thats only a 24 hour road trip from S.O. Ken, well worth it if your jonesing
that bad,

Darren tell us later how much fun you had today so we can have some kiteporn to
read tonight. I just purchased a snowblower so I'm opimistic we'll have some
white stuff soon.

cheers
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Darren McChristie
To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [cankitesurf] Re: What is next for kites?


sorry...it's Thunder Bay, we have four inches of ice
and few inches of snow.

--- Ken McGlade <tickittyboo2@...> wrote:

> Where is "here" cuz i'm dying to get out and do some
> snow kiting. If
> it's not too far away, I"m in for a road trip this
> weekend.
>
>
> --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, Darren
> McChristie
> <mcchristie@...> wrote:
> >
> > I bought a 6.5, I also fly a venom II...The lakes
> are
> > finally frozen around here, so I am hoping to get
> out
> > this weekend. I'll get back to you on that...
> >
> > Darren
> > --- woodman_k <woodman_k@...> wrote:
> >
> > > Darren
> > > What size did you get?
> > >
> > > It would be interesting if you can compare its
> power
> > > to another
> > > known kite. I fly mostly pl venoms in the winter
> and
> > > a comparison to
> > > them would be a good benchmark.
> > >
> > > Stan
> > >
> > > --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, Darren
> > > McChristie
> > > <mcchristie@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I own a smart kite...just purchased it.
> Haven't
> > > had it
> > > > out yet but I can tell you it has a huge wind
> > > range.
> > > >
> > > > Darren
> > > > --- woodman_k <woodman_k@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hung
> > > > > I remember you were playing with a concept
> air
> > > kite
> > > > > as a shape
> > > > > shifting flat to sled kite.
> > > > > Conceptair now makes it. Its called the
> "smart".
> > > > > Have you tried it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Stan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com,
> hungvu2000@
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We had this battle about sled .vs. flat
> long
> > > time
> > > > > ago.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sled more or less won due to its inherent
> > > > > stability and
> > > > > the "mysterious"
> > > > > > sled boosting effect. Read
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.kitesurfingschool.org/kite.htm#Sled_Boosting
> > > > > for the
> > > > > sled
> > > > > > boosting effect.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Even with flat LEI, the kiters' preference
> is
> > > SLE,
> > > > > not flat bow.
> > > > > SLE
> > > > > > has more stability and "sled boosting"
> effect
> > > > > while offering full
> > > > > > depower (actually, it's the full depower
> that
> > > is
> > > > > important and not
> > > > > the
> > > > > > flatness of the kite).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Do we want a flatter flat LEI? flatter
> than
> > > bow?
> > > > > We have foils
> > > > > which
> > > > > > are probably better and more efficient.
> Back
> > > to
> > > > > the future with
> > > > > foil?
> > > > > > I had this wonderfully sled/foil kite that
> can
> > > > > behave as a foil or
> > > > > sled
> > > > > > up to the desire of the kiter a while
> ago...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What is next for kites?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > P.S., I was posting a message about bridle
> on
> > > the
> > > > > trailing edge of
> > > > > flat
> > > > > > LEI a while ago on these groups and it
> looks
> > > like
> > > > > someone is
> > > > > seriously
> > > > > > working on it. Sounds like our
> discussions at
> > > the
> > > > > various Yahoo
> > > > > > kitesurf groups are always first in trend
> and
> > > > > direction (the same
> > > > > thing
> > > > > > happened with Flat LEI via the original
> > > discussion
> > > > > at
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/kitesurf/message/67005
> > > > > )
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hung
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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