Don't forget:
Manistee
Empire
Good Harbor
Grand traverse Bays west and east
Mackinaw Bridge.

Massage 3x a day 5-10 minute, use whatever targets the area, rollers, fingers, door nob. 5-10 mins not just a rub. Stay away from NSIADs they prolong healing. Prolotherapy. Stretch if it hurts your doing it right.

Regardless of hook position, the harness itself, and it's contact with the body, dictates where the power is transferred to the rider. Depends on the seat harness, mine is form fitting to back, but does not ride up due to leg straps, which is nice when looping. When pulling a deadman Abs work hard ...

Simply seat harness does not have to be fitted, waist harnesses do, so for lessens that is why they are used. Most kite seat harnesses the hook is high in the same position as a waist.

Warm hands, and huge floating jumps in the cold sub Zero temps.

Big sandy beach that would be nice, but for launching in not nice areas, drift launching much safer, as long as there is no big waves and water is not deep. Best way to drift launch is to hook in, take your kite into the water, HERES the kicker for a safer drift launch put the kite behind you head o...

My 10m Pansh Aurora 2, Flew out of the box just fine, with a old but new Best bar, Could have just used that basic bar, but Modded the bar for safety. 1 Mod was the 5th total kill line that line is longer and also added a longer leader to that bridle section. 2nd Mod was line added about .5m across ...

Ancient gear, 14m Best Waroo, 9m CAB CO2 thing would rocket you up.
Old boards 136 LF LFX and 136 LF Vision
New kite 12m Switch Element
China Foils they are cheap and they work.

My family owns a cabin up in the Mountains of norway, were its superb conditions for Snowkiting. If you were where it was flat any 4m would be safe to pull a skier around with a little practice. Pansh has 4m non depower kites for 100E, you would have to set it up 3 line with a bar. I would go bigge...

Hate splash, and I look good in them, UV protection a plus. Stupid people wear their expensive sunglasses, I buy cheap and tie them to the wetsuit pull, or clip them to my rash guard. Lose a pair or 2 a year.