Got my line problem solved on the speed 17.. Adjusted according to specs,+-... Only thing I changed was made it a long throw....
Before I needed 11-12 kts just to be able to get out on the water, now standing on the beach in 13kts trimmer pulled all the way in I can barely hold
it down.. Standing there all I had to do was pull in the bar and up in the air I go.. No kite movement just pull the bar and up up away....I'm
thinkin 8-9 kts and I'm rockin... Can't wait to get it back from the shop and try it again.... That's why I bought it was for light winds, my
pulse was almost equal to it before....
Heres the wind data so you know i'm not fibbin ya....I was out from 4 - 7:30 when i couldn't hold the pulse down anymore.
After I landed the kite I noticed I had a seam rip..... Off to the shop it goes..... Strange...
I launched the 12 pulse and had a go w/ the new strapped slingshot sst... I have the straps adjusted wrong so even loosening them all the way hard
to get the feet in in a hurry in the waves... But, got up on it and rode but was kind of slogging.. I think i'm riding too much on the rail and not
flat and on the fins like a surfboard.
Got a little too far out to sea into the bigger waves and wiped out and struggled a while to get it back on my feet and get going again..
Coming back in as I got close to shore I made the mistake of trying to edge it like a twintip, the fins don't like to go sideways the board stops
and launched I am..;.. But I got up, went out and came back... That's a start....
I think I'll spend my next sessions at the flatwater spot that I found close to maximize my time....
A fun day at the beach when I should have been working....
As usual, the only kiter out.....
Ocean Rodeo Rise 8 - 12
Peter Lynn Synergy 10
Slingshot Rev2 13 - 9
Flysurfer speed 17 1.5 SA
(I'm only halfway in my 12 step program, I need more kites)
Rollersurfer (for sale)
5'8" strapless fish
6'2" Slingshot SST
Ocean Rodeo mako 140
Slingshot SX 143
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posted on 7-27-2010 at 06:16 PM
