lives2fly
Posts: 364
Registered: 12-17-2009
Location: Outer Hebrides UK
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No more walks of shame :)
I was out for 4 hours last night and I didn't have to walk back upwind once 
Sure I lost ground downwind often through crashing and messing up at stuff in general but was always able to get it back by riding instead of walking
or body dragging.
Pulled off 50% of my sliding turns neatly, even managed a heel to toeside carving turn. I'm finally feeling like i can actually kite surf
It was a super smooth 30kts and 7.5m kite so the amount of power and fast kite response did cover up a lot of poor technique but I'm definately
getting there
Kite surfing is awesome
12m & 7.5m Naish Cults, 10m & 12m Naish Parks, 9m Naish Bolt, 6m & 14m Naish X3's, 13m PL Venom, 10m Ozone Access,
1.5m flexi Buzz, 3.5m Flexifoil Bullet, 4.7m flexi Rage, 5.6m PL Twister II, 6.6m flexi Blade, 8.0m HQ Toxic
Flexifoil landboards and Buggy, Airush Switch 142, Slingshot Misfit 136, Fischer Skis, Palmer & Drake Snowboards.
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cheezycheese
Posts: 2664
Registered: 8-18-2009
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY
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Mood: Ready for action !!!
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You go boy !!!
US888
Ted\'s Profoil-1m/3.5m
PKD - Century 2.5m
HQ- BeamerIV 1.4/2/4m ApexIII 3m
FS- Outlaw 6m/10m
PL- RII 2.8 Twister IIR 5.6m Core 3.0/6.7m PL- Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Pansh- Flux 2m BlazeII 7m (tuned by Blake)
Custom NABX Rev 1.5
PL Monster buggy w/FLEXIBLADE fork/ XR+SOOPA WIDE/ VTT-XR+ Special
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Kamikuza
Posts: 5871
Registered: 1-9-2005
Location: Shiga, JAPAN
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Mood: If I\'m not doing it, I\'m thinking about doing it.
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Nice! 
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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elnica
Posts: 185
Registered: 12-12-2010
Location: Cincinnati OH
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Mood: Waiting for the sun
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I just calls those "downwinders". It sounds much cooler,  .
Kites:
Tubes: 8m, 10m Slingshot RPM, 14M Slingshot Rally,
12m Cabrinha Switchblade IDS (for sale $450 KO)
Arcs: PL Synergy 15m & 10m
Rides:
Cabrinha Rival 145x43
3B 135 travel splitboard
Coyote All terrain Rollerblades
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lives2fly
Posts: 364
Registered: 12-17-2009
Location: Outer Hebrides UK
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haha, like it
I was out yesterday in light winds and its way harder to make ground upwind! occaisonally it would pick up to 16kts or so and I would get some great
runs but mostly it was down at 12/13 and i kept having to head downwind to build my speed back up.
Then my footstrap popped while I was trying a turn and of couse I was at least 500m away from my tools at the end of a long outward tack.
A long body drag and a longer walk later i scewed it back on & continued flying but it will teach me not to say things like "no more walks of
shame"
12m & 7.5m Naish Cults, 10m & 12m Naish Parks, 9m Naish Bolt, 6m & 14m Naish X3's, 13m PL Venom, 10m Ozone Access,
1.5m flexi Buzz, 3.5m Flexifoil Bullet, 4.7m flexi Rage, 5.6m PL Twister II, 6.6m flexi Blade, 8.0m HQ Toxic
Flexifoil landboards and Buggy, Airush Switch 142, Slingshot Misfit 136, Fischer Skis, Palmer & Drake Snowboards.
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