Wind Drought Almost Over... finally

[Danimal8199]

Ditto Steve-O

Donna's dad saw you guys out there, I believe.
That's cool you got to try that Edge.
I heard it was good, but different.
Did you feel overpowered at all? I heard it has great top end.
The original Instinct is pretty grunty, I sort of liked that at the time.
Now though, I am favoring less grunty feel. I am getting older and my legs can't edge hard for 3 hours straight. It's all rider preference at some point.
I heard the Edge is less grunty and really nice. Turns pretty fast (?) Is that true?

I got to demo a new kite today as well. It was a Flysurfer (can't remember the specific make) foil kite. It wasn't as fast (to turn) as many LEI's, but it had really good power and screamed upwind. It even unhooked nicely. I actually got ripped out of my board the first time I unhooked on it (about 13-15 knots). It caught me off guard with it's power. It was really stable. My old JoJo foil was the definition of unstable

I think it is pretty much always windier on SSE to SSW up in Dunedin, that's why I wish it wasn't such a long drive.
I always want to go on S wind directions, but then the thought of the drive kills me, especially when EB is about 8 minutes away.

[Steve-O]

I have said this before...it is kinda nice not being too close to any one particular spot...north or south county is about 30 minutes or so. I like being in the middle.

As far as the power of the kite....it is very powerful. Craig "Whitey" might be able to comment better about the high end as he spent the majority of the day on the kite when the winds were gettin it. I spent my time with it on the very low end of its range which for a 13M felt like a 15M. It was incredible smooth through the turns and crusing as well.....no effort. It felt like being in a car with all the power options. Would like to spend some more time on it but for now the best way I can describe this kite is it is very different from anything I have flown. Nice safety system and very clean bar.

[BigR]

west 25kts on thursday

Steve, I really gotta try out dat cabrinha revolver, sounds great!