Get Bent

I rushed out of work last Thursday because the wind was blowing 18-19mph.  I hurried out to the field and quickly set up my 15m charger.  Unfortunatly i've only be able to use this kite 4 times since ive had it for the last month.  The weather has not been cooperating me.  Finally I got it launched in the air and started riding down the field.  Went for a jump and got up in the air a good distance and then the wind changed direction and I crashed causing my kite to invert.  I landed it leading edge down and tried to recover, but it wasn't working out in those wind conditions.  When I gathered up my charger I realized that I had bent one of the spars. I was bummed since the kite is only a month old.  Guess I'd better get a new one shipped from PL headquarters.  good winds to the rest of you! adam

Hello Fellow Nowhereboys!

Of course as you may have guessed that I'm Todd or Kook as Adam would put it. I am the one often found behind the camera shooting footage for my videos and pictures. Don't try and run away from me... I will get you on film!

Great meeting all of you in WW, I can't wait for the spring.

Wildwood continued

Introducing Todd (Red) as one of the newest contributors to nowhereboys crew....many more to come! 

During this trip I had a chance to meet Scott whos discipline of choice is kite buggying.  This weekend was his first time using a Peter Lynn twinskin kite.  He is used to fixed bridled kites, so the jump to de-power worked great for him.  It was my pleasure as a new Peter Lynn team rider to help him set up his vortex 12m and venom 2 16m.  It didn't take him long to get into grips using a control bar.  Unfortunatly the wind dropped so low that we couldn't keep any of the kites in the air.  The last picture is of Scott's venom before I helped him relaunch it.

Wildwood Beach New Jersey

Towards the end of our trip out East Jordan, Paul, and I headed to Wildwood NJ where the Spring and Fall buggybash is held.  We met up with Peter Lynn team buggy rider Todd Stevick and his son Corey.  Todd is the main coordinator and organizer of the buggy bash, and we were soon introduced to one of his buddies Rich, who is the operator of Eastcoastkitesports.com.  These guys are so rad!  Every kiter that I have met has been incredibly friendly.  These dudes were great.  They took us to the main part of the beach where the bash is held and made us feel right at home.  We soon launched our kites in the lowest winds i've ever flown in, 7-9 mph.  This was my first real session on my new charger 15m as a Peter Lynn rider.  I didn't even know that this kite could fly in low winds. I also got to help a friend from powerkiteforum.com Scott set up his first peter lynn arc ever.  He was using a 12m vortex.  Seeing the gigantic smile on his face, I realized that he will probably stick to de-power kites from now on.  It felt good being a PL team rider and watching people use an arc for the first time.   

After hanging out with Todd and the rest of the nowhereboys, I realized that Todd is a crazy kook!  I've never met anybody else who was more obsessed with powerkites.  Todd is a great spokesperson for Peter Lynn and the kite community for that matter.  Looking forward to more meetups and kite events in the future!

Todd Stevick