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10/11 sok Ejsing
Good steady session. I'm getting on good terms with the 16m2 (...)
10/01 sok Ejsing 1
16m2. Wind was a bit funny, but I got it going in the end an (...)
09/27 sok Ejsing
20 kts wind. Got carried away and lanched the 12m2. Spent an (...)
09/20 sok Ejsing
Went out to Ejsing to show mum and dad the kite. Turned out (...)
09/17 fred Payette NF Smiths Ferry to Banks 2
First time on the lower 5 for almost ten years. Went fine in (...)
09/13 sok Oddesund
OH BABY! Ooooh baby: Got up at 6.30am. All family asleep whi (...)
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 (...)
09/03 sok Ejsing
Some are good days out, some are bad. This was a bad one. Fi (...)
08/30 fred Payette SF Swirly Canyon
Went rafting with the family. The river was pretty low, but (...)
08/29 sok Ejsing
I LOVE IT! Had a great couple of runs, really getting the ha (...)
08/26 sok Ejsing 1
Superb trip. The wind was a bit lame as I arrived, I launche (...)
08/20 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
Hooked up with four guys in a great after-work run. The rive (...)
08/16 fred Boise
We rented two twin IKs and everyone had a great time- the bo (...)
08/14 sok Ejsing
Full power! Was in doubt of whether to go out, but threw mys (...)
08/10 fred Payette SF Canyon
As always a fantastic trip down the canyon stretch (my first (...)
07/16 sok Oddesund
Lots of people at what I thought was my secret spot. Quite n (...)
07/12 fred Salmon SF Canyon
Fantastic trip down one of the greatest class IV sections of (...)
07/12 Barney Salmon SF Canyon 1
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07/09 sok Ejsing
Forgot my wet shoes which is a guarnteed foot ripper. Wasn't (...)
07/09 Slider Payette SF Swirly Canyon 1
Garden Valley Ranger Station to Confluence take-out. (...)
07/06 fred Payette SF Swirly Canyon
Three generations rafting. Excellent flow for a family trip (...)
07/03 Slider Payette SF Staircase Run
Paddled Garden Valley Ranger Station to the confluence take- (...)
07/02 sok Oddesund
Yes! Finally it all came together! I was in control, surfing (...)
06/29 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
Great fun. Slalom was quite big. The surf wave was kindof in (...)
06/26 sok Ejsing
Just managed to squeeze a bit of "fresh air" into the evenin (...)
06/25 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
I was a bit more relaxed going down this time, and so we wer (...)
06/24 sok Ejsing
Went out with Celines German colleague who had brought his g (...)
06/19 fred Payette The Main
My company was nice to sponsor a team outing rafting down th (...)
06/15 fred Payette SF Staircase Run
Big water at this flow. I was a bit nervous going in my play (...)

09/27/08 Ejsing

Nut:sok
River:Ejsing,
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Distance:0
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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