Green Kite on St. Pat's

Date: 3/17/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: Zephyr on 65' Wind: 3 to 6 mph, NW Weather: Cloudy, 50º

I flew a green kite, my Zephyr, on St. Patricks Day! The grass (also green) was soggy. Tricks: 1 540! Nice fades, flic-flacs, and three yo-yo's (one with a nice unroll!)

New Trick: 1/4-Axel with a 360º Spin-back

Date: 3/16/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 5 to 10 mph, W Weather: Partly Sunny, 50º

New trick (for me)? Twice I did a 1/4-axel with a 360º spin-back. This trick probably has a name.

Wingtips Stuck

Date: 3/15/2010
Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO
Kites: E2 on 85'
Wind: 10 to 5 mph, W
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 50º

This was a soggy grass day and several times I got the kite's wingtip  temporarily stuckin the grass. I did a nice 540 directly in front of me, a few  back-spins, and some other misc. tricks.

Not Using My Screwdriver

Date: 3/8/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 7 to 14 mph, SE Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 63º

Nice temperature - wore only a t-shirt and a lite fleece. Some good 540s, even a few on the right! Pulling an axle to a fade didn't work well today. Side-slides are getting better. I'm not using my screwdriver to stake out my lines much anymore.

Sunny Sleeping Beauty Sunday

Date: 3/7/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 7 to 15 mph, W Weather: Sunny, 58º

There was a stronger wind than I prefer, but it was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon. I did have to fly in a different field because some guys were practicing baseball batting in my usual field.

Tricks: 540s, A couple of back-spins with the left hand, lots of nice sleeping beauty launches.

Sweet Wind

Date: 3/6/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 12 to 6 mph, SE Weather: Mostly Sunny, 61º

There was the start of a nice sunset behind the flying kite. The wind was sweet at the end.

Tricks: one great Jacob's Ladder rung, 540s on left, flic-flacs, fades. Need to work on back-spins on the left.

Warmer Weather

Date: 3/5/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 6 to 12 mph, ESE Weather: Sunny, 52º

I flew looking into the wind. Fun with the usual tricks. Nothing very note worthy.

OK Day

Date: 3/2/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 7 to 2 mph, NW Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 38º

I was unsuccessful at Jacob's Ladders today. Side-slides, fades, and flic-flacs were OK. The wind died down so I went home.

Tricks are Tricks

Date: 3/1/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 4.5 to 8 mph, NNE Weather: Cloudy, 35º

Tricks: Flic-flacs, back-flips, lazy-susans, and few back-spins, some very nice fades, and a very nice Jacob's Ladder rung.

Very Nice Wind

Date: 2/28/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 5 to 8 mph, NNE Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 42º

This day had a wonderful wind! I did some great fades, flic-flacs, back-flips and lazy-susans, and a few back-spins. I even did 2 or 3 Jacob's Ladder rungs. This was a very fun day - great for stunt kite flying!

There's a Hole in My Sail

Date: 2/27/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: E2 on 85' Wind: 8 to 15 mph, NW Weather: Partly Sunny, 38º

I practiced 540's, axles, 1/2-axles, and some fades when it was calm enough. A hole got punched accidentally through the sail by the top spreader.

Happy Birthday Neil!

Date: 2/26/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: 3d on 20' Wind: 3 to 5 mph, NW Weather: N/A, 40º I moved around like I was "dancing" while I was flying the 3d! No 360's. I flew a back-flip all the way to the ground. The wind died down toward the end.

T-Shirt Weather?

Date: 2/25/2010 Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO Kites: Echo on 12' Wind: 0 to 5 mph Weather: Sunny, 35º

It was sunny such that I just wore a T-shirt and was warm enough even though the temp was only 35º. I practiced flying into and out of fades, a few 360's. The wind was very variable.

6 More Weeks of Winter

Date: 2/3/10
Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO
Kites: Echo on 12'
Wind: 1 - 3 mph, NE
Weather: Sunny, 38º

The grass is all brown with all the snow gone. The groundhog saw its shadow yesterday, so 6-weeks more winter. 


The wind moved around a bit. The sun was in my eyes. I flew only a few 360s and back-flips. Wasn't able to fly into fades, but I did get a few very long fades mostly while standing in one place.

Not Soggy, Frozen

Date: 1/30/10
Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO
Kites: Echo on 12'
Wind: 0.5 - 3 mph, SW
Weather: Sunny, 32º at 4:00 PM

The soggy ground is now frozen. A little too much wind for the Echo. I only was able to fly a few 360s. Spirals were not as pretty as usual. I did some good fades, even flying into one. It was fun to be out again with the Echo.

Fun in the Wet Grass

Date: 1/20/10
Place: Cosmo, Columbia, MO
Kites: E2 on 85'
Wind: 6 - 11 mph, WSW
Weather: Sunny, 48º

Grass was a little soggy. I flew a few back-spins, flic-flacs, back-flips (some with lazy susans), 2 yo-yo's, and some OK side slides. A nice day flying.

Very Sloggy

Date: 1/16/10
Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO
Kites: 3d on 20', E2 on 85'
Wind: 3 - 5 mph, NE
Weather: 40º

I flew while Annett walked. The grass was very wet and "sloggy." I tried inputs next to my side. I wanted more wind.


(Happy Birthday to my niece, Brandee, and my friend, Steve)