OlorinZA - 23-8-2009 at 11:04 AM
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3205060/kite_beach/
Put together a compilation of jumps from yesterday's session.
Youtube muted my soundtrack and Metacafe butchered the aspect ratio and sound quality, but oh well.
tsdr8 - 23-8-2009 at 11:23 AM
Good video man
kitejumper - 23-8-2009 at 08:23 PM
enjoyed the vid--i saw a longjump in there lol
Jack1988 - 26-8-2009 at 05:24 AM
Cool vid, i need a decent kite around that size. how much is that rage?
furbowski - 26-8-2009 at 07:04 AM
nice one... you were well powered up in that wind!
I like the jumps over the kid near the end...
keep on flying, suspect you will with all the action on the water there!
Jack1988 - 27-8-2009 at 10:48 AM
And they say the rage has little lift! :o
furbowski - 27-8-2009 at 10:50 AM
it's a classic example, give any kite enough wind and it will lift ya!
OlorinZA - 21-9-2009 at 02:08 PM
In contrast, today's session was a much more tiring affair. Winds in the mid 30 km/h range, and loads of lift!
Bitter-sweet, unfortunately, because while it was the easiest thing in the world to jump (I had a couple of decent, conservative 2-3m almost-floaty
jumps), the constant pull was too much to endure for more than 20 minutes at a time. And putting the kite down in these winds is no fun when you're
alone.
I'm not sure what to do. In Summer (normally December-Feb here), these are the conditions I am faced with. Big wind. Thing is, I'm going high, but
my landings are still hard. I was picked up in a gust today and dropped on hard sand at least 15m away. How am I to achieve floaty landings? Do I
go larger (Rage 4.7), liftier (Blade 4.0) or both (Blade 4.9)? Surely I am going to be overpowered by any of these options, if I am already on the
limits of the Rage 3.5?
Blouberg
Coolbreeze - 21-9-2009 at 04:22 PM
Hey OlorinZA
Great vid, it's great to see those beaches again...... Nuf to make an old Plaas Jappie home sick. although Kites were'nt around when I lived there.
Cheers from Canada