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Nice work! Having played with (struggled) with a sit-ski behind a boat with MANY easy, boat assisted restarts, I admire your effort and success with the board foil! It is a steep learning curve and I am impressed your first session went as well as it did - good for you. Your description is perfect (...

Thanks for the tips. With no East in the wind I think I will pass on Pepin. Too bad, after talking with Dr Bill earlier this summer I have been looking forward to a fall colored ride on Pepin. Have fun on Cannon today. Cheers!

Thinking about Pepin / Lake City tomorrow. Experienced thoughts? Anybody in?
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Dave, did you go? How was it?

It was such a pleasure meeting more people from the 507 area code and enjoying southern MN generosity. It was so nice to see the scene working well including pre-ride clean-up, safe launches, landings and shuttle rides. All we need now is a drink service and massage tent! Seriously, thank you to all...

Childhood dreams. I would love to kite the lake I grew up on... nice. Here are a couple of thoughts for you: Clean Wind - A rule of thumb that I have heard and that has been true in my experience is that an obstruction will cause wind turbulence for a downwind distance roughly 10 times that of its h...

I am looking to test fly some kites I haven't used in a while and am looking for a safe (park?) area with clean wind in the Mpls area? Any thoughts on where to go? ... or not go?

Mark, Thanks for the info. I drive 35 and 52 between Rochester and the cities often. Maybe some good options there. Take my info and let me know if/when you're heading out.

Cheers!
Andrew
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I recently moved from the Twin Cities to Rochester and am looking for tips on riding in this area. I have read the lake descriptions and would love to connect with someone in the area who has experience with the launches etc. Thoughts?

I was up in Grand Marais MN last weekend and talked with the owners (?) of a bike/sport shop there. They had foil trainers on sale. They said that there wasn't a scene there although they had tried to get into it at one point. After talking with them I concluded that snow kiting there could be amazi...

Sounds tempting. Hope to see you there... \

Mahto?

I'd give Cabarete a solid 4 out of 5. I learned to kite at the Laura Eastman kite-school last x-mas and found them to be well organized, staffed and stocked. We stayed 2 weeks (leaving just after new-years) and had good wind almost every day for at least a few hours. We were told that the winter win...

Hey, thanks for the great tip!

I'll keep you posted on what I find...

Hightower

I'm heading to Calgary at the end of December and have been poking around for info on riding in Alberta and BC. There seems to be a scene there but it is not as well developed as MN (we rock). I'd like to do a little mountain kiting (Banff, Canmore, Sunshine) and am finding some info, but not as muc...

Hey all, I have recently learned about a job opening at Laurel Esatman's kiteboarding school in Cabarete. This is where I learned to kite last winter. During that time I met the whole staff and saw their operation. I would consider Laurel's school to be top-notch. Great facility on a newly expanded ...

Whoa! It caught my eye right away. That is a great logo - I don't say that very often.

Nice work. Say, who's work is it?

Hightower

I'm heading to Waconia and will be there from noon on...

Who's in?!

Hightower

Thoughts?

Way to go Avery. This effort and attitude will help to keep us kiting locally. See you there soon!!

Coach, thanks so much for the back-up.