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Thanks for putting that together Randy! We really appreciate you taking the time to do it and to stand out in the water and cut up your feet while we played...Great job with the photo clips and making them look like a movie.
It was pretty crazy kiting in the 26-40 mph winds in the gulf. I will never forget my elevator ride on the 7 meter TD3, getting 30-35 feet high...I did not jump again in that session...
The last day was epic MN. kiting with 25-30+ mph winds and 49 degrees with a wind chill of low 40's. I was sure glad I brought the drysuit, gloves and hood. It made the 85 and windy days sweeter...Thanks to all who shared my trip!
Sweet! Thanks Randy! I can't wait to get home to watch again since i have no audio at school. What a great trip that was! April can't come soon enough! I got my school schedule this morning for spring; i'm only able to go April 18-23, ha.
Midwest Mountaineering/Slingshot Regional Team Rider
sweet video Randy. Well done. I second Scott's comments. Thanks for taking so many shots.
Wish I could have got that jump on film Scott. We were riggin our smallest kites cause it was crankin'. I really really wanted to use my 7m cause none of the locals were on anything bigger than a 7m. Scott reminded me I had 30-40 lbs on him, so we switched kites. I waited to make sure everyone got launched and at one point looked out an saw Scott easily 25-30 above the peaks of the massive swells. (another 8-10ft to the bottom of the troughs). I thought to myself..."that's funny, not something I would do in 40mph winds" Looked stellar though. He disappeared behind a peak so as far as I knew he landed it. Needless to say, I stayed water bound that session.
Randy nice video...I was, however, surprised see that there was 400 crashes at the end of the video given your other video....maybe you have another of "out takes" only.
Good job...must have taken hours and hours to do--the ice must not be thick enough on WBL to kite yet!