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Well it may be all your fault, but you have great taste in kites.
I hope you like your Manta.

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So the issues the less travel on the newer bar back lines compared to the bridle. If you leash to the brake and get in the habit of unhooking from the chicken loop and letting it go the leash will bring the kite out of the sky everytime....you'll be putting more tension on the back lines.

Have a look on www.kiteforum.com they've been discussing the Octane. Various people who've ridden it. Most seem to prefer the RPM.

Between the 04 and 07 major changes were made in the design of the brake bridle, the lines along the bottom of the kite canopy. Obviously the brake when pulled is not putting enough tension on the brake bridle. When leashed to the bridle if you release the chicken loop and let the leash pull the bra...

The wind mafia is alive and well....

OK Jenn...to get back in my good graces....next time you see Jon you have to kick his ass for me...

Trollhaugens in the town of Dresser Wi. about 20 minutes from Stilwater or Forest Lake depending which way you come.
( Much closer than Madison )
If there's wind forcasted for Sat we could have a sess on Cedar Lake. Been a long time since there was a lot of kites in the air there.

Dammit it Jenn....now I'm pissed!

Hey...I had more than one girl friend call me an old dog.....never knew why?.

Michele's coming back from New Zealand and going to be back in MN for a couple of days . We are planning a snowboard/ski..."hey Michele" party up at Trollhaugen the night of Friday 19th Feb. She's only in town for 3 days so if you want to catch up with her try to come along. To make matter...

sorry the link didn't work
Here's the homepage, I hope this'll work. Pull down on the page and click the skijor link.
http://www.skinnyski.com/

The City of Lakes Skijour race Saturday.
Nancy and Lela had a good time.
http://skinnyski.com/javascript.html

Wow....really unlucky guy.
Part of you thinks , great way to go doing something you love, kiteboarding.
Another part thinks, what an awful way to go, must have been terrifying.
Shitty news.

Jim. Teach Patty to body drag upwind, sinking the knee and body to increase drag. Stand in the water to give her a visual target to get back to. Then send her off on a windward body drag and let a board go for her to pick up, practice the board recovery until she's comfy getting back to the board an...

Firstly, the development since 05 is huge improvements, but if you think about it the same can be said for any kites. Foils today turn faster , have more power and boost . They hunt to the edge of the window much better than the 05's did. Other bridle developments have improved the relaunch and pret...

Fun times, the wind was a little light but rideable, sunshine and snow were awesome. Jenn was working it hard and had many sucesses in one of her first snowkite sessions, launching and relaunching her kite in the light winds, saving her butt by grabbing the kite brake after a fall, doing restarts us...

Jon.
I've never been to Rice Lake, how do you get to it from the interstate?

Wind forcasts looking blah.

Firstly....elbow,knee,hip,butt pads and helmet. Ok now you can bounce just fine. Jumping technique varies greatly depending on the type of kite you're using. Tom describes letting the bar out a little, the kite I fly likes back line preassure to turn quickly so I have to sheet in before I send it. S...