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08-17-2007, 01:31 PM
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1 more thing..
the one guy i ended up talking to the most yesterday ended up being someone thats been wintering it in st. pete area for 4 years.. knows most all of you ..kites with Trent Hinkle.. his name is Gene.. think he said he was from Minnesota .. cool guy.. rides type 8 kites.. is heading to st. pete this winter. 
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08-17-2007, 01:45 PM
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Yeah,
Gene is cool. He use to ride SS (like all of us) up until about 2 years ago. He is about my height but a little more stocky, semi-crazy on the water (goes for crazy tricks) but an exceptionally nice guy. Cool. I have heard the same about the kite split and demographics from others, thanks for the info. Also have heard they are very friendly there. Wow, the helix actually sticks to the sand in wind. Very interesting, thanks. I obviously got it backwards (I thought it would get blown away). One last question, any weird nose or ear-aches?
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08-17-2007, 03:36 PM
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I've never experienced any x-aches from the water in the Gorge.
yeah the demographics is very friendly, 30% female now I would say and they rip! This year was mostly waroo's, 50-60% I'd say, compared to last year was only 20-30%. The rest is pretty evenly divided SS, Naish, North and Cabby. Most everybody kites the event site spit, number wise, rufus should be fun. small pebbly bch but nice desert scenery with only a few other people to kite with. definitely getting that place in lyle for summer relief!
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08-18-2007, 03:13 PM
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rufus was very cool..
solid wind for afternoon.. very powered on my 12m .. for the first hour everyone except for me and one other rider was on new Ozone 11 or 13 instincts.. guess one of the guys is a dealer and all his crew was there.. number of other kiters showed up as the wind kicked in.. most all on waroos.. i still prefer the HR sandbar ..launching and landing on slippery rocks is not fun.. i was the only one there with booties on too.. that was odd.. got some pics and vid of the day.. fun fun fun
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