Any chance of unforcasted thermal based winds?

Had to do a one self rescue this Friday on my 11m 2011 crossbow. Riding with some busted up ribs and fell off the raceboard. Crashed the kite when I went into the water. Tried to relaunch but every time I did the ribs started to scream at me. Figured I'd just self rescue so I deployed the IDS. Kite ...

RRS section 1 rule 2 and the preamble to the rules listed under basic principles both discuss sportsmanship. I personaly wouldn't protest over an unregistered kite but I'm an equipment anarchist. You should protest over port starboard infractions when there was no way the other guy could have though...

Waukegan Illinois on lake michigan. I think they do at least one race a year down your way in the Miami area. Our local kite fest and one race of the year is next weekend. To bad I broke my ribs Wed.

I was thinking about this last weekend lookking at memory foam bras with the wife. Something with a small cup size and a 31 waist.

If you have a spare bar and like tinkering it's fun to play with the 4:1. It makes blast reaching more fun. Where you at?

The class rules are actualy kind of ambiguos on the flaging leash thing. C.3.1 SAFETY AND LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT (a) A detachable kite leash shall be used. The Notice of Race and the Sailing instructions may change this rule. C.8.2 LINES SAFETY SYSTEMS Lines shall have a depowering device. C.8.3 BAR ...

For twin tips I have run my cheep China knockoff pump for hours no prob. It vaporizes a tone of oil into the air and you don't really want to coat your glassing room in oil. You'll get bonding issues. I tried a milk jug with paper in it. That cut it down a bit. Now I just pipe the exaust outside. My...

It looks longer but the actual depower is 1/2 the total length to the top of the cascade.

Cool. You should take some side on closeups around the fin box. Did he cut it with a jig saw? Remember to note where the box was before removing it. Not sure if it would be simpler to do before or after. Is it a sandwich construction board? If you have some scap divinycell or airex or like material ...