Snow Kiting Lessons in New Hampshire www.hardwaterkiter.com "Peter Lynn Phantom2 "

I found some footage from a session last season on Lake Chocorua. I had mounted up an old pair of Salomon 1S skis with a new lifter and was testing them out just to see how they felt compared to my regular DH stuff.

It turned out to be a damn good day for going fast inspit of the lack of room. I don't know how fast I went that day because I didn't bring my GPS and the goggle battery was dead from the day before. Oh well, it was a good day to be out.

The thing I like about this footage is that you kinda get a sense of the speed as I approach the East shore and waive off. I could probably have gone a bit faster but with no snow on shore, glare ice and nothing between me and the trees and rocks you have to keep a margin for error.

The kite is a 12m Peter Lynn Phantom 2 prototype. Damn I love that thing.

At 1:27 I touched a wingtip, that's why she went down. At 2:15 I hook a good gust and ripped as far as I could. I really like the footage after that of the kite riding the gust out semi at the edge of the window as I work my way back up the lake.

Jim Cline was the other kiter on the 5m Frenzy.

This was one of the nicest days I've seen on Chocorua. The wind was pretty much straight NW with little variation and pretty consistent gust factor. Usually that lake is a total goat rodeo. =)

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[flicky bernard]

that is epic - any idea what speed you get up to??

[HardwaterKiter]

Thanks! I didn't get to record a speed because I didn't bring any additonal GPS's and the battery in my Trancscend GPS was dead from riding the day before. I would estimate that most of the day was spent in the high 50'-low 60 mph range. @ 2:08 the run from the west shore to east looks (and felt) to be in or near 70mph. The lake is a half mile wide there and I covered it pretty quick I think. =)

[HardwaterKiter]

Yeah, upwind is really awesome. If you can swing it hold on to the Phantoms and fly both models. You can never have too many kites right?

[pudodrewculous]

let me know if ya do lol

[popeyethewelder]

Hey Christopher....that is amazing, I am surprised you get any edge with skis, I would have thought you would have needed blades...obviously not...great footage

[BOBMUSE]

That was some crazy upwind performance! Nice kite. Maybe I can go ahead and sell my Phantoms?