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Date Nut River Section
09/17 fred Payette NF Smiths Ferry to Banks 2
First time on the lower 5 for almost ten years. Went fine in (...)
09/10 Rich Payette NF Smiths Ferry to Banks 1
This was the first time on the NF for Travis, and the first (...)
09/10 fred Payette NF Smiths Ferry to Banks
Warm-up stretch from Hound's tooth to the railroad bridge. G (...)

09/27/08 Ejsing

Nut:sok
River:Ejsing,
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Time:1h
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20 kts wind. Got carried away and lanched the 12m2. Spent an hour desperately trying to keep from getting lifted from the sea into the land, twice I was close and landed on the beach. Not very clever and not fun. I tried depowering the kite to the max, but this was futile. Eventually got in and as I was about to lower the kite to rest, the no-go happened: kite swung into the full power zone and I got pull max in over the ground, thankfully managing to pull the eject/panic handle and the kite fell to the ground (in some bushes). I knackered my knee quite badly and was pretty shaken. I packed my gear quickly and got the hell out of there.

I'm on the market for a safer system (the one I have is old and just plain dangerous - because it can't depower fully - this means that I am basically driving a motorcycle that can only do from 60-90 and doesn't go all the way down to 0). All new kites systems can depower 100%.


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