I'm looking to buy a Mach II f.one kite, but am having trouble
finding an f.one dealer.  Anybody know who in Canada sells f.one?
Thx,
- Greg

On Saturday (Aug 23) at Britannia beach, my impact vest went missing:
NSI, black, side zipper & 2 buckles, size large, red sheath with
cutaway knife in upper breast pocket.  If found or know of its
whereabouts, pls leave me a msg at 282-6176.
Thx,
- Greg

Hi All:

While I was out looking for my board this morning at Allenwood (Thanx
VERY much for the posting, Paul!), I found a Da Kine spreader bar on
a black strap. It looks pretty new. Let me know if it's yours and
we'll figure out a way to get it back to you pronto.

Cheers!
Nadina
dinsguy@...

Hey everyone, Nadina forgot her board at Allenwood (Wasaga) late last
night. She got to Allenwood this morning at 10 am and the board is
nowhere to be found. The board is a "WHITE UNDERGROUND 130" - the
only one in Ontario! If anyone finds or sees someone riding it please
explain to the person that it belongs to Nadina. We are a small
community of kiteboarders in Ontario and I am positive that we will
find her board. Please keep an eye out for it.
Thank you.

Paul Peic
PASA Certified Instructor
http://www.kiteaddict.com

Hi Lee,

Mark and I were there today at beach 6, it was pretty good, I would
like to go back tommorrow Call me if you wanna ride up with me and
Mark.

Jim
519-743-5792



--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, Lee <lee@b...> wrote:
> Hey all, just checking to see if anyone is heading to Wasaga
tomorrow? Looks
> like it is going to be  nice and juicy.
>
> Cya
>
> Lee
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hey all, just checking to see if anyone is heading to Wasaga tomorrow? Looks
like it is going to be  nice and juicy.

Cya

Lee


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thanks very much for the detailed info!  I'll be staying at a
cottage about 15 minutes from Little Current on the mainland.  It's
pretty rocky around there with a lot of trees. I'm probably going
boat around the north end of Manitoulin and see what I can find.
West Bay seems like the best bet at the moment.  I'll post a review
if the wind cooperates and I make it out there.  Thanks again.

Paul.

--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, "James Everding"
<everding5792@r...> wrote:
>
> West bay Is the spot I found we had a north wind one day so i
looked
> around and found it. There is a public beach area on the west side
> of the bay it is fairly shallow along its shores around the bay
with
> trees back a 100' or so so its not so intimidating if the wind
> fails, wind I had was 12-15 knots which generated 2-3' swells with
> only breakers close to shore water was warm even thou it had that
> chilly blue colour as you work your way further out the bay.
>
> I'm sure ther are alot of other great spots around there you just
> have to look around a little. Biggest problem is they need to have
> some tree removal the Island just has way too many too close to
the
> shores. One other spot that looked ok was on mindemoya lake on the
> west side  off monument road, shallow with a few weeds which made
me
> look to west bay, it faced east.North of little current has a few
> interesting looking spots too if you are not affraid of rocks.
Some
> even look like they have some flatwater potential.
>
>  It would be a geat place to visit in the winter you have endless
> lakes to kite on and basically deserted.
>
>  If you see the old guy sitting in his lawn chair second from the
> end in a row of 10 or so lined up across his lawn just on the
> outskirts on mindemoya,  he's not dead I honked the third time I
> passed him sitting in the same spot three days
>
> jim
>
>
> --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, Mark <mark@m...> wrote:
> > On 8/18/03 4:03 PM, "pkivikink" <kivi@a...> wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone have any suggestions for nice kiting spots on
Manitoulin?
> > > The only place that comes to mind would be Providence Bay,
> although
> > > I haven't been there for years.  Something on the north side
of
> the
> > > island would be a lot more convinient also. Thanks. :)
> > >
> > Jim Everding was just up there a week ago, mixed wind conditions
> but he was
> > at Providence Bay as well as on the north shore at...is it west
> bay?? The
> > bay directly on the north side when you go up from Providence
> (north of
> > mindamoya). He said sandy beaches on that bay were also good for
> launching.
> > Mark

West bay Is the spot I found we had a north wind one day so i looked
around and found it. There is a public beach area on the west side
of the bay it is fairly shallow along its shores around the bay with
trees back a 100' or so so its not so intimidating if the wind
fails, wind I had was 12-15 knots which generated 2-3' swells with
only breakers close to shore water was warm even thou it had that
chilly blue colour as you work your way further out the bay.

I'm sure ther are alot of other great spots around there you just
have to look around a little. Biggest problem is they need to have
some tree removal the Island just has way too many too close to the
shores. One other spot that looked ok was on mindemoya lake on the
west side  off monument road, shallow with a few weeds which made me
look to west bay, it faced east.North of little current has a few
interesting looking spots too if you are not affraid of rocks. Some
even look like they have some flatwater potential.

  It would be a geat place to visit in the winter you have endless
lakes to kite on and basically deserted.

  If you see the old guy sitting in his lawn chair second from the
end in a row of 10 or so lined up across his lawn just on the
outskirts on mindemoya,  he's not dead I honked the third time I
passed him sitting in the same spot three days

jim


--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, Mark <mark@m...> wrote:
> On 8/18/03 4:03 PM, "pkivikink" <kivi@a...> wrote:
>
> > Anyone have any suggestions for nice kiting spots on Manitoulin?
> > The only place that comes to mind would be Providence Bay,
although
> > I haven't been there for years.  Something on the north side of
the
> > island would be a lot more convinient also. Thanks. :)
> >
> Jim Everding was just up there a week ago, mixed wind conditions
but he was
> at Providence Bay as well as on the north shore at...is it west
bay?? The
> bay directly on the north side when you go up from Providence
(north of
> mindamoya). He said sandy beaches on that bay were also good for
launching.
> Mark

On 8/18/03 4:03 PM, "pkivikink" <kivi@...> wrote:

> Anyone have any suggestions for nice kiting spots on Manitoulin?
> The only place that comes to mind would be Providence Bay, although
> I haven't been there for years.  Something on the north side of the
> island would be a lot more convinient also. Thanks. :)
>
Jim Everding was just up there a week ago, mixed wind conditions but he was
at Providence Bay as well as on the north shore at...is it west bay?? The
bay directly on the north side when you go up from Providence (north of
mindamoya). He said sandy beaches on that bay were also good for launching.
Mark

Anyone have any suggestions for nice kiting spots on Manitoulin?
The only place that comes to mind would be Providence Bay, although
I haven't been there for years.  Something on the north side of the
island would be a lot more convinient also. Thanks. :)

Paul.

I live in the Ottawa area, I'm taking my wife for a nice little 4-5
day trip during the week (less people I hope).

She does not mind where, as long as it is close to the water
and "nice".

Of course Sandbanks is where we both want to go but are they any
kites allowed? And are any places availble?

I'm really looking for a place where I can find some wind seeing as
Ottawa has been absolutly dead since the start of the summer. I just
started the sport and I want to have some wind! :-/ .

BTW, if anyone knows of a secret spot in the Ottawa / Gatineau area,
do tell :)

Can anyone tell me how can I obtain a copy of the " Kiteboarding
Manual " produced by IKO and distributed by BIC Sports ? Amazon and
Indigo sites do not sell the book.

Thanks ... Julian

Can anyone tell me how can I obtain a copy of the " Kiteboarding
Manual " produced by IKO and distributed by BIC Sports ? Amazon and
Indigo sites do not sell the book.

Thanks ... Julian

Thanks for posting the pictures John.

The event was a lot of fun. After 20 straight days of good wind we
had lighter winds for the event, but still enough for some good
kiting. And a good time was had by all. Thanks again to Josh for
organizing it.

Chris Glazier

http://www.seattlekitesurfing.org/Squamish.htm

This weekend is the Fly to...Red Bull King of the Air
Qualifier on Hatteras Island. I just checked the NOAA
weather and the forecast is for SW 10-15 all weekend.
It should make for a REAL good event.

Everyone is invited to join us at our Waves Lesson
center to see some sick air being had by some of the
best riders around. There are still a few spots for
competitors too. The winners get free airfare and
accommodations for the finals in Hawaii.

I hope everyone comes to check it out.

Ron
--


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I doubt size matters, although you will get some pull with the 2.5
meters giving you a little dose of what is coming with bigger kites.

If you are not in the hurry to kitesurf, take up Snowkiting in the
winter. Once spring comes along you'll have kite control down and all
you'll have left is how to be on a board in water.

BTW, snowkiting is alot easier to learn.

--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, "svenrt" <svenrt@y...> wrote:
> What size of trainer kite should a total newbie buy.
> Some places offer 1.5m kites while some 2.5m. Is bigger better, I'm
> 200+ lbs.
> Any brand better than others, things to look for?
> Any particular video to buy?
> Are there lessons available in fall?(Greater Toronto Area)Should I
> just practice with trainer+video on land til spring and then get
real
> lessons?
> Cheers

any 3m.trainer will do with a wrist safety.
  Boost or Shannon Best's Kiteboarding 101 video
contact us for lesson info
until then practice, practice & more practice.

Daniel Medysky
IKO/PASA Instructor Level II
Sauble Beach Kitesurfing School
beach: 519-422-3962
E-mail: daniel@...
website: www.kiterider.ca/


----- Original Message -----
From: "svenrt" <svenrt@...>
To: <cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 11:31 PM
Subject: [cankitesurf] trainer kite


> What size of trainer kite should a total newbie buy.
> Some places offer 1.5m kites while some 2.5m. Is bigger better, I'm
> 200+ lbs.
> Any brand better than others, things to look for?
> Any particular video to buy?
> Are there lessons available in fall?(Greater Toronto Area)Should I
> just practice with trainer+video on land til spring and then get real
> lessons?
> Cheers
>
>
>
> If you are new to kitesurfing, please visit
> http://www.KitesurfingSchool.org/faqs.htm for the answers
> to the most frequently asked questions.
>
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What size of trainer kite should a total newbie buy.
Some places offer 1.5m kites while some 2.5m. Is bigger better, I'm
200+ lbs.
Any brand better than others, things to look for?
Any particular video to buy?
Are there lessons available in fall?(Greater Toronto Area)Should I
just practice with trainer+video on land til spring and then get real
lessons?
Cheers

Good day Daniel-Son,

Ed here.  Just wondering if you could provide me w/ a list of your
gear for sale along with respective asking prices?  In regards to
2004 gear, will you or do you rep for Cabrinha?  I'm really impressed
with their Recon system from what I've seen on the net.  Spinning
bar, front-line release safety with the ability to blow the safety
w/o having a spagetti dinner afterwards.

Please get back to me re the 2003 gear, and if you have any good
inroads for 2004 gear.  Hope your kiting summer's doing better than
mine over the last couple of weeks.  I guess Tarifa must have stole
all the wind since it's been blowing 50+ mph over there for the last
few weeks.

Ed DeBiasio
---- Begin Original Message ----

From: "KiteRider" <ghs@...>
Sent: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:49:33 -0400
To: <cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [cankitesurf] 2003 kite gear sale


End of summer sale,
2004 kite gear has arrived.
as usual, after Labour Day, we'll  be selling off our 2003 school
gear.
All at greatly reduced prices & only used for a few months.
All kite gear is in great shape & well below retail  prices.
North, Naish, Gaastra & Takoon kites & boards.
call me or send me a personal e-mail  to reserve your favourite kite
or board.
remember to go to the Boardsports swap in September.
reserve your kite deal now.

cheers,
Daniel Medysky
IKO/PASA Instructor Level II
Sauble Beach Kitesurfing School
beach: 519-422-3962
E-mail: daniel@...
website: www.kiterider.ca/


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End of summer sale,
2004 kite gear has arrived.
as usual, after Labour Day, we'll  be selling off our 2003 school gear.
All at greatly reduced prices & only used for a few months.
All kite gear is in great shape & well below retail  prices.
North, Naish, Gaastra & Takoon kites & boards.
call me or send me a personal e-mail  to reserve your favourite kite or board.
remember to go to the Boardsports swap in September.
reserve your kite deal now.

cheers,
Daniel Medysky
IKO/PASA Instructor Level II
Sauble Beach Kitesurfing School
beach: 519-422-3962
E-mail: daniel@...
website: www.kiterider.ca/


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Maybe you could post the store hours so we know when some one will
be there which might Save a trip for people comming from outside
t.o. I called last friday as i was comming through  anyway and
wanted to see what you had there but no luck, I had called the Phone
# on the website and no answer or message either so I went out of my
way to another windsport store to get what I needed.


Cheers
Jim




--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Peic" <info@k...> wrote:
> KitesurfingCanda has a "Real" shop now. It is located at 401 and
> Dixon Rd. The Address is 557 Dixon Rd Unit 111B. Please come check
us
> out as we have everything a Kiteboarder would need.
>
> Paul Peic
> PASA Certified Instructor
> http://www.kiteaddict.com
>
> --- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, "laurent jobart"
<ljobart@h...>
> wrote:
> > a litewave 202 182cm is too long for dan's shop?
> > is it through internet or does he have a real shop now?
> > thanks
> >
> > Laurent
> >
> >
> > >From: "Paul Peic" <info@k...>
> > >Reply-To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: [cankitesurf] Used Kiteboard Gear
> > >Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 15:51:05 -0000
> > >
> > >Hey everyone, just a note to anyone who is interested in
selling
> any
> > >of their used gear. Dan at kitesurfingCanada is now taking used
> gear
> > >on consignment. The shop is looking for any equipment that is
in
> good
> > >to excellent condition, kite sizes from 12 meter to 18 meter,
> twintip
> > >boards no larger than 180 cm. Used gear is selling fast so
don't
> miss
> > >the opportunity to get rid of your used gear. I am posting this
for
> > >Dan as there is a problem with his Yahoo account.
> > >
> > >Later,
> > >Paul Peic
> > >PASA Certified Kiteboard Instructor
> > >http://www.kiteaddict.com
> > >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
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KitesurfingCanda has a "Real" shop now. It is located at 401 and
Dixon Rd. The Address is 557 Dixon Rd Unit 111B. Please come check us
out as we have everything a Kiteboarder would need.

Paul Peic
PASA Certified Instructor
http://www.kiteaddict.com

--- In cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com, "laurent jobart" <ljobart@h...>
wrote:
> a litewave 202 182cm is too long for dan's shop?
> is it through internet or does he have a real shop now?
> thanks
>
> Laurent
>
>
> >From: "Paul Peic" <info@k...>
> >Reply-To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
> >To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [cankitesurf] Used Kiteboard Gear
> >Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 15:51:05 -0000
> >
> >Hey everyone, just a note to anyone who is interested in selling
any
> >of their used gear. Dan at kitesurfingCanada is now taking used
gear
> >on consignment. The shop is looking for any equipment that is in
good
> >to excellent condition, kite sizes from 12 meter to 18 meter,
twintip
> >boards no larger than 180 cm. Used gear is selling fast so don't
miss
> >the opportunity to get rid of your used gear. I am posting this for
> >Dan as there is a problem with his Yahoo account.
> >
> >Later,
> >Paul Peic
> >PASA Certified Kiteboard Instructor
> >http://www.kiteaddict.com
> >
>
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We can sale it trough our website too, or bring it in our shop ... a bit far
from you but!!  ;0)

Best regards

Michel Montminy



CONCEPT AIR KITES
Tel : (418) 545-8368
Toll Free1-877-545-8368
traction@...
www.conceptair.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "laurent jobart" <ljobart@...>
To: <cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [cankitesurf] Used Kiteboard Gear


> a litewave 202 182cm is too long for dan's shop?
> is it through internet or does he have a real shop now?
> thanks
>
> Laurent
>
>
> >From: "Paul Peic" <info@...>
> >Reply-To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
> >To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [cankitesurf] Used Kiteboard Gear
> >Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 15:51:05 -0000
> >
> >Hey everyone, just a note to anyone who is interested in selling any
> >of their used gear. Dan at kitesurfingCanada is now taking used gear
> >on consignment. The shop is looking for any equipment that is in good
> >to excellent condition, kite sizes from 12 meter to 18 meter, twintip
> >boards no larger than 180 cm. Used gear is selling fast so don't miss
> >the opportunity to get rid of your used gear. I am posting this for
> >Dan as there is a problem with his Yahoo account.
> >
> >Later,
> >Paul Peic
> >PASA Certified Kiteboard Instructor
> >http://www.kiteaddict.com
> >
>
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a litewave 202 182cm is too long for dan's shop?
is it through internet or does he have a real shop now?
thanks

Laurent


>From: "Paul Peic" <info@...>
>Reply-To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
>To: cankitesurf@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [cankitesurf] Used Kiteboard Gear
>Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 15:51:05 -0000
>
>Hey everyone, just a note to anyone who is interested in selling any
>of their used gear. Dan at kitesurfingCanada is now taking used gear
>on consignment. The shop is looking for any equipment that is in good
>to excellent condition, kite sizes from 12 meter to 18 meter, twintip
>boards no larger than 180 cm. Used gear is selling fast so don't miss
>the opportunity to get rid of your used gear. I am posting this for
>Dan as there is a problem with his Yahoo account.
>
>Later,
>Paul Peic
>PASA Certified Kiteboard Instructor
>http://www.kiteaddict.com
>

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Hey everyone, just a note to anyone who is interested in selling any
of their used gear. Dan at kitesurfingCanada is now taking used gear
on consignment. The shop is looking for any equipment that is in good
to excellent condition, kite sizes from 12 meter to 18 meter, twintip
boards no larger than 180 cm. Used gear is selling fast so don't miss
the opportunity to get rid of your used gear. I am posting this for
Dan as there is a problem with his Yahoo account.

Later,
Paul Peic
PASA Certified Kiteboard Instructor
http://www.kiteaddict.com

Hello

X3 kites for sale

16m with bar and lines $1100 blue and white
12m kite only $900 green and white

136cm Hazmat $750 used 4 times

Tim Blanchard
www.SurfCultureCanada.com


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2003 Naish Aero orange 14.0 et green 20.0 m,  Completes with bar,
lines etc.

asking: $2800. CDN for both

Info toll free: 1-877-545-8368


Michel

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jusqu'à ce que les principales compétences soient maîtrisées, sous la
supervision d'un moniteur IKO niveau 2. L'assistant moniteur peut également
valider le niveau des stagiaires jusqu'au niveau C en suivant les standards IKO,
toujours sous la supervision du moniteur niveau 2.
             Pour plus d'information sur le programme, cliquez ici.

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             Tips
             Tell me why...
             I find it hard to pilot my kite with one hand.
             You usually try to pilot with one hand to retrieve your board or to
prepare your water start.
             The kite will be more stable if you position it lower in the wind
window. Placing your hand in the middle of the bar will help you keep the kite
in the same position and will give you better control over the piloting.
Remember that piloting with one hand requires both pulling and pushing of the
bar.

             Do you know that...
             We remember of 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what
we see, 50% of what we hear and see at the same time, 80% of what we say and 90%
of what we talk about right after doing it?

             Astuces
             Dites moi pourquoi...
             J'ai du mal à piloter mon kite d'une main.
             Vous essayez en général de piloter d'une main pour récupérer votre
planche ou pour préparer votre water start.
             Le kite sera plus stable si vous le positionnez plus bas dans la
fenêtre de vol. Le fait de placer votre main au milieu de la barre vous aidera à
garder le kite dans la même position et vous permettra de mieux contrôler le
pilotage. Souvenez-vous que piloter d'une main demande à la fois de tirer et de
pousser sur la barre.

             Savez vous que...
             Nous nous souvenons de 10% de ce que nous lisons, 20% de ce que nous
entendons, 30% de ce que nous voyons, 50% de ce que nous entendons et voyons en
même temps, 80% de ce que nous disons et 90% de ce dont nous parlons juste après
l'avoir fait ?





       The IKO Team
       Newsletter 11, July 2003

       Daniel Medysky
       IKO/PASA Instructor Level 2
       Sauble Beach Kitesurfing School
       beach: 519-422-3962
       E-mail: daniel@...
       website: www.kiterider.ca/






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       Assistant Instructor Training Program

       Dear Kiters,

       To meet with the need of higher standards, more qualified and experienced
instructors, and providing useful help to ITC candidates that do not have
teaching experience, IKO has established the assistant instructors program.

       The Assistant instructor program aims at:
       - Providing the needed teaching, organization and equipment setting skills
to candidates wishing to participate in an IKO instructor level 1 training
       - Increasing the quality level of teaching during the instructor training
level 1.
       - Having qualified and responsible assistants working in your school
       - Helping the school manager to reinforce its internal organization by
giving precise tasks to the assistant

       Candidates wishing to become assistants can only be managed by an IKO
level 2 instructor.

       The assistant book is available on line in the pro area. You may download
and print it for personal usage only.


       For further info, visit www.ikorg.com

       Daniel Medysky
       IKO/PASA Instructor Level 2
       Sauble Beach Kitesurfing School
       beach: 519-422-3962
       E-mail: daniel@...
       website: www.kiterider.ca/




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