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01-11-2008, 10:01 AM
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Is it blowing?
It seems a little breezy. Man, I wish Dunedin was closer. 
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01-11-2008, 10:44 AM
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Picnic 9mph =( 11:30am.
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01-11-2008, 11:31 AM
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I think it is blowing. I am outta here.
Yeah, it seems Dunedin usually gets SSW winds better than down here. Oh, Erick, not to be technical... but the kite wants to go downwind and roll on the ground. It's the strings that force it to rise up (against it's will). 
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01-11-2008, 11:36 AM
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Check out A.W. and tell me they aren't the best, they tend to underestimate a little, but get the trend (and timing) pretty correct.
http://www.accuweather.com/forecast-...ay=1&hbhhour=7
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01-11-2008, 11:50 AM
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01-11-2008, 05:06 PM
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Danny,
Thanks for the original post. I wouldn't have ridden today if you didn't say it was blowing. Donna's dad saw about 7 guys up in the Dunedin area today while he was fishing. In his words "Fishing was horrible, it was way too windy." There were about 20 riders at EB, and I suspect there were others at Cypress. What kind of wind did you guys get that rode places other that EB, today? We had solid 13 knots (never less) with waves of wind at about 17 knots. The old 25 minutes at 13, 25 minutes at 17 deal, for about 5 hours. Just curious, for comparison purposes.
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01-11-2008, 08:43 PM
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When you are first starting, my opinion is that 13 to 20 knots is perfect.
Any less and you are schlogging. It takes some skill to milk light wind. For a new rider, it can be a nightmare (it's possible, just not ideal). More is up to the individual (and many might feel otherwise in terms of newbies) but I think 20 plus is where stuff happens fast and you can get hurt. Probably best to wait at least 5 full outtings before going out in 20 plus. I am talking local conditions. Some places have no options but to teach in 30, and as a rider you may not have much choice either. Around here, we can get 13 to 20, quite a bit (percentage wise of days riding... not absolute days/year). I am talking ideal though, and that's not always possible. The fact is, the less days per year of any wind, the less picky you can/will be.
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Hey Iam new at this.....
Hybrid Mode
