In a message dated 2/10/01 3:15:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, kenny@... writes: << I tried the new ARC 460 today kite skiing. I was surprised how...
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Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Feb 11, 2001 4:09 am
After having had a wonderful time with the "largest kite for kiteskiing/kitesurfing" I had a chance today to kiteski with the "smallest kite for...
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kennyfarnsworth@...
Feb 11, 2001 3:53 pm
Mel, Thank you for the inflation tip. I have a 8.4 and a 11.2 on order (winds tend to be light here). I figure that I may need to buy a device to inflate the...
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Peter Halt
halt@...
Feb 11, 2001 4:46 pm
I recently kite snowboarded and buggied in 35 mph gusting to 55 mph, holding my 2.2 meter c-quad directly attached bridles to handles. I was rarely ...
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kennyfarnsworth@...
Feb 11, 2001 5:09 pm
Kite Snowboarding in 35 gusting to 55 mph! The real question is what did you do to keep yourself from freezing solid? What was the wind chill?...
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kiteboard@...
Feb 11, 2001 7:47 pm
In a message dated 2/11/01 7:54:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, kennyfarnsworth@... writes: << I am not going to give up on the ARC yet. I would really like...
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Peter Halt
halt@...
Feb 12, 2001 2:33 pm
Fortunately it was 35 degrees, wind chill to -20. Something about fighting to stay on the ground was keeping me plenty warm. I wasn't cold at all until I...
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banfield@...
Feb 13, 2001 12:24 am
Hi, I'm a novice to kiteskiing, and not even that with kitesurfing. I have a B-2 trainer, a 3.6 waterfoil and a 5.7 waterfoil. I've used the B-2 for many...
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Mike Berends
berends@...
Feb 13, 2001 1:31 am
Hi All, Just wondering if any of you kiteskiers out there have done runs with a GPS or checked speeds with Radar? A number of us, here in Calgary were out a...
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Mark Frasier
brockus@...
Feb 13, 2001 2:15 am
Hey Mike, I have a GPS that I take out with me most of the time. Liek you I have had a few runs when I wished I had it but didn't! Last year my top speed was...
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Mark Frasier
brockus@...
Feb 13, 2001 2:39 am
... From: <banfield@...> To: <ksurfschool@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: [ksurfschool] Fledgling...
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Mark Frasier
brockus@...
Feb 13, 2001 2:54 am
... From: "Mark Frasier" <brockus@...> To: <ksurfschool@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [ksurfschool] Kiteskiing...
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Remtgnow@...
Feb 13, 2001 1:52 pm
go to a pair of ski's immediately! It's much easier than you think. Then, you can pull your spouse around while she sits on the sled! Remember, Helmuts for...
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Troy Bezanson
troy_bezanson@...
Feb 14, 2001 3:44 am
I took my 3.3m HQ Kite out in the storm Saturday and Sunday using my ice buggy. The wind was always at least 50km with gusts up to 90km. Traveling across the...
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PIERVITO DIDONNA
piervito@...
Feb 14, 2001 9:55 am
... From: Liste WIPIKA <listwipika@...> To: <kitesurf@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 10:34 AM Subject: [ksurf] Wipika ... cloth. ...
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Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Feb 18, 2001 1:10 pm
We were blessed with another "nuclear" day, 20-35 knots, pure ice and almost ice spots with less than 1" of snow occasionally. I went out with my Wipika...
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Gerald, Pepi
PepiG@...
Feb 19, 2001 6:55 am
Please unsubscribe this email address. Thank you Pepi Gerald International Sales Manager O'Brien International Ph(425)202-2125 Fx(425)202-2195...
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banfield@...
Feb 19, 2001 7:01 pm
Hi, This is the fledgling kiteskier that asked questions last week. This weekend, I went out on Sunday (less than nuclear winds as opposed to Saturday) and...
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Farnsworth, Kenny
kenny@...
Feb 19, 2001 7:15 pm
Don, When the wind is 0 - 15, you are going to have trouble with just about any kite. You mentioned using a different diameter control bar. I wonder if you...
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Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Feb 20, 2001 3:18 am
I had a chance to try 10 m line length with my Wipika Classic 3.5 in very gusty 14 - 28 knots of wind and these are my observation: 1- The shortest line for...
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Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Feb 20, 2001 4:17 am
... I assume that you have the front lines to both end of the bar and a single brake lines to the center of the bar (similar to the New Wave). I use a shorter...
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Mel
kitebord@...
Feb 20, 2001 7:46 pm
... That's fine as long as the wind isn't very gusty AND you have a place to land easily. I have neither, so I really appreciate the range a 4-line has ...
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Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Feb 21, 2001 2:18 pm
... Even though you have to use 4 line kites due to the local condition, you probably can extend the range of your kites by using line length shorter and...
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Farnsworth, Kenny
kenny@...
Feb 21, 2001 4:58 pm
Unsubscribe Hung, I decided that I should stop receiving these e-group messages at my office. Please unsubscribe me and I will continue to receive at home....
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Mel
kitebord@...
Feb 21, 2001 7:19 pm
... Probably. My range with "standard"; length lines on an AR5 is from about 10 - 25 knots, & since it's rarely over 25 here, I have little need to change line...
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cjgilmore@...
Feb 21, 2001 8:13 pm
... office. ... me know ... Just go to your yahoogroups and set your self up so you can read the web version. therefore no email and you can be current. Chris...
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Hung Vu
hungvu@...
Feb 21, 2001 11:16 pm
I went out today in 20 - 30 knots with my Wipika Classic and got a max speed of 54.3 km/h on the Etrax GPS device (it is reasonably accurate - I tested it on a...
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Mel
kitebord@...
Feb 22, 2001 2:55 am
Day 135. 2/21/1. My 5th day on the ARC. ~1.5 hrs. riding. (new total 9.5 hrs. on 4.5 projected ARC) Now that I know to adjust for a LOT of "brakes" (to...
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ace@...
Feb 22, 2001 3:40 am
I can attest to the worthiness of the c-quad 2.2. Mark Frasier came to Lake Champlain and recorded a peak speed of 48 MPH in 30 knt winds and on a nearly...
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Peter S. Halt
halt@...
Feb 22, 2001 4:25 pm
I completely agree with that. The 2.2 is a perfect size to fly off the bridles with 4 line handles. Its wind range by varying line lengths is 15 mph to winds...
