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PieroPDX
Since 22 May 2006
109 Posts
Stoked
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Mon May 22, 06 2:41 pm New to Kiting, lookin for peeps |
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Hello all,
I'm looking to get into kiting...beena windsurfer for a number of years casually. Told myself i won;t try kiting until i got my gybe down...(sigh) but it never happened..lol
just lookin for other kiters to get me stoked! I'm a web designer/geek in pdx.
www.xocea.com
_________________ If you're in PDX hit me up, I'm looking to meet kiters in town. I'm close in NW. |
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Bettyboarder
Since 18 Mar 2005
1823 Posts
PDX/ White Salmon
Mrs. Site Lackey
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Mon May 22, 06 7:45 pm |
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Come bring some beer and hang out at Sauvies lsland and you will meet some really cool kiters. Also I think on Thur nights in the summer ASI has kite night out there, call ASI ahead to make sure they will be there. Welcome!
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eric
Since 13 Jan 2006
1804 Posts
XTreme Poster
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Mon May 22, 06 11:03 pm |
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Consider a lesson package from Jim at New Wind Kiteboarding in Hood River. He is a really good instructor.
Good Luck,
Eric
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Mike Hawk
Since 20 Mar 2006
179 Posts
say that 3 times fast DONT FEED THE TROLL!
Stoked
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Tue May 23, 06 6:40 am |
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More proof that: "you cannot resist the dark side of The Force"
Welcome young Jedi, to the dark side
_________________ the porn star brother of the famous Tony hawk |
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6548 Posts
Couve / Hood
Site Lackey
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Tue May 23, 06 9:55 am |
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I wonder if Bow kites will bring over more Windsurfers...
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dcrowe
Since 11 Oct 2005
265 Posts
hard to say, I was inverted
Obsessed
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Tue May 23, 06 10:06 am |
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only if they name one the "bowflex" and get Chuck Norris to market it.
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
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Tue May 23, 06 11:41 am |
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In regard to your question on MySpace, Bettyboarder is right, Sauvies is probably the closest spot (however from Gresham, it takes almost as long as the drive to Hood River).
-Adam
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Ryan
Since 14 Jul 2005
536 Posts
Oregon
Addicted
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Tue May 23, 06 11:48 am |
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I bet that windsurfers, like myself, make up at least 25 percent of the kiting population. I think all those that are going to convert to 'the dark side' already have.
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jdk
Since 21 Dec 2005
333 Posts
Obsessed
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Tue May 23, 06 12:08 pm |
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i still windsurf too, but kiting is more fun with wind under 20. Maybe you can get landboard and learn kiting on the coast? this is wonderful place, acutally i'm not sure why i don't see more windsurfers out there too? if anyone go to coast today (Tuesday) bring your rain gear, i hope to be there around 5:30. no 911, but that's ok how else would you want to go
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6548 Posts
Couve / Hood
Site Lackey
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Tue May 23, 06 12:42 pm |
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ryan wrote: | I bet that windsurfers, like myself, make up at least 25 percent of the kiting population. I think all those that are going to convert to 'the dark side' already have. |
I was just thinking with their extended depower capabilities riding a flat kite is a lot more like windsurfing than kiteboarding.
Somebody told me once kiteboarding was like riding a bucking bronco that you were strapped to and couldn't let go of. That seems to describe the C kite experience a lot more than the flat kites.
(Btw, I still fly C kites.)
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Mark
Since 20 Jun 2005
3677 Posts
I need my fix because I'm a
Naishaholic
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Tue May 23, 06 1:00 pm |
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I describe my first kiting experience it to my friends as:
Wakeboarding behind a boat being driven by a drunk! Your never sure the driver is going to speed up or slow down. Most likely the driver will crash the boat at a high speed with you tied on the rope!
_________________ Cleverly disguised as an adult...
www.naishkites.com |
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Mike Hawk
Since 20 Mar 2006
179 Posts
say that 3 times fast DONT FEED THE TROLL!
Stoked
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Tue May 23, 06 1:50 pm Windsurfing has been canceled |
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I'd bet that more people take up kiting than windsurfing per year. Thus windsurfing will eventualy die out and become extinct, or at best suffer the fate of such sports as Extreme Rollerblading, Freestyle Unicycle, and Razor Scooter Expression Sessions.
I am sure bow kites, 5th lines, saftey QR's and a multitude of kite performance improvements over the past years have lead windsurfers to see the light that kiting is not that hard and dangerous as one might think.
A note on the bows...just as skiers (who rode 213's)scoffed at fat skis at first as skis for old people who can't ski the powder, now they praise the Fatty's. So as bows progress so will the sport in many ways.
Pretty soon you kite spot will be over run with people kiting Better mark you territory now
_________________ the porn star brother of the famous Tony hawk |
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jdk
Since 21 Dec 2005
333 Posts
Obsessed
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Tue May 23, 06 2:32 pm |
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surf, windsurf, kitesurf... all ways to attack the wave (or get out of way before it attacks you)!
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jbruxer
Since 24 Jul 2005
398 Posts
Beaverton, OR
Obsessed
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Tue May 23, 06 2:47 pm |
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Sauvie is a cool place, however (in my opinion) not a good place to learn. Yah, Hood River is a ways away, but when you are learning to ride ie. body dragging, crashing kites, learning to self rescue, its much easier. I am pretty new to kiting myself, and still dont feel comforitable with going to SI. Until you can stay up and riding, I would strongly recommend learning out at HR......just my two cents.
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Kodiak
Since 01 Aug 2005
1114 Posts
Slidey
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Tue May 23, 06 3:29 pm |
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In my opinion kiting will never kill windsurfing. I have windsurfed for almost 20 years and just took up kiting last year. While kiting did kill windsurfing for me (I haven't been windsurfing since I started kiting) this sport is inherently much more dangerous than windsurfing. In windsurfing you don't have to worry about getting lines wrapped around your body, or getting lofted into some trees or dragged across the beach. Even as more and more safer technology is developed, the risks in windsurfing will pretty much always be lower. Also in worst case situations it is quite a bit easier to just drop your sail and paddle back to shore on a sailboard.
The one thing that may kill windsurfing is the sports coninued focus on hig wind gear. The last portion of the people that windsurf do it on lakes or in areas taht the wind is not very consistent, and the industry focusses very heavily on high wind gear. In my opinion windsurfing is quite a bit harder to learn than kiting.
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mikes
Since 13 Mar 2005
90 Posts
B'Ham
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Tue May 23, 06 4:00 pm |
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I've windsurfed since I was a teenage pup, almost 20 years now, but the last 6 years I've spent more time kiting than sailing. Windsurfing's not going away but it's not going grow like wildfire. There is the whole Formula thing that is better for alot of people than kites. No idea what the numbers are but there's alot of the big gear out there nowadays. I'll take two kites instead, thanks...
I do think the new kite designs will bring over more windsurfers because they work more like sails now, not one speed track bikes. I used to hate how kites would drag me downwind when I didn't want them to when lit up. Also I could do more on a wave windsurfing, but now that is changed. I am stoked on my Bow's, they are still kites, but work better in waves for me, and go into more wind. Now that I have Bow's the number of times I'll windsurf is even less, except for super lit 4.2 or better days, I'll still take the pole board
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
1417 Posts
Hood River
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Tue May 23, 06 4:28 pm |
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Windsurfing is gay!
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