abkayak
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Best Day Ever
No...it wasn't
but it wasn't suppose to go dead onshore and go to 22+ and it did! foaming up when we left...and i did get meet up w/ jeffnyc and fly my local at low
tide / this guy bakes his own bread! hooked me up w/ 2 loafs!
then wifey sent me to the market for foods only to find out Hagen Daz now is putting out Belgian Chocolate Chocolate in pints!!!
win win win
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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adambweird
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Score!
HQ: Symphony Beach 1.3, 2.2.4, Crossfire II 5m, Apex II 5m
Peter Lynn: Pepper II 3m, Venom II 13M
Born: NS3 4m, 7m. NS2 5.5m
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jeffnyc
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I'll have to crank the oven into high gear with wbb right around the corner!
Was super awesome to meet up with abkayak - he even picked me up from the subway! Was definitely a BDE on my part. Beach was big and mostly empty
(except for the distracting swimsuit shoot 100 yards away), wind started out perfect and got stronger within a couple hours, I got to play with my new
Charger in decent wind, got to Superman and twist the kite just as I was thinking "hey, I'm getting good at this" (yes, that really happened), got to
fly one of abkayaS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s 4 line 3m kites - holy cow that's some pull! Now I should be working all night to make up for playing hookey, but
instead going down the street to see Broken Social Scene...
Thanks again abkayak, was great meeting you!
Foil: Speed5 18+12 | Speed3 15 | Sonic2 9m | Peak 5 4m
Arc: Phantom I 12m+18m
LEI: LF WOW 9m
FB: Flux 5m | Bullet 4.5 | Blurr 3.5 + 2.5 | Rage 2.5 | Beamer 1.8
Ride: Flexi Haize | MBS core 90 | SS Vision 140 | Mako 140 + King 165 | King Gee | SS Hover Glide | WB 5'6" | Burton Floater
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OffAxis
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What beach were you guys flying at?
PL Venom II 16m, HQ Apex III 7.5m, Pansh Flux 2m & 4m
Kite Trike
Blake - US35
With much blessing comes great responsibility.
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jeffnyc
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I'll let abkayak answer that one... On the surf forum I'm on, there's a policy to never reveal a spot - which is pretty hilarious considering there's
cameras on every beach.
Can I assume that asinine rule doesn't apply here and we all share locations, or is it all hush hush? Thinking about it, you probably don't want me at
your beach... 
Foil: Speed5 18+12 | Speed3 15 | Sonic2 9m | Peak 5 4m
Arc: Phantom I 12m+18m
LEI: LF WOW 9m
FB: Flux 5m | Bullet 4.5 | Blurr 3.5 + 2.5 | Rage 2.5 | Beamer 1.8
Ride: Flexi Haize | MBS core 90 | SS Vision 140 | Mako 140 + King 165 | King Gee | SS Hover Glide | WB 5'6" | Burton Floater
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carltb
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surfers are so clicky kiters are more friendly!! we all share the stoke
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abkayak
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its atlantic beach, NY
south wind capital of the east coast
all are welcome when tourist season isn't a thing
now...it aint a thing
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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cheezycheese
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See you Saturday... 
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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abkayak
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game on!!!
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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cheezycheese
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Pics are worth 1,000 words, whats this worth....?
/vimeo.com/237321734
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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skimtwashington
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Very nice...
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jeffnyc
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Awesome cheezy. Love your kite! Beach looks hauntingly familiar somehow...
Foil: Speed5 18+12 | Speed3 15 | Sonic2 9m | Peak 5 4m
Arc: Phantom I 12m+18m
LEI: LF WOW 9m
FB: Flux 5m | Bullet 4.5 | Blurr 3.5 + 2.5 | Rage 2.5 | Beamer 1.8
Ride: Flexi Haize | MBS core 90 | SS Vision 140 | Mako 140 + King 165 | King Gee | SS Hover Glide | WB 5'6" | Burton Floater
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cheezycheese
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Glad to see you are getting out. We'll catch up at WW.
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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jeffnyc
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About time to add to this thread!
So after a bit of a work/wind hiatus, got back on the beach yesterday. Was about 6 kts, which was absolutely perfect for testing a couple of my newest
best friends... an Eskimo 14.5m and a Pansh Flux 5m.
The Eskimo is a friggin blimp! After a bit of center line tugging, it shot straight up to zenith, and never wanted to come down. And holy heck does it
pull! I scudded in a fairly straight line for 30 yards, and could have kept going but I was getting too far away from my stuff! Big, slow, powerful
and predictable... I think I like it! Not too sure how much use I'll get out of it, but high pressure/lighter wind usually follows snowstorms here, so
it will hopefully come in handy.
Eskimo 14.5m in action (did the best I could 1 handed!):
https://vimeo.com/245766526
 
Meanwhile, abkayak popped out for a bit (nice surprise) and jumped on the Flux. I had ordered it sort of accidentally on purpose one late work night
(they make you add items to the cart to see actual prices and it was so low I was like... sure, I'll get that), and completely forgot until it showed
up at my office a few days ago. Don't love the handles - very basic, not much padding - but ultimately serviceable. The kite seems really nicely put
together, and flies well, though I think it needs just a bit more wind to truly shine. Very easy to control and well behaved. Was easy to turn,
launch, land and reverse launch (look how far I've come!). I couldn't get enough power to scud in 6 kts but it felt like it really wanted to. I was
able to get my board moving a bit, but then the wind died down. Abkayak felt (and I agree) it would be a really nice buggy kite. Great to see you
again abkayak!
Pansh Flux:
https://vimeo.com/245767287
Foil: Speed5 18+12 | Speed3 15 | Sonic2 9m | Peak 5 4m
Arc: Phantom I 12m+18m
LEI: LF WOW 9m
FB: Flux 5m | Bullet 4.5 | Blurr 3.5 + 2.5 | Rage 2.5 | Beamer 1.8
Ride: Flexi Haize | MBS core 90 | SS Vision 140 | Mako 140 + King 165 | King Gee | SS Hover Glide | WB 5'6" | Burton Floater
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abkayak
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and 2 pints H Daz belg choc trio were 6$ tonight at Key Food
tue forecast 20/40+...dead onshore, low at 14:30
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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pbc
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Cheezy,
Where'd you get the fork on that buggy? I want one like that! I have an XR+ with a cracked front fork and need a replacement/upgrade.
Philip
I fly: Charger II 6.5m * Charger II 8m * Charger II 10m * Scorpion 10 (for sale) * Phantom II 12m * F-Arc 1200 * Venom 13m
I ride: Peter Lynn XR+ on Midis * Flexifoil Midi/Barrow * Peter Lynn Comp on Barrows * Peter Lynn XR+ (needs a fork)
I build: Custom bars for buggy pilots
I write about kite stuff: at http://philipbchase.com
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jeffnyc
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Yesterday met up with abkayak again - was an absolutely perfect day for me. I haven't been getting out enough, and the couple times I have, it's
either been too light, or too heavy - so I'm seriously rusty. Yesterday was south, about 10-15. I finally got a chance to try the Gin Eskimo 8.5m...
what a great kite. Took me a little while to get back into the swing of things, get used to the new kite and get used to my ATB again. I haven't had a
decent ride on my ATB in months... probably since I was riding at Floyd Bennett. So to say I looked like a kook on the thing yesterday is an
understatement. But I was super happy to have the right conditions to get back in shape - made a few hundred yards and back a couple times (with lots
of starts and stops in between). I need a couple more days like this, but it's pretty rare that the wind, tide and time all line up perfectly. A big
beach that takes any wind direction would be amazing right about now...
abkayak was on a 7.5 Apex and his ATB, and of course buzzing around like a pro. We switched kites after a while... Apex controls completely
differently, so spent a bunch of time trying to get used to it (was same for abkayak - but once he figured out the Eskimo, he was off and running). By
this time, the wind was dying down, so time to pack it all up. The one kite I didn't take out of my car was the 14m Eskimo, which was too bad. Abkayak
would have had a great time on it. Conditions were a little too light for his liking.
Best kite day in a long time. I have to assume Hagen Daz was on sale again...
Foil: Speed5 18+12 | Speed3 15 | Sonic2 9m | Peak 5 4m
Arc: Phantom I 12m+18m
LEI: LF WOW 9m
FB: Flux 5m | Bullet 4.5 | Blurr 3.5 + 2.5 | Rage 2.5 | Beamer 1.8
Ride: Flexi Haize | MBS core 90 | SS Vision 140 | Mako 140 + King 165 | King Gee | SS Hover Glide | WB 5'6" | Burton Floater
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