Watching pro caliber kiters is amazing. While at the HR Sand Spit this past Fri...
Someone using a proto kite for the first time, on a [7 year old] board they've never ridden, on a congested and compromised waterway with very little room to pull the trigger... go out and hit 44.98 knots after just a few runs is incredible. Can we round up to 45 knots and 52 mph?
-Barry
50+ mph!
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Re: 50+ mph!
And some other sand spit speed toys [2 of the 3, both port and starboard speed boards] from another kiter arriving a bit late, after the wind dropped.
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Re: 50+ mph!
Nice! 
But we're having a wind drought here. Two months of nothing.
Try and be a bit more sensitive next time
Where are you ?
But we're having a wind drought here. Two months of nothing.
Try and be a bit more sensitive next time
Where are you ?
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