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I wanted to thank Kirk, Allan and the Precinct, and Matt with Cisco Brewers for another terrific event. I think it shows that the kite community is tight. We are all good friends and enjoy each other's company on and off the water. Given the nature of our sport, the situations you find yourself in when another kiter can totally save your ass, it seems of paramount importance that we all know and respect each other. And then, when you are out on the water and you master that new trick, your friends cheer you on which makes you try even harder.

I need to replace a line on a Hydra 300, its 82' long but I don't know the strength. I am running into a lot of places that describe lines as "100#x82'", "150#x82'" and so on. Can anyone shed some light on how the strengths of lines are measured?

Much like the previous years, kiteboarding and the associated social life driven by my recent acquaintances dominated my spare time. Travel in search of kiting spots took me to Martha's Vineyard, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, New York State, and the quest for the session took me to 31 different spots for 74 days of riding on the ocean, 6 days on snow. I had 11 days at Pleasure Bay, 7 at Winthrop, 6 each at Nahant, Mayflower and Horseneck.

The next morning I woke up, grabbed a hunk of swordfish from the night before to go feed the fish off the dock.

Looking at the pond and seeing how much the surroundings have changed since the beginning of summer, it was a little sad to see the leaves starting to fall signalling the end of warm days and warning us of the chill that's pending.

I was at this really awesome party.

There was booze flowing like a river, a killer band and loads of fabulous people. The band front man stopped playing so that he could make an announcement.

All of a sudden one of the NY Rangers skated in and said something about the President of the United States and how he was outside and wanted to come in.

I started to panic because I didn't make enough cupcakes.

There was also something about hot air balloons and possibly a monkey... ..

And then my alarm went off.