NojRemmah

Wow! Someone is surely gonna go home happy!

I've got an STD Limited Edition coming that should arrive tomorrow! Couldn't stand the itch any longer waiting for my back-ordered Skydog Dream On so landed on this. Only problem is it'll be my first kite so probably can't help answer any questions. I'll be happy if I get her in the air on Sunday! From Kent at AWOC : He also mentioned 5-10 mph is best for STD. UL is better situated from 2-6 mph

Welp I pulled the trigger and should be expecting my first kite within the next week. I landed on the Dream on by skydog and cannot wait to get in the air

Well isn't that refreshing? Even if it was automated, it's been quite some time since I've been personally welcomed on a forum! Where to begin? well isn't that the greatest question of them all? As I sit here in analysis paralysis debating how to introduce myself, I find it quite the humorous situation. See I've been staring at kites for a couple weeks now.... Hold up, lets back up! New to the world of kiting, so much so you could say I'm an Embryo. I've been fascinated with flight since i was a child, dreams of being a test pilot were soon squandered when I grew too tall to fit in an experimental cockpit. Ok private flyer here i come, well a triple stroke grounded me for life at 30, and with that my dreams of ever flying. I pushed it to the back of my mind and went to school for aeronautical engineering, if i can't fly em i can at least design em, am i right?!? Well, that it turns out wasn't quite for me. I'm now a full ride drop out. That got me into metal work (ha I'd love to see a metal kite fly, maybe I'll start designs!) which got me a workplace accident and fucked my bowling arm. I can't quite roll a ball and have been looking for a solid hobby since, fast forward 3 years and ya know what? I missed the Detroit Kite fest by mere hours. Hell I didn't even know kite fests were a thing until i saw the last remnants packing up as i went for an evening cruise around Belle Isle. And that my friends, a mere happenstance of borderline perfect timing has reminded me of my lifelong passion and interested me in this new (to me) hobby. So with that, I wrap up my longwinded introduction, Hello and Howdy-Do to you all. Hopefully I glean some insight as to how to even begin my journey down this rabbit hole, throughout these forums, and pretty soon I'll be wrapping up lines not just text! May the wind forever guide you, -Derek