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Great to hear you scored a good one. I ended up kiting here at Medicine Lake. Some margarita ice, but once the sun came out the wind picked up it was glorious!

I'm hoping for another session. I'd definitely make the drive to Clear to get one more this year.

Is the launch on the North side (DNR?) still a good choice? I haven't been down for a couple of years. Might have to make the trek.

I'm happy to report I was able to give it a go (12M at Malmo yesterday on side-shore wind) on my replacement H13 (the first one broke immediately due to a mfg error). I'm very happy to report the replacement foil was solid! My goals were to learn to 1) Mount, 2) Taxi (up & downwind), 3) Fly - in...

Wow, even defining what 'stability' means is a can of worms all by itself. Near the top on a gust my early kites would lurch forward right past zenith and tumble out of the sky. Arrrgh!!! I called that instability. Over then next few years that company made changes to produce a more stable and more ...

Mille Lacs on Sunday 2/15... I was on my way up to visit Mom and stopped for a short session on my favorite lake. I'm glad I did. It was a wonderfully smooth 10-15 blow although it was only 1 degree F (I refuse to acknowledge windchill). I drove a mile out on the ice past where the ice fishing house...

New snow, forecast was for 6 but getting 10 mph wind pretty broadly now. I'm thinking Night Kite might be nice.

Medicine Lake 6-ish (out from Hardy's at the South end).

Anyone?

Harty's gate is open on Medicine! http://mnlakecams.com/harty/harty.html

I drove on to WBL and rigged two days ago.

How are things shaping up on Minnetonka? Driveable to Kite Island yet?

I'm going to stop at Medicine and kite on my way home (4-4:30?). Anyone else?

South 5 mph forecast, 8 right now, fast surface, any kite should work... I think I'll kite somewhere on the eastside at noon. Anyone else?

Working well again! Thanks!

I'm getting a lot of errors at the top of my page... all php issues.
Big fonts. No images in Chat or Classified are coming through. On IE and Chrome.

Anyone else seeing this?

Yikes! Yup - never thought to look for turtles.

Your going to love it Ken.

I added a SPI line to the Locations on my phone wind page: http://kitemn.weebly.com/

Are there other useful links I should add?

Can't wait to hit the road

I kited past a 6' shark last year at Padre. Very nice fellow. He was going was going one direction and I was going the opposite. He surface about 20 feet ahead of me and as we passed the wave rolled him over so I could see the bottom side too. As we passed and he rolled, he was just out of reach (if...

Who's going to South Padre Island? When?

I'll be there Nov 1-15. I mostly kite the Gulf side. If you're thinking about a Downwinder, ping me: 763-232-2726.

I've had the BTP12 Digital for 4 years and am very happy with it. I have replaced the control board once so far because the on/off switch stopped working. I started with a pair of NiMH batteries. They did OK for a couple of years. They loose charge even when they are not used. Last year I switched t...

Did you leave your gear at Medicine Lake yesterday (5/21)? I found it. Call me: 763 232 2726

Ice moving again today: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10 ... =3&theater

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S3414296.shtml

Wind driven ice sheets blocked 169

I hit WBL with Mike Winter. Mike was boosting some nice ones on his 8 Eclipse. I rode a 7 Caution and was happy enough near the ground.

Barry

My kites have dump valves made of clear vinyl plastic. Every winter when its cold the stoppers are hard to get in and even harder to get out. Inevitably I rip the top off the stem of at least one before spring gets here. I've got a solution... a winter stopper. I made a little washer the goes inside...