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Tighe
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hold on to your hats.

Post by Tighe »

Looking at the 10 day MRF it looks like we may get wind everyday this week. Wish we had better snow.
Tighe
Stroh
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Post by Stroh »

Tighe
waconia is perfect for speed runs there is huge area of untracked fast white stuff
terry and I will be there tomorow mourning if there is any wind
Jon
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Post by Hunter Welles »

Its looking really good this week, and the best part is its final week. So im out at 10:30 everyday, the downside is that I actually have to do some studying.

I even found some optomistic reports for tommarow. 10-20, but then I also found a lot of not so good ones.
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Post by Jeff Gorton »

Jon, I lost your phone number. Call me if you're going to Waconia this morning.

Jeff 651-270-5735
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Post by Stroh »

Great day on waconia today. :D
I was amazed at how many poeple showed up 7 kites in the air and no one forecacted any wind. but there was about an hour of wind that I was having trouble holding in my 20m
Jeff and Jerry were on boards and holding their edges just fine. I tried the snowboard for a litle while but switched back to skis prity fast.

great conditions on wacko :wink: :roll:

Jon
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Post by BSMITH »

That was a blast. Thanks for the heads up Jon.
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Post by Jeff Gorton »

I second that..thanks Jon. flew my new 20 for he first time and it was great cruising in such light wind. had some relaunch troubles....thanks Jerry and Jon for your help getting me going again. ended the day with about a three mile reach, a little too far downwind. took forever to get back because the wind died. boy I'm a slow learner.
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Post by Jeff Gorton »

Oh ya...I forgot to thank Brian too.
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Post by Stroh »

I also forgot to thank Brian for for not getting mad when I wraped my kite around his truck woops :oops: I mised my landing pad by about 20 feet :oops: :roll:

Thanks everyone for comming out. it makes it much more enjoyable when we get a crew out there :D

Jon

BTW someone needs to teach me the ride by kite launch... do you grab the trailing edge? I kept going for the leading edge and falling over :lol:
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Post by Mike W »

Stroh, grab a handful of canopy on the trailing edge near the center strut as you go by.

Where are people headed tomorrow? Looks promising.
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Post by Stroh »

If I have time in betwen classes I will be headed to waconia for some frikin sweet conditions otherwise it's calhoon for me

thanks mike I will try that next time
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Post by scottchapman »

I am planning on going to Waconia. This sunshine has got me stoked again. Morning roll call... 8)
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