Saturday, February 22, 2020

Session 10 of the 2020 season: Stoney Creek Wing with ice skates


















11:05 AM on Saturday, February 22, 2020
Wing & Ice Skates
Bluebird day, lite SW winds, 8-15 mph. Temperatures in the low 40s. Ice was lumpy and hard.
By far the best way to fly the wing is with ice skates.

TOW: 1 hour 
Gear: 4M Wing with skates
Weather: sunny, 13-30 degrees, SW winds 8-15 mph
Surface: mostly lumpy ice





Saturday, February 15, 2020

Session 9 of the 2020 season: Duel sessions Stoney Creek 11M snowkite and 4M wing with skis

!st Session:
11:08 AM on Saturday, February 15, 2020
Stoney Creek Snowkite
11M gusty conditions, surface was 50/50 packed snow and smooth ice.
Weather was mostly sunny, 13 to 30 degrees with wind from the SSW to 30mph.
Vince, Craig and 3-4 other kiters.

TOW: 1.5 hours kiting
Gear: 11M Z kite with snowboard
Weather: sunny, 13-30 degrees, SSW winds to 30 mph
Surface: 50/50 packed snow and smooth ice.

Gear for today's session


2nd Session:
1:37 PM on Saturday, February 15, 2020
Stoney Creek Winging it with skis.
Second Demo of the 4M Cabrina kitewing. 
Good Demo session!                                              
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TOW: 1.5 hours
Gear: 4M Wing and skiis
Weather: sunny, 13-30 degrees, SSW winds to 30 mph
Surface: 50/50 packed snow and smooth ice.

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Session 8 of the 2020 season: Snowkite Lake Cadillac, slog fest

1:08 PM on Sunday, February 9, 2020
Snowkite Lake Cadillac, slog fest. With Chris and Metrobeach crew from the TC kitefest
Bare minimum winds with the 11M kite
2-3 inches of new snow falling, 28° with lite winds. Decent surface conditions with the added fresh snowfall.
Kite sizes ranged from 11-17M and every one was dropping there kites during the lulls.

Gear:   11 M Z kite
Weather:   Cloudy, 28-30 degrees
Winds:  south winds, marginal wind speeds
TOW:  1.5 hours





Friday, February 7, 2020

Session 7 of the 2020 season:Duel sessions, First Snowkite and Crosswing sessions of the 2020 season

First session on wing 

Session 1, Snowkite: 10:55 AM on Friday, February 7, 2020 
(Attending the 2020 Snow Kite Jam on Lake Leelanau)
Snowkite on Lake Leelanau
11M kite, brutish conditions, to much ice until I finally found a good stash of refrozen consistent snow pack.
Cloudy, 25 degrees, NNW winds to 20 mph.


Gear:   11 M Z kite
Weather:   Cloudy, 25 degrees
Winds:   NNW winds to 20 mph
TOW:  11:00-1:00

Session 2, Wing session: 1:51 PM on Friday, February 7, 2020
New Game in town..Wing Riding

Demo of the cabrina 4M wing with skis.

Gear: 4M Cabrina Crosswing and skis

Weather: Cloudy, 25 degrees

Winds: NNW winds to 20 mph

TOW: 1 hour