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Date Nut River Section
08/20 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
Hooked up with four guys in a great after-work run. The rive (...)
07/03 Slider Payette SF Staircase Run
Paddled Garden Valley Ranger Station to the confluence take- (...)
06/29 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
Great fun. Slalom was quite big. The surf wave was kindof in (...)
06/25 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
I was a bit more relaxed going down this time, and so we wer (...)
06/15 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
Big water at this flow. I was a bit nervous going in my play (...)
05/18 Rich Payette SF Staircase Run 1
Huge waves and huge holes.  The waves at the end of Bro (...)
04/15 Rich Payette SF Staircase Run 1
My first time on the river this year.  I must be gettin (...)
04/06 Squirrel Payette SF Staircase Run
First assent for the bobcat (...)

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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