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One thing that LSA isnt short of is beach.

Ill be driving to St Annes on Sunday. The wind, weather and tide times look perfect. Lets hope it doesn`t change.

Ikea Blue bag seems to be catching on. i popped down to St Annes on Tuesday and used one of these to launch my kite. http://blog.craftzine.com/ikea_bag_bikinis.jpg

Hey Shellfish, i live not far from you in Crewe, if you fancy buddying up anytime pm me. I usually drive up to St Annes but would willing to travel anywhere its blowing. Give us a shout when you get back from Devon.

I learnt to kite with Steve at Kimnel. He seems to be building a good community there. A nice guy. I am gonna drive up to Rhos on Sunday with the wife and kids and check it out. Super easy to get to. Straight off the A55. Big expansive bay. Looks like it would work at all tides. Loads of free parking. Looks perfect for an Easterly. If its no good i will take the kids to the welsh mountain zoo.

I was thinking the same thing. I know ligwy works on an easterly but its a narrow beach and a long way away from where i live. Looking at Google maps along the north wales coast, Rhos on Sea looks good but ive never heard of anybody kiteing there. Are there restrictions at Rhos on Sea? Otherwise along with OP, there looks to be alot of wind at the weekend going to waste. Where else in the NW works on an Easterly wind? My wetsuit is getting dusty.

Thursday. First session of the year. St Annes. Big winds. Sunshine. Friday morning. Achey.

Another thumbs up for ripcurl e bomb front zip. Never leaked in and so easy to get in and out of. Not saying i would never get a back zip wetty again but but you will have no problems with the front zip.

If you piss in your wetsuit then you'll need something to take away the stench - this will do it! And if you piss in your gloves, boots and hoods, you can clean them with it too! Piss Off Wetsuit Disinfectant Shampoo Love it!

Thanks for the replys. Ive ordered the velcro strips from ebay. Thanks Andy J.

I think balloon legs is the technical term for when your wetsuit holds water in the legs. It is really frustrating. Mine seems to fill up every 10 minutes and i have to get out of the water and pull the bottom of the wetsuit to drain it. The wetsuit is a 08 ripcurl e bomb with the chest zip. Cant really justify getting a new wetsuit yet as it is in good condition. Just wondering if anyone else suffers from ballloon legs or has a cure for it? Plus. I am in the market for some new lines for my flexifoil axis bar. Looking on the flexifoil website they are £120 for a full set of 20m + 5m extentions. I always fly with the extentions on so 25m lines are ideal. Just looked on the decathlon website and they are selling Decathlon - KITES lines Tribord - Dyneema lines 250kg 2X25m for £25. Seems a good deal to me. Will these do the job?

Full respect to you Bigbud. I was one of the guys that was going to put up the 12m too. I checked the wind when i hit the beach and it was blowing 17-24. Was borderline 9m or 12m for me so thought i would try the 12m out and see how things went as my mate only had a 12m. After the chat with you when we got to the shore, we decided to put the 12m away and get out the 9m. Not many people would have considered others safety like yourself and i fully appreciate your advice. Now. Where has all the wind gone?

I was surprised to see a landboarder on the beach at st annes on Friday. I take it the ban has been sorted out now?

I might gave a drive up tomorrow afternoon. Is the best place the car park next to asda or futher west towards pensarn? Also is there likely to be anybody else around for a launch?

Its looking like this could be one of the few places to fly tomorrow afternoon. Do many people kite here in the Summer months or is there too many tourists around?