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by **Ripshade** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:19 am

Anyone Riding? Give me a call. I'm up in mke right now, might drive down south. I wanna ride my 9m today!

Ryan
414.870.6676

by **dewsy** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:52 am

I'm leaving for the Mill in about 20 min..

-dewsy

by **t bagger bob** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:32 am

I`m headed for Zion. ETA 10:30am.
Blowin mid 20`s.

by **dewsy** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 1:54 pm

Miller was blowin nice and steady when I got there this morning. The surf was pretty crazy, crashed my 12m and blew a valve on that one too..

guess it was a bad idea to leave the kites in the car during all those freezing nights.. got the 8m back up though, so my patch held nicely during my second session..

ZION must have been crazy today..

-dewsy

by **urjc22** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:35 pm

Yup, never leave the kites in car during extreme cold or extreme heat. In fact, the heat may be more damaging.

by **szpila** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:58 pm

dewsy wrote:Miller was blowin nice and steady when I got there this morning. The surf was pretty crazy, crashed my 12m and blew a valve on that one too..

ZION must have been crazy today..

-dewsy

Miller was completely onshore today - not to safe for kitesurfing...

by **dewsy** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:05 pm

szpila wrote:
dewsy wrote:Miller was blowin nice and steady when I got there this morning. The surf was pretty crazy, crashed my 12m and blew a valve on that one too..

ZION must have been crazy today..

-dewsy

Miller was completely onshore today - not to safe for kitesurfing...

unsafe to kite onshore huh? why is that? or were you being sarcastic?

-dewsy

by nG » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:38 pm

szpila wrote:Miller was completely onshore today - not to safe for kitesurfing...

I could argue. If one can stay upwind and kite far enough to have a safe distance from the beach I would say on-shore is pretty safe. If anything were to happen- your boards and kites will end up on the beach.

nevertheless, for beginners and those who are just learning to stay upwind- onshore may be dangerous.
correct me if im wrong.

by **Safe_Cracker** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:31 pm

Shit I like hitting the shore after a gust has ripped me off my edge lol. It is more fun after a bit of drinking!!! :wink:

On shore to me is the shiiaatt!!! :wink:

Polo..

by **szpila** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:47 pm

No offence Jason. English is not my first language but I have wrote "-not to safe" whitch for me means exactly what nG said.
At least at Miller is a lot of space no jetty's, no trees and a dune before You hit parking lot

p.s THIS would be a whole different story if it was sideshore or at least happened at Miller - bit extreme but still... >>>>

by **skysurfr** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:02 pm

When you kite in "onshore" wind you run the risk of being slammed, as the video shows, on the sand etc. HAving seen a coumpound fracture in the DR, with broken bones comming out of some guys leg, I can tell youthat wet sand is only a bit softer than cement.

How far out is safe? way way way way out.... Ive seen a mistake launch a guy and in seconds he was, as the video shows, on the beach or worse.

by **szpila** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:31 pm

Thank You Mike.

by **wesmatson** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:17 am

......and might as well add one more link just for extra emphasis (or entertainment).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4J9mHbJ ... re=related

Cheers,
Wes

by **dewsy** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:33 am

heh..

-dewsy

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