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Old 08-20-2006, 03:53 PM
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Hey Scott,
What do you think about the aggression. I was just up in hatteras, and it looked like a really nice light wind board though I never rode it.
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Old 08-20-2006, 05:16 PM
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Yes,
The UG152 is my largest board and I am hoping that the SSGlide will give me just a little more lattitude. At 210-215lbs us bigger guys need all the help we can get. When everyone else is riding a 12m or 14m, I'm on a 17m or should be on something slightly larger.

Board size is going to make the biggest differnce when others are just barely ridding in light wind and I'm not even powered. You can''t effectivley fly those bigger kites in my opinion and a larger boards allows for better weight distribution and there for effortless plaining.

I find that the MC yellow board my friend Toby is riding and SS Glide have a little more advantage for me on light wind, smooth water days than my UG152 on lighter days.
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Old 08-20-2006, 08:29 PM
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i hate lightwind kiting
give me 15mph's or give me death
what a freakin workout
it's like playing the drums softly...
you can do it but why???
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Old 08-21-2006, 07:42 AM
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Seeing as this is my first summer, I had no way to have an opinon on this until now...but, my opinion is that Bayflite is preaching the truth! Lightwind kiting sucks!!! ESPECIALLY for us bigger guys!!!
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Old 08-21-2006, 08:41 AM
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Not really, 10-12 kts can be fun, ONLY if you have the right equipment, For me that's a big high aspect efficient kite with a directional board and flat water with little current :shock: 8)
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Old 08-21-2006, 02:41 PM
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i just work and drink beer all summer.
i'm so outta shape right now
off-season blows...
errrrrrrrrrrrrr sucks
wake me up when september ends
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Old 08-21-2006, 06:14 PM
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bayflite is right.

light wind sux.
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Old 08-21-2006, 06:53 PM
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AMEN!!! I have the biggest kite in the area and just don't want to bother with it. Even paired with my Underground Magic Carpet 152, I just don't enjoy flying a blimp 100 yards out into the water just for the wind to die and for that beast to fall out of the sky and make for a bitch of a walk back into shore, lines tangling, kite getting wet, etc. Just not worth the extra effort...summer sucks here, winter is rockin' so why set yourself up for failure???

I hate polecats, been skunked one hundred times too many...
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Old 08-22-2006, 07:36 AM
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I think St. Pete doesn't even get light wind (in the summer). It gets sub light wind.
Sub light wind sucks. 11 knots is pretty fun, but what has it been here? 8 dying off to zero? That really does suck.
Ughhh........meanwhile on the other coast.....while visiting the Donster.
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwher...Wind+Yesterday
(The forecast was 5)

I totally hear you guys. Being here for just a couple days bummed me out over the wind. Finding alternatives to kiting is the ticket to sanity. Anyone got good ideas? I know you guys have been wakeboarding and such.
Gas prices bum me out. Driving over to SA and back costs me 90 bucks.
Otherwise weekend trips over there would make alot of sense.
I guess if the truck was loaded it'd be 25 a piece.

I still think solid 11 on the right gear is fun. Thing is, I don't think that has happened here this summer, from what I have heard.
That 14m Contra on a Glide rocks in solid 11 knots, no matter how big you are. Does anyone here have a Contra yet? I got Donna the 12 and it powers ME up in solid 10. Unreal, IMO.
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Old 08-22-2006, 09:11 AM
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Scott, I have a 14m Contra that is still waiting for at least a puff of wind so that I can let everyone demo it, Maybe this weekend we will get some wind to let people try it

I'm figuring the 14m will be the biggest kite that medium and lower weight person will ever need if they are fully powered in 11kts and hopefully for my big ass starting at 12-13 :lol:
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