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No beach, just shallow water... How do you launch and land?

Postby celly » Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:52 am

Not enough beach room to launch or land, just room to setup.... how do you launch and land?

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Re: No beach, just shallow water... How do you launch and la

Postby Hawaiis » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:21 am

Drift launch

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Re: No beach, just shallow water... How do you launch and la

Postby bigwave » Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:36 pm

celly wrote:Not enough beach room to launch or land, just room to setup.... how do you launch and land?
I thought we covered this the last time you asked? Come out this spring with us and I will show you how we do it.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2378670&p=776495&hi ... ch#p776495

:D

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Re: No beach, just shallow water... How do you launch and la

Postby celly » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:43 pm

bigwave wrote:
celly wrote:Not enough beach room to launch or land, just room to setup.... how do you launch and land?
I thought we covered this the last time you asked? Come out this spring with us and I will show you how we do it.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2378670&p=776495&hilit=Drift+launch#p776495

:D
haha sounds good!

I just was curious to see if there are other methods out there. My drift launch is getting better!

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Re: No beach, just shallow water... How do you launch and la

Postby celly » Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:33 pm

Also going to get a walk through with an instructor so should help straighten things up!

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Re: No beach, just shallow water... How do you launch and la

Postby plummet » Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:30 pm

celly wrote:Not enough beach room to launch or land, just room to setup.... how do you launch and land?
if there is room to set up on the beach then there is room to launch and land!....

All you need is one kite span width and its all go.

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Re: No beach, just shallow water... How do you launch and la

Postby bigwave » Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:43 pm

celly wrote:Also going to get a walk through with an instructor so should help straighten things up!
That would be me. If your around Silent Sports this weekend, come to the Kite swap and say hi!


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