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jackZ
Since 13 Apr 2008
355 Posts
Devon Alberta ca.
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 Sun Dec 16, 12 3:39 pm Spray Lakes Alberta |
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 Spray lakes .
Some Alberta ice kiting .
There was supposedly some snow cover but after a 3.5hr drive this is what I had , Ice ! Good thing I brought my elbow pads .
I have a switchblade on my board so I can get an edge and made it upwind quite far . My plan was to get a fast reading on the way back down wind .
The shoreline had some snow build up and some banks to play on so I had to , but also lulls and turbulence due to the tall trees . I found out the hard way , no harm no foul . kites still in one piece .
I hit a few rocks and that took the edge off my blade and I could hardly stay upright on the board , thus the straight line on my track back to the start . I used the kite self rescue style to slide home ! Cleaned up the edge and got a few more tacks before the sun went down .
It's quite a different feeling seeing the bottom through the clear ice . It gets darker and black as your over deeper water . You can see the thickness in the ice at the cracks because you can see the end of the crack under the ice . Having approximately 7" of ice made it feel pretty thin seeing it that way .
I'm looking forward to when there is some snow on that Lake , such a beautiful location in the mountains .
JackZ
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
4329 Posts
Hood River
Hick
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| Sun Dec 16, 12 7:03 pm |
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| Looks like fun! Did you just try ice skates?
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jackZ
Since 13 Apr 2008
355 Posts
Devon Alberta ca.
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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