lives2fly
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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
15m Naish Fly,12m & 7.5m Naish Cults, 10m & 12m Naish Parks, 9m Naish Bolt, 6m & 14m Naish X3's, 13m PL Venom, 10m & 6m 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
Flexdeck Landboard, Nobile Flying Carpet 160, Airush Switch 142, Slingshot Misfit 136, Naish Monarch 134, North Whip 5'8", Fischer Skis,
Palmer & Drake Snowboards.
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cheezycheese
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Mood: Ready for action !!!
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You go boy !!!
US888
PL- Aero v1 11m / Phantom 6/9/12/15/18
Ozone Chrono v2 9m
Liquid Force Elite 6.5m
Flysurfer - Peak 3 4m
PKD - Century 2.5m, Soulfly 3.5m
Ted's Profoil-1m/3.5m
Custom NABX Rev
GT Rapide V/VTT-XR+ Special
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Kamikuza
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Nice! 
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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elnica
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I just calls those "downwinders". It sounds much cooler, :D.
Too many kites, boards, and etceteras.
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lives2fly
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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"
15m Naish Fly,12m & 7.5m Naish Cults, 10m & 12m Naish Parks, 9m Naish Bolt, 6m & 14m Naish X3's, 13m PL Venom, 10m & 6m 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
Flexdeck Landboard, Nobile Flying Carpet 160, Airush Switch 142, Slingshot Misfit 136, Naish Monarch 134, North Whip 5'8", Fischer Skis,
Palmer & Drake Snowboards.
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