MNKiteFan
Posts: 46
Registered: 4-19-2012
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Southern Mn Kiters
Newbie looking for people in and around Southern Mn to get together and have fun!
I live about 10 miles north of Iowa in MN.
Quiver:
HQ Symphony 2.1m
PL Twister IIR 5.6m
REV 1.5 SLE
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joeblinky
Posts: 70
Registered: 10-11-2009
Location: Des Moines, IA
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I am living in Ames, Iowa only a couple hours away. I have found a couple good fields there but I am always fighting gusty winds in Iowa. Have you
found any good spots up there?
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pongnut
Posts: 393
Registered: 6-23-2011
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
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Mood: Land and snow figured out... water?
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How far east of SD? What kind of playground(s) do you fly? Sounds like fun!
2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
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evanparkhouse
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Registered: 10-29-2012
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I have recently moved into the Sioux Falls area and am trying to find other kiters and new locations to try. I dont have a land board but still like
to get out and practice, work out pre-winter excitment.
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pongnut
Posts: 393
Registered: 6-23-2011
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
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Mood: Land and snow figured out... water?
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Welcome to the most righteous forum in the solar system! There isn't a kite question these guys can't answer - they are an infinite resource for
instruction, tips, advice, technique, etc.
I've been kiting in SF for about a year and a half and only know of 3 other guys in the area that power kite. 2 from the forum here, and a guy who
does mostly kiteboarding on Lake Ocoboji in Iowa. Not sure how far east MNKiteFan is from us.
One of my goals when I started was to explore the 10 to 15 mile radius around SF for good fields to fly at (static & atb) but never got around to
it. About the only place I ever fly at is this little 3 acre field at 43.511726,-96.839467. The grass is a little high and it's got a few
wheel-grabbers (gopher holes), but it's better than nothing and works fine for static and short atb runs.
2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
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evanparkhouse
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Registered: 10-29-2012
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Great goal! I have drove around a few times, mostly the south west area, found something similar... gopher holes and mowed thistle. Do you board or
ski in the winter too? anyway send me an e-mail if you ever head out flying! parkhousee@gmail
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rudeboysaude
Posts: 279
Registered: 1-18-2004
Location: Bigfork, MN
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Mood: No Mood.
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Evanparkhouse.. I'll kite with you, on Mille Lacs in Jan and Feb. I will not be at Ice Fest though because.my doctor told me I'd die if I go there
again. Liver can't handle it!
Peter Lynn Snowkite Team
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pongnut
Posts: 393
Registered: 6-23-2011
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
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Mood: Land and snow figured out... water?
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I did pick up a snowboard last winter with the intent to give it a go, but just like when you get a new kite and are cursed with no wind, I was a
victim of the new snowboard curse and got no snow!
I'll try to ping you before I fly next time.
2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
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