Kiteboarding
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Printed Date: 03 May 2025 at 5:09pm
Topic: Kiteboarding
Posted By: rokmnky
Subject: Kiteboarding
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 9:26am
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I'm getting into kiteboarding and I was wondering if anyone else on here was into it. I just bought a board and harness this weekend and now I'm looking for kites and people to learn from. I would really like to learn from someone without having to pay for lessons. Any idea what it would be like to kite down the wenatchee? I havent seen it yet but if SUP can do it why not kiteboards? |
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Posted By: James
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 9:54am
| I am no kiteboarder so don't take my word for it, but the bridges seem like they could be a bit of a hazard ... I guess you could jump them but that would be pretty dang high.... |
Posted By: Jed Hawkes
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 10:12am
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if you ever run the truss a good place to start would be hood river, tons of them folks down there. Also I was told to learn on a "practice kite" on the beach sans board, learn how to control it, then get on the water. And I agree with James. ------------- The line will become apparent 978-273-7723 |
Posted By: justin
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 10:53am
| I don't kiteboard, but I do know that there are some people that do it up in bellingham. http://www.bellinghamkiteboarding.com/ |
Posted By: rokmnky
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 12:41pm
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Originally posted by James I am no kiteboarder so don't take my word for it, but the bridges seem like they could be a bit of a hazard ... I guess you could jump them but that would be pretty dang high.... This is true, I forgot about the bridges. I was just thinking of launching off the waves in snowblind. |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 1:13pm
no I totally could see how that would be sweet. In fact there are a few spots on the Thompson where dudes would jet ski up and hit waves and go flying!!! The bridge thing would be something you would want to work out though... Imagine not planning for that until you came flying up to one...
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Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 10 May 2010 at 3:37pm
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Originally posted by rokmnky Originally posted by James I am no kiteboarder so don't take my word for it, but the bridges seem like they could be a bit of a hazard ... I guess you could jump them but that would be pretty dang high.... This is true, I forgot about the bridges. I was just thinking of launching off the waves in snowblind. If you caught it right, it might sail you up to the right, where you stand a chance of getting hit by a train.  |