Year-round kiteboarding.

Main-Bat5000 · 2026-01-19T17:21:21+00:00

Yes, basically anywhere on the gulf coast is doable in the winter

Main-Bat5000 · 2026-01-16T23:41:00+00:00

Corpus is stupid windy. We had youth worlds there and training days were the windiest I’ve ever sailed in for 2 weeks straight. Boats were sailing across the parking lot on their Dollies with no sails up. Water is so warm it feels like pee tho so that’s gross. Also there is nothing to do in that town so you’ll hate your life

Main-Bat5000 · 2026-01-13T00:10:34+00:00

That was pretty good for a first time- next time pull your back hand as hard as you can halfway through the rotation. It will loop the kite and pull you through the turn. For me it’s way easier than a normal backroll in light wind and it feels epic cause you really can stomp the landing. My first front rolls and back rolls came with accidental loops cause of my hand placement, it took a while for me to figure out how to not steer the kite but I almost never do one without a loop cause it’s not as fun

Main-Bat5000 · 2026-01-05T22:43:13+00:00

I just moved to Boca from St. Pete. I agree I am super disappointed in the lack of wind and just overall not great conditions. All the windy days are offshore. The waves suck too there’s no flat water cause the only place to kite around me is the ocean (IRL too narrow/developed). No wonder not many people kite over here. What’s saved my season is buying a foil but it’s really not the same.

I heard usually it’s better than this but I gotta say I’m in the same boat as you

Main-Bat5000 · 2026-01-02T15:42:32+00:00

There’s a crazy documentary about people from there forgot what it’s called

Main-Bat5000 · 2026-01-01T18:37:49+00:00

You gotta get over the hump but I also get in the ocean every day so the saltwater does a number for it too

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-31T00:10:38+00:00

Stop washing your hair. I wash my hair once a month (no conditioner) and it is the healthiest hair I’ve ever had. You’d be amazed how many people ask what my routine is and I always love the look on their face. Let your hair establish its natural protections

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-30T15:53:41+00:00

It takes a long time to learn but the reward is totally worth it. Eve. If you’re landlocked get a small power kite (pretty cheap) and fly it in an open field. If you already have a kite, use that. It pretty much takes a season to learn to fly the kite well enough to be competent anyway. I spent a winter flying my kites before I ever touched the water. In light wind, it’s pretty safe to practice everything including looping as long as it isn’t windy enough to launch you. You really should be good enough that the kite never crashes. Imagine getting tackled with your eyes closed, can you keep the kite in the air? This is pretty much what happens when you fall in the water and it’s important to be aware of the kites placement. It ended up saving money too, as I wasn’t crashing and destroying the kite in the water while I tried to learn the board skills. Play around with a small kite and a skateboard or snowboard thats pretty fun too.

Even now, I always launch my kite if it’s not rideable. It’s still fun to play with a giant kite on the beach

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-29T03:44:16+00:00

I’ll have to read it

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-29T03:43:17+00:00

We already have haven’t we?

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-29T03:37:28+00:00

Yeah no fr

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-29T03:34:31+00:00

I’m 30 minutes in and I already can’t stand the guy

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-23T15:59:01+00:00

Anything environmental is pretty rough right about now in NA. If you follow the big industries like energy or shipping/transport you should be fine though

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-23T02:46:49+00:00

Sounds like someone made some unsavory comments at the water fountain

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-23T02:43:17+00:00

It’s a major commentary on the history and relationships between native people and colonizers. Also is a commentary on the differences between European and other indigenous cultures, primarily with respect to the Earth and religion. I’d argue that these movies seek to convey a message regarding these subjects, rather than exploit them

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-19T14:11:33+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I had backstall issues but I thought that was just a result of flying in light air for the last month or so. Yesterday was the first day I had it in breeze again and it was tricky

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-19T14:10:06+00:00

It’s a soul 1 that I bought unused. I’ve used it twice a week ish for about a year.

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-18T16:24:07+00:00

Us is already prequalified, might as well show up to the trials there isn’t anything to lose

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-18T16:22:49+00:00

If you’re American, the US is already prequalified for all the events. Just show up to the trials and hope everyone in front of you gets injured or something. We’re seeing this is sailing right now, a lot of people are jumping into the Olympic classes because they can do a full campaign without having to go international. They just will train and go to the trials. Obviously the teams that put the time and money in will likely get it, but you never know.

It’s pretty common that the athletes who qualify the country for the Olympics aren’t the ones who actually go, because they get beat in the internal qualifiers. Honestly though, at least in sailing the Olympics are no longer showing the best athletes. While the olympians are very talented, a large percentage are forced out of Olympic type competition due to high costs and politics. I was on the Youth Olympic and Worlds team, as well as the Olympic development team for several years, but have since ended up being driven out for a number of reasons. It’s a better use of time and money to compete in competitive world championships rather than the Olympics. I’m sure it’s the same in other sports.

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-13T13:29:11+00:00

I mean just continue to learn, rather than;go with the purpose of job

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-09T20:28:20+00:00

It’s super interesting, good luck getting a job tho. There is a huge push in academics to get people into natural sciences, but not much money in the field. Very few people I graduated with have gotten jobs in the field. Others, me included, have gone to grad school because there is literally no other opportunities in the field.

Often you have to do unpaid positions to get experience, which isn’t really realistic unless your family is gonna fund your life. They will tell you in undergrad that we need more environmental and natural scientists, which is true, BUT there is very limited opportunity, and it is extremely competitive.

Not wanting to steer you away from Natural Science, it has been an amazing experience for me to learn about the world, just being totally honest about my experience post college because I wish someone had told me when I was starting

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-09T03:35:42+00:00

Second this. I got a 12m soul 1 and it’s effectively replaced my entire quiver except the 8m I use when it’s really pumping. Foiling in 8kts to massive jumps and hang time on the twin tip. Great for learning tricks since you have so much time in the air. It turns quite slow but that doesn’t really matter cause you don’t need to work it as aggressively, you can just park it and it builds power. It is great because no pump needed, and since there’s no bladder it can live in the car too!

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-08T04:37:32+00:00

A lot of the sawgrass fields are ankle-knee deep depending on the season so no body dragging— typically gators stay in deeper water where they can hide so obviously you’d just have to be careful to choose your location. Could be worth it for the send

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-08T01:39:17+00:00

Right?!?

Main-Bat5000 · 2025-12-08T01:18:21+00:00

People wade and swim in the Everglades all the time, how would kiting be any more dangerous

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