Medicine report

[scottchapman]

Wow did the wind ever come up. I was on my 8.5 wipi to start with nice deep snow. Dave R showed up and then bmr latter I assume.
I got a helmet and was trying a few jumps. In the gusts it was perfect.
Came in for a break and it came up. Went back out and launched some biggys. Then it came up to 30 mph and being as tired as I was it was to much. NW wind to North wind rocks on that lake. And minimal snowmobiles. I am trashed tired. 18 gusting to 30 weeeeee

[bmr]

Yo! Good to see you guys out in my backyard for some CrAzY times!!! I was wondering what happened to ya!

Winds were great using my 5.0 FreeAir, however I called it quits (well...maybe mother nature spanked me too hard) around 4pm as I was cruising the WessSide boosting some airs:

There I was cruising in 17-25mph winds with gusts at 30+. I'd been practicing some spin tricks and life was good. Well, I launched a spinner in about 20mph wind, got up about 10-15ft and then a 30+ gust hit when I was about to reach what I thought was my peak elevation. Yeah, I soared up another 8-10ft, looked down and i couldn't distinguish the contours of the snow anymore

MMM...I'm more of a technical rider both on the slope and with a kite, "big" airs are seldom my schtick. All I could think as I was still rotating and flying through the air is: "This may hurt." Luckily I slowly plummeted into the powder and stuck the trick heaving the snow around me into the air. Some time later my buddies descended to their natural hanging position - I then called it a day.

Lesson learned: I gotta give all you big-air maniacs props, that's some serious kite handling involved!

Buenos nachos,
BMR