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Bigger kite

StarQuake — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:36:00 +0000

So a while a go I tried the bigger kite. Not the 8.5 m2 one but the 6.5 m2 meter. There was a strong wind but it was not hard to fly. It’s a very stable kite. It’s not a very good kite to jump with though. It only pulls you forward and not upwards very much.

Last Saturday why went kiting again. The weather forecast wasn’t too good but we decided to go anyway. When I got in my car the sun got it all warmed up, so I thought we would be okay. After a 15 minutes of flying with the buggy I couldn’t get back to the starting point. So my friend gave it a try. He couldn’t get back too. And as he picked up the kite and decided to walk back, it started to rain. So in 30 minutes we were very wet and cold. So we decided to get back home.

We still had fun though. Just not very long.

2 new kites and a kiteboard

StarQuake — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:54:00 +0000

Yesterday, me and a friend went to Rockanje and bought 2 kites and a kite board. The biggest one is 8.5 m2. We are going to test them tomorrow. I’m really interested to find out how the kite behaves. The biggest one I had in my hands is 4 m2. And that is my Flexifoil Blade II. That thing is suicidal! But I expect the 8.5 m2 to be more stable.

Oh well… We’ll see!

Kiting again tomorrow!

StarQuake — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Tomorrow I’ll go kiting again! It will be my 3rd time using the buggy. And already it’s going quite nicely. Don’t have too much trouble going back and forth across the beach. The nicest thing that for about 5 hours you don’t think about a single thing. I’m just enjoying the strong wind and racing with my buggy.

My friend made a bar which should make it a bit more comfortable to kite. I think I’ll give it a try too.

Blogger seems like fun!

StarQuake — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:00:00 +0000

I changed the header image. I like it a lot! Yes that’s me with a kite and a buggy. You can see more photo’s on my Picasa Web Album.