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Old 06-04-2008, 01:18 PM
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walk way the heck out 300 yards upwind with your lines pre attached to your kite and also wrapped around the bar in a figure 8. do not change orientation of the bar with respect to the kite at any time!
when you have walked out with the kite and bar and board 300 yards upwind, release the kite LE down and unwind the bar faster than the wind takes the kite downwind. you should have the kite lines unwound just before the lines go tight and the kite starts pulling. now you are ready to do a water launch and fly the kite. don't forget the board!

if I remember correctly, matheson is like the sargasso sea, full of weeds, so this may not work well there at all
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