YEAH DR.LW ...........i have a name for those conditions........MAGIC WIND
I get those primarily in the ocean on SSE to S winds (totally sideshore)
ZERO evidence of wind whatsoever on the water...no whitecaps....no ripples even.....glasssssssssy
At rigging time on the beach it feels like 4-5kn on my body and when i launch my kite from the sand
But once my kite gets up overhead i feel the pull to be 7-9kn....but wait there is more !!
Once on the water and as i get away from beach the wind pulls me as if it was blowing 9-11kn !!!!
To an observer sitting on the beach crossover it looks surreal....to them i am ripping in 4-5kn
I have experienced that on my 19m2 a multitude of times...those sessions you never forget
......0 BS.......0 Windmeter needed......Oh Oh Oh it's magic ...truth is.. i was really in 9-11kn
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