Location: Gower
Wind: up to 28 mph NW / NNW
Distance Travelled: 30 miles
Max Speed: 34 mph
Drove down again. SWAT and Missile had been there for the weekend, and were having a ball. I'd tried to fix SWATs kitewing, but the temporary joint had broken again. So we were a wing down. The wind was picking up, most of the kiters on the beach and even the buggies were struggling. The wind being NNW meant we only had small amount of beach to play with, but fun anyway. Being a wing short we decided to take it in turns. SWAT did a few jumps, with the ATB, Missile and me did some standing jumps, missile having the weight advantage seemed to jump twice as high as me. Technique probably.
Loads of fun on the kitewing with the Mountain Board doing power slides.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Sunday, May 28, 2006
27/5/2006 - Kiting in the rain
Location: Gower
Wind: 14 mph West
Distance Travelled: 43 miles
Max Speed: 33 mph
Another good day. Wind was good and steady, but lots of rain. The beach was "ploughed field" again, appart from a stretch near the dunes. However, with westerly winds that was fine. plenty of space, not many others on the beach until the weather cleared in the afternoon.
Highlights?
Missile found a 2' deep hole at 25 mph and went flying. I saw him and thinking he had hurt himself, fell off during an emergency turn.
SWAT broke another mast tube on his kitewing by falling on it. He did manage to create a temporary splint with gaffa tape and spare wing tips. He could fly it but the aerodynanics were all wrong.
I did a fairly spectacular crash in the stream. The rain had turned the stream into a river and what normally is a simple process of crossing, became a 2 foot deep torrent. So my disrtsurfer stopped dead, and I went flying. Much to the amusement of onlookers. My dirtsurfer then started to wash away downstream, so I had to wade after it.
Anyhow, I brought SWAT's wing back and left him mine as he and missile were staying over. He texted me later to say 83 miles, which I assume is the distance he has travelled. Surely another record? I'm back tomorrow with a slightly better temporary fix on his wing. Forecast is 23mph NW, sunny. Should be a good day. Must crack those duck gybes.
Wind: 14 mph West
Distance Travelled: 43 miles
Max Speed: 33 mph
Another good day. Wind was good and steady, but lots of rain. The beach was "ploughed field" again, appart from a stretch near the dunes. However, with westerly winds that was fine. plenty of space, not many others on the beach until the weather cleared in the afternoon.
Highlights?
Missile found a 2' deep hole at 25 mph and went flying. I saw him and thinking he had hurt himself, fell off during an emergency turn.
SWAT broke another mast tube on his kitewing by falling on it. He did manage to create a temporary splint with gaffa tape and spare wing tips. He could fly it but the aerodynanics were all wrong.
I did a fairly spectacular crash in the stream. The rain had turned the stream into a river and what normally is a simple process of crossing, became a 2 foot deep torrent. So my disrtsurfer stopped dead, and I went flying. Much to the amusement of onlookers. My dirtsurfer then started to wash away downstream, so I had to wade after it.
Anyhow, I brought SWAT's wing back and left him mine as he and missile were staying over. He texted me later to say 83 miles, which I assume is the distance he has travelled. Surely another record? I'm back tomorrow with a slightly better temporary fix on his wing. Forecast is 23mph NW, sunny. Should be a good day. Must crack those duck gybes.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Wingsurfing uphill!
21st May 2006.
Quick session today between rainstorms. It was blowing 20mph, so I thought I could justify a quick late afternoon session with the Dirtsurfer and Kitewing on Cleeve Hill.
I have always wanted to run from the common by the arials to the next hill top by the golf course. Well, today I managed it :-)
Very gusty, as the kitewing kept lifting over my head and behind me at times. Good fun though as I did 3 runs there and back (probably less than 1/4 mile each way), but the fun thing was that it was down and up the hill. Going down is a bit mad, as you could go flat out. I didnt, as it was so gusty, but powering up the hill is quite an experience. I've done it at the same spot using a normal power kite and a mountain board, but this was a first with Kitewing and Dirtsurfer.
Then it started to rain so I came home :-( what a wimp.
Quick session today between rainstorms. It was blowing 20mph, so I thought I could justify a quick late afternoon session with the Dirtsurfer and Kitewing on Cleeve Hill.
I have always wanted to run from the common by the arials to the next hill top by the golf course. Well, today I managed it :-)
Very gusty, as the kitewing kept lifting over my head and behind me at times. Good fun though as I did 3 runs there and back (probably less than 1/4 mile each way), but the fun thing was that it was down and up the hill. Going down is a bit mad, as you could go flat out. I didnt, as it was so gusty, but powering up the hill is quite an experience. I've done it at the same spot using a normal power kite and a mountain board, but this was a first with Kitewing and Dirtsurfer.
Then it started to rain so I came home :-( what a wimp.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Our New Website - wingsurfing, kitewing, dirtsurfing
We've got our new website live now.
Loads of great videos, pix, news, hints and tips.
Feedback has been great so far, and we'll be adding loads more content on a continuous basis.
http://www.wingsurfing.co.uk
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
new kitewing / dirtsurfing video
http://www.wingsurfing.co.uk/videos/Kiting_may_1_2006_5.wmv (20mb)
some good dirtsurfer slides - lots of fun
some good dirtsurfer slides - lots of fun
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
1st May - May Bank Holiday at the gower
We really must go somewhere else. The problem is it's such a good spot.
Anyway: wind forecast was different on each website, but windguru said 25mph. It ended up at about 15 which was good. The beach was pretty bad again, with a surface that wouldn't be out of place on the moon. Just as well that the wind was mostly westerly, as we had good runs up and down the beach. Managed to fly/ride (flyde?) 40 miles over the course of the day, and it felt like it this morning. top speed 33.7mph.
Lots of use of the harness on the Kitewing; lots of dirtsurf powerslides; Lots of video taken (will post when i've edited it); lots of crashes from Missile; an abortive attempt to try jumping and flying from the dunes by SWAT and Missile; raced a few kitesurfers (they were in the water, I was on the shoreline - they won, but the beach was too bumpy for me to go for it. - my excuse anyway); a bit of ATB powersliding with the kitewing.
Missile is doing really well, I must sabotage his kit so he doesn't get better than me.
Nothing particularly new learned, but did get some video of one handed kitewing flying. (and SWAT's "wave to mum"), and did get loads of practice of turning and sliding
Anyway: wind forecast was different on each website, but windguru said 25mph. It ended up at about 15 which was good. The beach was pretty bad again, with a surface that wouldn't be out of place on the moon. Just as well that the wind was mostly westerly, as we had good runs up and down the beach. Managed to fly/ride (flyde?) 40 miles over the course of the day, and it felt like it this morning. top speed 33.7mph.
Lots of use of the harness on the Kitewing; lots of dirtsurf powerslides; Lots of video taken (will post when i've edited it); lots of crashes from Missile; an abortive attempt to try jumping and flying from the dunes by SWAT and Missile; raced a few kitesurfers (they were in the water, I was on the shoreline - they won, but the beach was too bumpy for me to go for it. - my excuse anyway); a bit of ATB powersliding with the kitewing.
Missile is doing really well, I must sabotage his kit so he doesn't get better than me.
Nothing particularly new learned, but did get some video of one handed kitewing flying. (and SWAT's "wave to mum"), and did get loads of practice of turning and sliding
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