Type Wave Bar question

dewey · Post by **dewey** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:24 pm

whitecap wrote:Dewey.....I have to say that 30k true wind around the bay is pretty rare. Even the smacking days at rio rarely if ever show sustained, average wind of 30.....and that is mph, not knots.

I am saying that after my go out with Zeev at Dillion. We had 35 KNOTS sustained breeze, gusting mid 40's. Have you ever seen Zeev OP on a 7 at Rio....ever? I am pissed that I did not bring the 5 meter that I had in the garage. No way I would have dealt with the 9 meter.

I have not flown a flat kite, so I cannot say how it compares with the wave. Hey, why the heck are we all slaves to our desks on such a fine day?!

Bob

But will a flat kite be doable?? Also I think that winter wind and wind at the coast is more dense, so 30 knots at the coast is different from 30 knots inland during the summer. Also wind at higher elevation is less dense, so you could handle more wind on mountain lakes. At least I think. Maybe Gabe would know more about the winds at higher elevation.

So back to the TDB bar. Last years will work with my kite?

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:28 pm

dewey
you may have to fine tune the 5th line.
and the tdb2 was develpoed at the time your hirs were?
seems to me that it might be nice to match up.
just a thought.iam putn my hir on a tdb2,i think.

you may have to fine tune eather bar as well ....(5th line)

dewey · Post by **dewey** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:40 pm

charlie wrote:dewey
you may have to fine tune the 5th line.
and the tdb2 was develpoed at the time your hirs were?
seems to me that it might be nice to match up.
just a thought.iam putn my hir on a tdb2,i think.

you may have to fine tune eather bar as well ....(5th line)

I was thinking about it and I think that you may be right. I'm just cheap. So you got the HiR's to??

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:01 pm

dew,i have one of each.(16m hir.12m type 7,10m type wave /tdb and lines like 500.00,from LIVE TO KITE.
i think we should just rig them on the bar thay come with ..
power strap=depower
spin n 5th line
lots of range when you play with the zippers.
no more coast,
we, you and, me just feel more comephi,weid it.the (tdb2)
dude, let me ask ya. have you flown it with the stock bar.....?
try it 4 times,play with it.

fearlu · Post by **fearlu** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:50 pm

Another convert?

dewey · Post by **dewey** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:16 pm

I feel ya Charlie. All this talk is for not. I haven't even flown the kites yet, and I'm on a spending lock down. I just need to stop buying and start kiting. Evan thinks I'll need a smaller bar for my 10m. If he's right I'll get the TDB2. I just need to get on the water soon. Distance and work could be a buzz kill.

whitecap · Post by **whitecap** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:06 pm

know what you mean....I am waiting on the wind. I have no comment on the tdb with the hir. Never tried it, so I dunno...I like the stock type 7 bar as well as the tdb. The hir bar is probably fine. The type 7 has tons of depower on the stock bar...No real need for the tdb...

charlie...what are you going to do if you like one of the kites the most? Fly the 16 in 12 weather..? type wave at rio? I was kinda confused last year when I had the 10 type wave and the 13 ZH. very different kites...

bob

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:54 am

well i dont know
what i do know is iam coverd!
once last year...i was out with MR chip and Mr ollie, both on type waves we had about 18 knots of love ...do you know what kind of show i got to see...
my hir and 7 bars are the same.
type wave for storms,and waves and maybe snow (tules)
type7 for eveyday blasting, with charlie fruit LoOps! (tules)
and my 16mHir, alameda buster
if i like one more then the rest,guess ill sell...?
and just to make things even more confusing
i have a 12m rapture2 and my new baby 9m raputre2
bob keep in mind
i ride rio
i could do crissy
east bay
alameda
might try the ocean once or twice

Live2KITE · Post by **Live2KITE** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:30 am

Well y'all might get a chance to try your small new or old toys the next couple of days....

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

TODAY
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.

TONIGHT
SE WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT.

SUN
S TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL
STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KT DEVELOPING. RAIN.

SUN NIGHT
S TO SE WINDS 25 TO 40 KT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50
KT...SHIFTING TO THE W THEN DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. RAIN.

MON
S TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 45 KT...WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 60 KT. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

This sounds like Type Wave 8 and 10m love if you ask me.

Evan
415.722.7884

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:51 am

might get a small blow this afternoon !
the 9 am forcast is up next.

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