Author: Rico
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:03 pm (GMT -8)
| villin wrote: | | riding an era. which i've had up to 38 mph, so i know it can take it. |
Yeah, I'm sure you know more about high winds then us in the Gorge. Should be fun to watch. 
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Author: terremoto
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:32 pm (GMT -8)
Snake skin harness would look pretty sweet - or maybe some snake skin board shorts.
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Author: hamlindp
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:04 pm (GMT -8)
1) If you loan your kite out to someone, make sure they understand the "Rules of the Road":
a. The kiter on your right has the Right of Way. It's funny how that works, isn't it?
b. If someones kite is falling slowly from the sky, that means he has now power in it
and can not redirect it.
If you or a loved one is kiting and you come across a situation such as this, please redirect your kite and/or board to avoid running into someones kite, especially if it happens to be a foil, which needs to be relaunched quickly.
Also, learning how to kite should not take place in a large group of kiters. You place your safety and that of others at risk (not to mention ruining the rest of someones day on the water, or should I say off the water?)
Thanks,
David
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Author: ryan800
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:52 pm (GMT -8)
Just looked at a map, looks like I launched about half a mile below Frenchman's bar, kited to it, wind sucked, went back down to where I started. Not worth trying to get to the normal Sauvie launch, too far and too patchy of wind.
If you want, give me a call when you're headed there, after today I think I'm hooked on this kiting after work thing. I'll have to try kiting instead of working next... 206.313.5980.
-Ryan
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Author: KidCorporate
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:03 pm (GMT -8)
| jsj wrote: | Based on a quarter century of chasing waves, I've learned the hard way not to chase perfect meteorology. Never chase waves or wind, if it's happening suit up.
That said, I'll drive as far as necessary to avoid the crowd (how's that for ultimate irony).
Kiteboarding Green? - sort of. Your kites were manufactured overseas in a place that has little or no environmental regulation, those kites were shipped to you at a high carbon price, your board is dependent on chemical processes that emit all sorts of ugly stuff (and have their own carbon emission issues). It was likely manufactured overseas as well.
We as a user base are probably, on calculation of the true carbon balance, greener than any fossil fuel using recreation... thats a pretty low bar.
Greener than other bad stuff. I'm carpooling to my secret spots these days.
jsj |
You hit in on the head. It takes nasty chemicals and slave labor to produce our gear, but once we have the gear, and we're at the spot of out choice, we're the greenest of the green!
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