Nick Russell Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 I may have created a monster. Here is my wife flying the Rev EXP I won in a karma drawing for the first time. She's definitely hooked! 5 Quote
hyzakite Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 That's a nice pic, a feel of freedom! I wish I was in the same boat! I have an EXP that I'm most proud of! I'll never fly it. On a lighter note, what about the Quantum kite spine? 1 Quote
jeepinjeepin Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 Awesome! My wife seemed to enjoy flying a foil at the beach. Hopefully she will want to fly more when we go back. 1 Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Posted July 16, 2015 I got a reply from Prism yesterday saying they would send out a replacement spine. In the meantime, we are in Newport, Oregon so I went to the local kite shop and bought one. So I'll have a replacement when the other one arrives. Quote
hyzakite Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 I'll take your old beatin prism spine see you have no use for it! Really, just fly it! Quote
dragonfish Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 Awesome that your wife is hooked. We're going to see both of you flying at WSIKF right? 1 Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 16, 2015 Author Report Posted July 16, 2015 Neither one of us is good enough to fly with the big kids yet, but we'll definitely be there! Quote
Wayne Dowler Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 BS - not good enough!!! How ya gonna learn, sitting on your hands and watching?? EH?? 1 Quote
Wayne Dowler Posted July 16, 2015 Report Posted July 16, 2015 PS: nice to see her flying!! Need more women out there!! 1 Quote
tkrinor Posted July 17, 2015 Report Posted July 17, 2015 I got a reply from Prism yesterday saying they would send out a replacement spine. In the meantime, we are in Newport, Oregon so I went to the local kite shop and bought one. So I'll have a replacement when the other one arrives. How long are you going to be in Newport? I may fly South Beach tomorrow (Sat) if the winds are ok. If you want to fly a rev with me, just let me know. Terry Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 18, 2015 Author Report Posted July 18, 2015 Where on South Beach and what time, Terry? I have a telephone interview in the morning but might be able to in the afternoon. Quote
tkrinor Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 From the South Beach Parking lot there is a path over the dune right beside the restrooms. I usually end up a few hundred yards North of that, sometimes South ..but depends where beach goers are not. I am sure if one of us gets in the air it will be easy to find each other. I have never seen another rev on that beach. (if there is we got a line!) Normally Sandy flies with me, but I will be solo tomorrow. I would guess I will be there from noonish until late afternoon or early evening ..depending on the wind and the old body energy level. I have to leave enough juice in the tank to make the 90 min drive home. If you can't make it don't worry about it, I will be going regardless. Cya tomorrow! T Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 18, 2015 Author Report Posted July 18, 2015 We are new to this area and don't know our way around all that well. Is that near the south end of the bridge near jetty, or is it a bit further south on 101? Quote
tkrinor Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Good question, it is a state park about a mile or so south of the big bridge. Just get go south over the bridge, go about a mile and the entrance is on your right.(coast side) Just follow the main road to the last parking lot It is a big lot. maybe 100 slots. It is south beach state park. You will see the bathrooms and from the bathrooms there are a couple of trails over the dune.., does not matter which trail. Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 18, 2015 Author Report Posted July 18, 2015 Sounds good, Terry. We'll try to make it. Quote
tkrinor Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 do you have a full vent and xtra vent, I have spares if you need them Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 18, 2015 Author Report Posted July 18, 2015 Neither. I have a standard SLE and a SuperSonic I won here and have never had in the air, and my wife has an EXP. We're newbies and very inexperienced. Quote
SparkieRob Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Neither. I have a standard SLE and a SuperSonic I won here and have never had in the air, and my wife has an EXP. We're newbies and very inexperienced. Hey Nick, The difference between a standard sail and a vented one is about 30 minutes with a hot poker... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote
makatakam Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Neither. I have a standard SLE and a SuperSonic I won here and have never had in the air, and my wife has an EXP. We're newbies and very inexperienced. Hey Nick, The difference between a standard sail and a vented one is about 30 minutes with a hot poker... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk If you smoke cigarettes or cigars, that'll get the job done too. Quote
tkrinor Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 Neither. I have a standard SLE and a SuperSonic I won here and have never had in the air, and my wife has an EXP. We're newbies and very inexperienced. I will bring Sandy's bag also. If we get some wind you can use one of her kites. Quote
tkrinor Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Nick and Terry, Thankyou for taking the time to fly with me today. What gorgeous day it was on the OR coast. Safe travels and have fun. Terry 1 Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 19, 2015 Author Report Posted July 19, 2015 Thank YOU Terry! We learned more in the first few minutes with you than we did in the past two years. To be honest, I was about to give up on Revs and stick to my 2 line speed foil because all I could do was crash the Rev on launching. Now we are both totally enthused again! Walking back to the car, my wife said that as soon as we get to Seaside on Tuesday we're going to the kite shop to buy a pair of vented 1.5s! 3 Quote
makatakam Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Thank YOU Terry! We learned more in the first few minutes with you than we did in the past two years. To be honest, I was about to give up on Revs and stick to my 2 line speed foil because all I could do was crash the Rev on launching. Now we are both totally enthused again! Walking back to the car, my wife said that as soon as we get to Seaside on Tuesday we're going to the kite shop to buy a pair of vented 1.5s! Hook, line and sinker. Possibly the bobber too! Have fun and remember it's all about control. Controlling the urge to buy more Rev's. Now go give that Supersonic a good workout. Quote
Nick Russell Posted July 20, 2015 Author Report Posted July 20, 2015 Today we added two new 1.5 vented Revs to the family, one for my wife and one for me 4 Quote
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