frankm1960 wrote:http://youtu.be/-nUVmrUUlvw
Great video!
I'm not sure what was proved... or disproved... but that reverse launch in "4kts max steady" wind was awesome!
Doesn't anyone in Florida own a wind meter?
NOPE for wind meter....we are all EYEBALLING it
I flew the V3 with NO harness (imagine that we don't own that either) on that day.... in 4kn max......
....at that moment in time...strapped into full depower...and bar all the way in sheeted in
Dimitri tried to make me say that it was dropping to 2 or 3...and i say..NO..just steady 4kn
He asked me my opinion & i responded: I "approve" this message just like in political commercials
I looped it around in the sky a few times..i had fun with it
....and it stayed up in that steady LW wind flow as i expected (some like to call that blowing
)
So right after this exhausting almost neck breaking looking up at the sky & V3...i got my kite set up
By the time i was all ready to self launch .....it had picked up
...one knot..to 5.7 mph= 5 kn
Goes without saying that i HAD TO put a harness ON
We did a lot of side by side flying...and one time..we nearly took each other out.....
...during a mad synchronized kitelooping showdown
Back to the side by side..on beach..both kites equally..in 5kn max...stayed steady overhead..
Both kites during reverse launch...popped and spun up equally well...no difference
Back stall by pulling on back lines...
...down to the beach in hot launch position.....then launch...equal
Wind picked up it seemed to 6kn or 7kn...ON THE SAND..so we tried to go on the water
We both could NOT go more than one dive or two...then kept sinking/stopping
That onshore east wind was LESS in the water than on beach..the power was 5-6kn max
So back on the beach for heel dragging with sharp kite dives and loops...again and again....
Then on the beach it FELT like 8-9kn....so in the water it had to be 7-8kn...so we went back out
We both did much better..but had to work the kite just a little bit...starting to be fun
Then on the water the wind increased to 8kn steady...maybe some 9kn puffs
Dimitri chose to ride the inside shallow beach slick with kite slightly over the sand...
...and he did one nice LW backspin transition...but there was not quite enough water to keep going
I chose to ride in deeper water and managed to get upwind of some small breakers.....
....i did a regular jump w/kite loop..a forward 1 1/2 downloop to toeside transition.....
....a regular port tack backspin off a 2 ft. wave..a toeside forward 1 1/2 downloop to heelside
ALL in ALL we both killed it in onshore sub 10kn LW...in mini surf..using "our favorite" LW gear
321 KITEBOARDING will soon put out a VIDEO....
..... with an other perspective of the "small very amicable ambassador ultra LW showdown"
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