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scott / danny.. (and/or anyone else that would care to join in).. lets try to keep track of our kite sessions for this up coming season.. starting from now just try to take note of any day you get out to ride.. wind speeds, kites used, location, count of other kites in the air and any other details..
i know that if you have a gmail email account it has a built in online calendar that you can share out.. easy to use and update.. thoughts? |
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That's a great idea. I always try to get wind speed details from people every day they ride. I don't write it down, but take mental notes. It helps give a feel for patterns over time by doing this. Maybe just use the let's ride area and post short sesh reports.
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Cool, a sess counter
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im going to try to keep a log.. do my best.. i always post on the forum (im slightly addicted obviously).. but i really want to try to keep a more detailed log and see how it looks at the end of the season. plus the forum could take a dive and lose posts, etc..
nothing too fancy.. but maybe could find some good cross referenced days where its blowing 25 at one spot and 15 at another and find some sort of trend.. im certain it will be interesting... |
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Count me in too, I spend quite a bit of time up north but venture to the south as well. I could definately benefit from the study of our microweather and patterns as I see the entire county as a place to ride.
On that note, there was a day last year that was really interesting. Was at Honeymoon for the morning and it was blasting out of the SW. I am sure it was going off everywhere. However, a big frontal storm came through and killed it. Waited there for an hour or two to see if it would fill in and never did. Very cloudy and absolutely no wind. Called some guys on the way home at East Beach and they reported sunny and blowing 20+ still out of the SSW. Sure enough on my drive to East Beach the clouds lessened, the sun came out and the wind was there until dark. Amazing what a 45 minute drive can do. The frontal boundary I think literally stalled around north county with clear skies to the south. |
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Blow
Well It needs to blow Next Weekend!!!!! Linda and I will be down for some family stuff, but will have the gear in the truck! Watch out the PC Royal Era Kite crew is coming to town!!!!!! If it blows and anyone want to try out the new Royal Era kite just let me know, we have the 8, 10, and 12!
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Sweet you have the Era's? I thought you were into Eclipse. I rode the 14 and it was pretty good. It definitely does not go upwind as well as some other kites (waroos,hypertype,etc) but it jumps really well (better than the waroo) and pulls like a truck.
Once you get used to it, it's a really fun kite. I would definitely consider one for my next kite. |
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I can contribute north county sess reports, as I usually do anyways. I'm out there quite a bit.
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Share your calendar:
Good idea Brian. My gmail address is "bryancwoods". You can send an invite to share your calendar. I'm interested in knowing how much people are getting out and I'm not aware, times, locations, etc. |
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That first night we rode the Era kite was messed up Tom, I still can't figure it out. It left me with a horrible first impression.
I am confident the Era goes upwind as well as the Hyper after Bob and I rode them at the same time, both on Glides, and we held identical tacks (several times with different windspeeds that day). Unless something really weird happens with a sleeper kite coming out of nowhere that's really good, I am getting a 14m Royal. Thanks to Bob's demos, I now realize it's an improvement over the Hyper. |
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