inflated before launching. I did, and launch went fine. Besides the lighter (and improved) bar pressure, 2 things jumped out at me. The steering felt a *bit* indirect (ie, very slight delay in kite reaction probably due to the pulleys), but turning was FAST. That combo is not a part of my automatic pilot skills, so...really had to watch what the kite was doing in the sky, especially in those winds. It did get better through the ride but never fully dialed in the kite - could have been the conditions though. The next thing that jumped out at me....it's an arc, but it has some teeth that the venom doesn't have. When the wind goes through it, it seems to builds power quicker. It almost felt paradoxical at times. I would have really liked to opportunity to get this out in smoother winds to see what it had for jumping. I only had the nerve to try some very small jumps in those conditions....and on one of them, the wind totally dropped me. So, glad I didn't do anything substantial. Even though the jumps were very small, I did like the float feeling it gave.

I didn't ride more than about an hour and a bit cause the conditions were going from bad to worse, and me and the other guy riding the 5m foil packed up at the same time. We talked earlier and I told him even though it as a 12, it powered like a smaller foil - I told him something equivalent to a 7-8 but I don't actually know for sure. But, still, he came over, gave a good look at the kite, and said he was very surprised I wasn't more powered up. This was on purpose of course, didn't want to push it in those conditions on a new kite. But, the fact that the charger could be ridden quite conservatively in those conditions was impressive.

So, honestly, not a fun day to get out and ride, but it did show me the capacity of the charger to still be able to handle junk winds even though its an aggressive kite. I can only imagine how much fun it would be in even smoother conditions. Thumbs up Peter Lynn, nice kite.

Thanks Ripsessionkites! What a great opportunity for kiters to be able to try the charger out.

do you want to give it another shoot before you pass???

the kite will be sitting in AB for awhile.