Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  Kitemares          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message Kodiak Since 01 Aug 2005 1114 Posts Slidey Mon Apr 26, 10 1:03 pm    Kitemares This was a good article for beginners and a nice refresher for everyone after the winter break. http://www.thekiteboarder.com/wordpress/2009/12/when-things-go-wrong/ pdxmonkeyboy Since 16 May 2006 6081 Posts forever labled as the retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master Mon Apr 26, 10 3:22 pm     Not one mention of the hazardous ROTOR!!! Dude, WTF!! good thing the covered the always dangerous "accidentally unhooked" "Dude, it was such a close call, I like progressed and stuff" Gman Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped Mon Apr 26, 10 4:15 pm     forgot to mention: #14: Swarmed by viet-shlong - Sunday's quote of the day "I looked down from the trail and there was like 30 naked dudes milling around the meadow - what was that all about..."    unicorn.jpg  _________________ Go Deep! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2pBpQolKE FlyDunes Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster Mon Apr 26, 10 4:48 pm     pdxmonkeyboy wrote: Not one mention of the hazardous ROTOR!!! *ROTOR* mutha-fuckas! Link _________________ Lets FLY Last edited by FlyDunes on Mon Apr 26, 10 8:55 pm; edited 1 time in total TWIN-FIN Since 24 May 2006 805 Posts Portland, OR Hot Monkey Mon Apr 26, 10 7:02 pm     Dude the pic is SUPER G pdxmonkeyboy Since 16 May 2006 6081 Posts forever labled as the retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master Mon Apr 26, 10 9:02 pm     Gman wrote: forgot to mention: #14: Swarmed by viet-shlong - Sunday's quote of the day "I looked down from the trail and there was like 30 naked dudes milling around the meadow - what was that all about..." I want that picture as a clear window decal in my office!! pdxmonkeyboy Since 16 May 2006 6081 Posts forever labled as the retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master Mon Apr 26, 10 9:02 pm     FlyDunes wrote: pdxmonkeyboy wrote: Not one mention of the hazardous ROTOR!!! *ROTOR* mutha-fuckas! Link not rotor. FlyDunes Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster Tue Apr 27, 10 5:53 am     pdxmonkeyboy wrote: FlyDunes wrote: pdxmonkeyboy wrote: Not one mention of the hazardous ROTOR!!! *ROTOR* mutha-fuckas! Link not rotor. Lol. Do you just not believe in the existence of rotor? It could possibly be cloud suck, but its likely rotor. Here's why: Its definitely not thermals. He's kiting under a solid grey sky. Cloud suck unlikely, doesn't look like a CuNim kinda day. I can't see enough of the sky to be sure though. The trees near him aren't even wiggling as he gets lifted. Mountain terrain with lots of obstructions around. See how rapidly he gets picked up and then drops just as quickly shortly after? He didn't send the kite. He didn't dig his edge. He just got grabbed. _________________ Lets FLY waynepjh Since 27 Jul 2008 212 Posts jackson wy Stoked Tue Apr 27, 10 7:57 am     imo, I would have to say its just ridge lift or a gust blowing up slope suddenly increasing the amount of ridge lift. Sometimes With wind blowing up a slope you can jump at the bottom and land on top of the slope doing a step up jump I call it. You have to be well powered for that. The steeper the slope the stronger the lift. The guy in the video kites over to the base of a wall or old building built into a steep slope where there surely will be a lot of lift and makes a quick transition with kite overhead! Seems obvious, but with out being there its just a guess as to what happened! check this accidental loop while getting a 50 mph hour gust! 5 meter kite! omg! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Duf55y1Qc&playnext_from=TL&videos=hU9bUtW0b4s FlyDunes Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster Tue Apr 27, 10 9:58 am     Not a bad assessment. In the original vid I posted, the action looks pretty significant and sudden for ridge lift tho, and it also drops him pretty quick. Ridge lift is pretty steady. That's why I like to fly in it. "Gusts" are usually caused by turbulence, thermals, or virga. One way to learn about turbulence (rotor) would be to approach the head from the south while kiting at Manzanita or Pacific City on a strong north day. At a certain point its going to start to feel strange and "gusty". Keep going and you're asking to get yanked and slammed. I have two friends who've learned about rotor the hard way while kiting on land. One even got a life-flight ride from Pacific city back to Portland. I'm pretty sure that a lot of the "mystery" accidents we hear about where people unexpectedly get lifted and slammed are from people kiting in rotor. _________________ Lets FLY Last edited by FlyDunes on Tue Apr 27, 10 10:49 am; edited 1 time in total pdxmonkeyboy Since 16 May 2006 6081 Posts forever labled as the retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master Tue Apr 27, 10 10:46 am     Link yes, BEWARE THE KITE ROTOR!!! No joke man, rotor will eat your shit up for breakfast!! mick Since 21 Aug 2008 34 Posts   Tue Apr 27, 10 2:29 pm     holly molly GMAN Did you encounter # 14 ???? How did you get out of that one ???? 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