If anyone is around I will be at Colmar manor in Bladensburg from noon until my arms fall off.

-Brad Degen

Is that the park - near the riverside?

I'd love to go, winds are just too light right now though. How often do you fly around here?

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&a...

Follow the link I made a google map of the park. I fly here all the time. I been wanting to meet up with ragden to kite the bowl but its never worked out.

-Brad Degen
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How's that Scout treating you Frathouse?

Love the scout it will be perfect for high wind days. Had it out last Sunday just to fly it a bit.

Frathouse- How gusty are the winds there? It looks fairly big but surrounded by trees.

Glad to hear it.

And while I'm asking after my old stuff. Have you used that Atom yet, power?

It can be gusty depending on the wind direction but its fairly high up on the southern ball fields. Its a old capped dump so like today with the winds out of the north I will be down at the southern fields so that the wind is not as turbulent. the best days their are when its out of the south west.

Off to the field later guys

I took it out last weekend and unfortunately, the winds were gusty but strong when I got there. When I acutally got going it was so much fun and I went quite fast. I even had speed wobble at one point. The board is real smooth, and I couldn't have asked for more. I gave up after about ten minutes- the winds were going from 0 to 20 every other minute and with a fixed bridle, that's not so easy to deal with. Hopefully next weekend I'll get some better winds and give it a good test.

video u guys...we need EVIDENCE!

Look, once my knee clears up more I will be down there the next time if it's a fershure get together!

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Originally posted by lad video u guys...we need EVIDENCE! Look, once my knee clears up more I will be down there the next time if it's a fershure get together!

Man, you must have really got jacked up...

Weird pain/strain on the little inside bone knob that doesn't want to clear up entirely. I can, and have, buggied a little since. But I'm still not back to my normal bouncy self. I'm afraid they'll tell me I need some big brace or crutch to get it finally healed (which is nuthin compared to the injuries some of the other metal0implant guys here have).

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Originally posted by lad some of the other metal0implant guys here have).

hey, just cause I don't pass through airport security to well....

I still have a sore knot on my upper calf when I fell off the front of the boat :dud:

I just wish my shoulder would stop complaining. But I suspect the only way that's going to happen is if I wear a sling for a while so I stop irritating it

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Originally posted by Maven454 I just wish my shoulder would stop complaining. But I suspect the only way that's going to happen is if I wear a sling for a while so I stop irritating it

What did you do :puzzled:

It's from before Wildwood, when I was using my board for downhill and clipped a bush. Oddly, it never seems to complain while kiting, just while doing random stupid stuff like taking off a shirt.

How was Colmar Manor on Sunday? I forgot to check the winds in DC, but was hoping you guys got out for some fun while I was trying to drown myself at Cape Henlopen.

I don't know how colmar manor was but the winds were awful.

Thats too bad. Maybe we can get something together for this coming weekend. Dont know what the winds are doing yet though... Too early to tell...

Can't tell for sure yet but as of now Saturday's supposed to be good. Anyone available?

I am.

The direction is supposed to be out of the southwest, perfect for west potomac park. I hope it holds true till the weekend.

Its to far out do believe anything. I dont start looking till thursday or friday, even then you cant believe what you see.

You can't always even believe what you read when your standing right there with your kite. The other day it was predicting 12 knots at that current time, but I was standing there with my kite on the ground in 1 knot. Some little girl came up to me asking what I was waiting for.

Wish I could make it out this weekend, but I’m not going to have any time.

Hmmm.... southwest winds... I hear Dewey beach calling my name... Thats the perfect sideshore conditions for New Road... :saint:

If that direction holds, I might have to go kitesurfing again. Dont know how many more chances I'll get before the water gets too cold. If it turns more west, then I might hang around DC to hit Anacostia, or "the bowl". However, it is way to early for any of the predictions to be right... :frog:

I can make it to The Bowl at a moment's notice...but it seems the right conditions there are pretty rare.

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Originally posted by lad ...but it seems the right conditions there are pretty rare.

Unfortunate, but true...

Plus...it's a relatively small and, uh, apparently a well "urbanized" area.

Instead of driftwood and dried jellyfish, you prob. have to watch out more for discarded glass pipes!

But, it IS close to me and is a proven spot.