Suds after thuds
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Registered: 3-19-2012
Location: Berlin, Germany
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Mood: island time
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1st ride on a Reo 8m
One day I will learn to ask strangers for help. I was at Jaws Bridge on MV winds were in the low teens (NE 10-16 knots)and I was about to try to solo
launch my new kite. Two guys were watching, but they had left their gear in the car, so I thought they might be clueless curious gawkers. "You want
help launching?" one asked. Sure did.
it was such light wind that I didn't feel any pull on the lines. "Are you going to go?" I stopped waiting, took a couple of steps back, pulled the
power lines and flew right to the top to the window.
This kite handles so fast. I was zipping around, doing some eights between 11 and 2 seeing what it was like from 2 to 10 and then I over flew luffed,
landed nose down in the water. After an eternity I got the kite to flip back over. After this first one I got better quickly, but still couldn't
really do it with confidence in deep water. Good thing it was low tide and there are plenty of sand bars in Sengekontacket. I spent a couple of hours
practicing body drags and power strokes until I finally felt like I had a feel for the kite and grabbed the board.
There was just enough to consistently get a pop up onto the plane, but I had to sine it almost down to the water and back to 12 to keep going. I had
several runs back and forth and and some point I decided that I was going on as long a run as I could muster, so I wound up on the other side of the
pond. Took a half hour swim to get back to the sandbar. Now I can cross practice self rescue off the list.
I kept going for another 2 hours, doing the best I could to hold my ground then walking back, safety deployed, dragging kite back in the water. If I
didn't dive deep enough in the power zone, the run was over.
I think I would have been able to hold my ground if I'd had a bit more wind. Nevertheless this was far and away the best day I've had in the water
solo. Other than birds I only saw 1 motor boat and a pole dancer in the water.
Once I'd finished packing up some other kiter's had arrived, pumping up a light breeze 16m. I think I did alright with half the kite.
Wednesday calls for 18-25 knots and should be perfect for this kite.
Scout II 4m
Montana VI 9.5m
Matrix 15m
F-arcs 1200 & 1600
Pulse 13m
Ozone Reo 8m
LF Envy 12m
Ground Industries Patrol 106
12.5" DOOM wheels
Crazyfly Shox 136 x42
North Nugget TT 5'2"
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abkayak
Posts: 2271
Registered: 1-7-2012
Location: a.b. NY
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Mood: loving life and becoming wise in simplicity
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cool story bro...tell me more about this pole dancer
US-31...Cquad set/ 2.5 Bullet/ 2.6 Viper/ 2.9m Reactor/ 2- 3.5m Bullet/ 3.6 Beamer/ 4m Buster/ 4m Toxic/ 4m Ikon dp/ 4.5 Bullet/ 4.9m Blade/ 5.6
Twister/ 6.6m Blade/ 7.5 Apex/ 9m Fuel/ Phantom I 9,12,15,18/ 2 Flexibugs/ PL Big Foot/ landboards
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BeamerBob
Posts: 8308
Registered: 5-11-2007
Location: Down on the bayou
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Who makes the Reo? What type kite is it?
Edit: Ahh, found it. Ozone LEI.
Coastal Wind Sports Team Rider
Landsegler Disc wheels
PTW Hero Buggy - XXtreme ApeXX Buggy US 88 - Libre Hardcore
IvanpahBuggyExpo.com
Youtube link
Bob Muse
HQ Montana X 8m, Montana IX 12m, HQ Ignition LEI 5m,
PL Phantom 12m, 15m, Big Blu 24m+, Synergy 10m, Venom 10m, 13m , Phantom II 12m Vapors 3.8, 5.4, Crosskite Sonic 7m, PKD Combat 10.3m
Uturn Butane 2.5m PKD Buster 3m Genetrix Hydra 7m Ozone Yakuza GT 14m
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