Anyone know whats happening with the Ohakea kite day or where I can find some info?

A run to Turoa on the sat,the kite day on sunday and Tukino on the way home would make for a sweet little roady
The all knowing google only came up with last years info

all i know is its usually on fathers day when ever that is.

if your real keen you can find a number of a guys that usually organises it and ring him on one of those old pages.

ps i'm also keen. not that often you get a chance to fang a runway.

hmmm, is that on the Ohakea run way,
with the right wind that could be a new speed record

yes it is.

tho its a public single line kite day. power kiters can turn up and fly in a designated area. so... you may not get the whole runway to zip along on. also the runway will be design to point head on into the prevailing wind. so chances are yourl be zipping along the runway sideways. mind you i'd expect a decent amount of smooth grass either side of the runn way.

ps fathers day is 6th of sept.

cool, I could be in for a road trip, pending weather
maybe hit the snow at the same time,
is there any good spots for snowkiting (desertroad area)

I'm hopping for a freak snow dump,I'd love to hit the Chateau golf course

Let me know when this do is on if you find out. Ill be there with bells on.
Ive had a few nasty experiences with landboards and runways but thats another story. Problem is you cant scrub off speed and have to instead launch yourself into the stratosphere to avoid eating gravel. Can be fun but with a Quad strapped to ya feet can be a bit heavy.

See yas there

Butch

Went last year, no wind, they allow you about 400 m of taxiway, the wind we did get was from the prevailing direction which means you are not going to get to use all the taxiway. The verges are pretty flat so you can get a bit of speed up to do some jumping. Its mostly buggiers that come to the day and they are a friendly bunch.
Yes, it is definitely on Fathers day.
Cheers
Dixie

Hey Guys,

I work at ohakea and can confirm that it is on the 6th of Sept, Fathers Day. I think it's gold coin entry or some such.

More details when they come to hand.

Dan

sweet keep us updated

Hey Dan
Do you ever get to use the Airfield at week end? Would be interested in coming over if it was possible. Let me know.
Cheers
Dixie

Any one going next week end, I will definitely be there so hope to see you all then
Cheers
Dixie

yep im going, whens it start?

1030 Hrs. $2 on the gate that goes toward the local lions foundation I think. I'm gonna work on ops to let us have some more runway this year aswell.

sweeet......

the more runway the better!

i'll be there if the forecast calls for wind.

think ive still got a kite or three under all my snowboards someware so may have to come too!!

do it!

i'm keen to fang that synergy around.

www.windfinder.com/forecast/ohakea

ps what is the good wind direction for ohakea? or is it good for all directions? is there any where the wind is stuffed up by buildings etc?

No buildings to stuff you up so it should work in any direction, depends on how much room they give us.

last question. how can i find out if its cancelled or not? i don't want to drive for hours to find now one there.

I'll be on call for work that weekend, so i should be able to get the word early Sunday morning. I'll post as soon as i know!

Metvuw.com has long range forecast as Soueasterly @ 10 knots for Sunday, I'll keep an eye on it and keep you posted.

southerly might be a good direction for ohakea. it means we could punch the length of the runway if they let us.

maps.google.co.nz/maps?f=q&source=s_...0dpyR0Cg&split=0

lets see... i need to see a forecast of +10 knots to make the trip worth while.

Not with my 12 Speed...lol

Hey guys,
It looks like this will be the area they will allow us to have, which is about 700m of the north/south runway and about 500 of the east/west taxiway.

Unfortunately they would not clear us to cross the main runway at this stage.

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Same area as last year, looks like the same weather as last year to... sod all wind!!!! According to Metvuw synoptic forecast charts there will be a big high centred right over Cook Straight which normally means...... sod all wind!!!. Lets hope it changes by then.

hmmmm.... yep i concur wind will be poo. which means i'll not come down. i'll make the final call sunday morning.....
curse it all.

plummet wrote:


Same every year...lol

oh dear oh dear.... the forecast gets worse and worse..... no wind for the next week.... not even a chance to hope for the weather system to move on and bring stronger winds. looks like i'll be utilising the mountain bike this weekend.

next event the moose meet.

Lets hope Manawatu,s reputation does not let us down (all ways windy), but it aint looking good.....

www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather...amp;wuSelect=WEATHER


Aaaaverage

yep. poo.....

good luck guys. looks like you might get a sea brease of a throbing 7 knots around 3... hope that builds to more for you.

let me know how it went.

well yeah, the ski field was on hold with to munch wind
and ohakea had none, 1 to gusting 4! knots!!
had 4 buggys from the bay, 2? from foxton and 1 from ohakune plus boards etc.
we sat around and got the odd kite up 4 a minute, so not so good.
but great venue and a must be back next year, as sounds like the wind is normaly better than this.

ahhhh... next year then.

its my fault , i got a new kite ... you know how it goes

its a single liner too , i must be getting older , or younger.

sorry to hear it didnt work out. we have an event at barry curtis park where the council has set aside some room for us lot, details on kiteworks.co.nz events page