X-OldHeader: From jstrausb@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com Sat Aug 3 21:40:44 2002 Return-Path: <jstrausb@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id VAA17602 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:40:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [192.168.148.33]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id VAA16497 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (f247.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.15.247]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A78D8DAB0 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 22:40:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:40:43 -0700 Received: from 12.236.83.175 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 04 Aug 2002 04:40:43 GMT X-Originating-IP: [12.236.83.175] From: "J S" <jstrausb@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com> To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Warning! Newbie question inside... Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 21:40:43 -0700 Message-ID: <F247sACIzKxJHWUlRrI00001e14@hotmail.com-DeleteThis.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Aug 2002 04:40:43.0356 (UTC) FILETIME=[17A0E9C0:01C23B71]
Warning! Newbie... please flame lightly!
So, I took my first kiteboarding lesson last week and then purchased a
starter setup to really get going. I'm excited to get into this sport, but
my question revolves around my total lack of understanding about wind. Here
goes:
What makes a day a good day to go out?
I live near 3rd Avenue, and have been over flying the trainer kite about 3-4
days a week for the last month. Some days there is a lot of wind, but the
place is deserted. Around noon today (Saturday) the wind was bending the
trees, but the parking lot was empty. Some days I'll go over to 3rd Avenue
and it's PACKED, and other days I'll go over and it's totally empty. What
does everyone else know that I'm missing?
I've looked at the numbers, I understand about knots and degrees, but what
am I looking for to indicate that it's a perfect time to go out? If the
wind is offshore in 3rd, do people go over to Alameda and ride there?
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give, if you want to spare the rest
of the list members, you can reply to me directly at jstrausb@hotmail.com.-DeleteThis.com
Cheers,
-J
p.s. If anyone from Helm is reading this, why not put a cam on top of the
Helm building at 3rd? Link it back to your web site and use the publicity
to drive some eCommerce? Just a thought.
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