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That looks just like me on Ottertail.

Ed, We gotta git us somma them.

I've got a Ranger and a Frenzy for sale. Act fast before my wife throws them in a bonfire.

Dead Lake in Ottertail County ?

Tighe, I wish you had deleted that earlier. It took me an hour to read the whole dam thing.

Boat traffic is never a problem on OT. Very big lake (14,000 acres) lots of space.

Ottertail is awesome, almost always windy. Call me or Ed Jansen, we have launch areas covered for any wind direction. My cell is 651-357-3800. I am there every weekend.

Try St. Martin. There are quite a few people that kite up on the French side on Orient Beach which is probably the nicest (although somewhat commercialized) beach on the island. There is a kiteboarding/windsurfing shop right on the beach and they give lessons, too. But they don't speak English very ...

Jeff, Like Ed said, I am almost always up there, and the lake is awesome. Call me at 651-357-3800 whenever conditions look good and you want to go. If I am available and it works out, we can do it.

I WILL be kiting this summer. Absolutely no garage sales here.

Or a neck brace.

Is it unusual that an 8m Access would fall out of the sky (or backwind ? ) on a day where the wind is 15 to 20 mph,but gusting? Before a gust comes does the wind speed normally die down a lot? or just a little?

Please explain why a foil does this and an inflatable does not.

That is terrible---sounds like a lot of hospital time. Hope you recover fast. Which is more dangerous--kiting or downhill skiing? I still say skiing. Stay positive, you will get better.

Thanks, Bob, sorry I brought back bad memories for you. It sounds like you had a lot more pain than I did. I have a halo screwed into my head, but I am up and able to walk around and step over the dog. I was just plain lucky, could have died right there or become a quadriplegic. Now I am just inconv...

Thanks all you guys for your concern. Ed you described it well,thank you. I never considered the 8 m Access to be all that powerful of a kite. I've had it out in big,big winds many times before with no problems. Wish I had a better memory of the exact events (couldn't even remember what lake I was o...

OT LAKE.

Ottertail Lake right now is awesome!! 14+ inches of snow, very thin crust on top, not one bare spot of ice showing. Wore snow shoes to get out to my starting point. I have been up there the past 2 weekends and kiting was excellent. It's a three hour drive for me from Mendota Heights, but it is mostl...

Ottertail is going to work for sure. Ed Janssen and I will be there on Saturday. You might even catch the" Joe Latham airshow". He is going to blow over from North Dakota on Saturday morning. Call me @651-357-3800 if you want to connect.

Anybody out there interested in a kiting weekend at Ottertail Lake? I am planning for the weekend of Sept. 12,13,14. Those of you who made the trip last year already know what a great lake this is for kiting. Clean/clear water,shallow sandy shelf for launching, 14,000 acres of water, almost always w...