Kiteboarding & Snowkiting
Kiteboarding, Snowkiting, LandKiting, PowerKiting are an amazing sports! Fun, Exhilarating, one with the wind! You can jump meters above water! Big water kites are meant to fly on the water not the beach. You can fly a kite for hours without to much fatigue wearing a harness if you are in shape. These sports are also Extreme Sports!
A great way to make learning easier is with a
DVD like The Way to Fly Shown Below.
Hall Windmeter
This windmeter is Fantastic! It can last 20yrs+! It never needs batteries, it's WIND Powered!. Get a better idea of what size kite to fly by checking the wind speed on location.

The Hall Airspeed Indicator or Wind Meter was designed to fill the need for a simple, rugged, and reliable airspeed indicator, hand-held wind meter, and anemometer.

More Info
Since 1976, it has been the standard wind measuring and airspeed measuring instrument for hang gliders, paragliders and ultralight aircraft as well as many other uses such as wind surfing, kite flying, and radio controlled model airplanes.

Although of simple design, the Hall Airspeed Indicator or Wind Meter is very accurate. Each one is individually calibrated.
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Wind Table
KPH
MPH
Knots
What to look for
Calm
0
0
0
 Smoke rises vertically and the sea is mirror smooth
Light Air
2-5
1-3
1-3
 Smokes moves slightly with breeze and shows direction of wind
Light Breeze
6-12
4-8
3-7
 You can feel wind on your face and hear the leaves start to rustle
Gentle Breeze
13-20
8-12
7-11
 Smoke will move horizontally and small branches start to sway. Wind extends a light flag
Moderate Breeze
21-30
13-19
11-16
 Loose sand will move and larger branches will sway, and fairly frequent whitecaps occur
Fresh Breeze
31-40
19-25
17-22
 Surface waves form on water and small trees sway
Strong Breeze
41-50
26-31
22-27
 Trees begin to bend and whistling from telephone wires and some spray on the sea surface
Moderate Gale
51-61
32-38
28-33
 large trees sway
Fresh Gale
62-74
39-46
33-40
 twigs break from trees, and long streaks of foam appear on the ocean
Strong Gale
75-89
47-55
41-48
 branches break from trees
Gale
90-103
56-64
49-56
 trees are uprooted, and the sea takes on a white appearance
Storm
104-119
65-74
56-64
 widespread damage
Hurricane
120+
75
65
 structural damage on land and storm waves at sea
Guidlines Only Rounded off from KPH

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