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ajdesq Member  F-O-N Champion 2003  Member#: 6 Location: Registered: 24-07-2002 Diary Entries: 209 Mood: Living to kitesurf :-) |
20th October 2006 Kite surfing: Shoreham Beach Wind Direction: SW Wind Stength: +/- 17kts Surf / Sea State: Small lumps Air Temperature: 13 Sea Temperature: warmish Weather: cloudy Max Speed: Distance Covered: Hooked up with my buddy Paul and we went down to Shoreham at Low Tide -3hours. Wind had gone from ballistic to nothing, and was now re-filling to a respectable 12-15kts. Rigged up the 11m GK Sonic and flailed about in the shallows as per. At least the kite felt pretty good this time. Did plenty of \'almost-but-not-quite\' up on the board runs before deciding rather foolishly to attempt the GK depower system. Ended up with kite in the water and me trying to undo the knots I was told to put in the depower line. Paul, on the other hand, merely has to pull a strap on his Flexifoil. So 15 minutes and a relaunch later, the kite is then oversheeted and just collapses in on itself before dropping out of the sky and getting washed into a mess by the waves. I realise that the main bladder is underinflated and suspect a slow puncture. Pump it up, sort out the lines, and get out again but by this time, despite the conditions being perfect, my legs don\'t seem to work and I keep going over the front of the board. A good sesh in all, but I very much regret buying 2nd hand. I lost half an hour\'s playtime today and it looks like I might need to buy a new bladder. Grr. |
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