This time I didn't have any tangles, yay, and I was able to launch it easily. I still don't have an ice screw but I first laid out the lines, then went back to the backpack and pulled out the kite, and then skated quickly back to the bar:) Advantage ice skates. Immediately I was moving on skates! It is WAY different than butt scudding! I had a BLAST out there. The winds were on the higher side when I started because I was having to work HARD when fully powered and trying to tack. My outside leg was BURNING.
Mark did great and the Apex III is a very easy kite to fly, land, and launch, both forward and reverse. It doesn't seem to turn that fast but I have not flow anything else. I did try flying my 5M Sami II but I had some brake line twists and could not control it so I put it away. However, in the small test flying I did, that thing seems like it turns ALOT faster than the 10M and had a surprising amount of pull!
We inflated his kite but seeing as how I didn't like the old bar, lack of satety features, and that I have not done this enough to know how to rig the lines on an LEI we put it away. I had it at the edge of the window but before I would ever let go of that thing I wanted to make sure it was working and rigged correctly. **I guess we had it rigged correctly but it seemed wrong to me. I had it rigged with the outside bar lines to the "brakes", "trailing lines", whatever, and the middle lines to the leading edge. My toes were popsicles anyway.
I will post some vids later, after I edit them so everyone isn't totally bored watching them, but here are some pics.
MK - I padded up!
You both likely know this but he should have a helmet on. Looks like you both had good fun! I hit WBL on Saturday with Jason Yetley for a few hours on the switchblade attachment. The lakes are in perfect condition for this or ice skates.
They are for sale if you or anyone else is interested. The ride over small ridges, rough ice, and snow patches much better than hockey skates and have a much longer blade contact area.