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I thought this was really funny!!!

bkkowta - 12-9-2009 at 10:11 AM

old skool kite sports RIGHT HERE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN1NxO7nhsQ
:wee:

WIllardTheGrey - 12-9-2009 at 10:20 AM

Holy crap and they say our sport is dangerous... god that looks like fun:evil:

and for the how too

cheezycheese - 12-9-2009 at 10:27 AM

it said one of those guys started manufacturing kites out of So.Fla, wonder if his company is anything we have heard of, or if its still around... some of those guys weren't even harnessed

lad - 12-9-2009 at 11:18 AM

Anyone figure out what kind of quick release the harnessed guys are using?

Erics - 12-9-2009 at 11:54 AM

They looked more like hand gliders than kites.

bkkowta - 12-9-2009 at 08:48 PM

^^^^^^ very true still looks like fun though

f0rgiv3n - 12-9-2009 at 10:16 PM

Kite skiing evolved: http://wakekite.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m881Qwxob90

bkkowta - 13-9-2009 at 08:37 PM

that is so sick!!!!

Kamikuza - 13-9-2009 at 10:19 PM

wot no helmet no kS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s and no zippers? :lol: mad!
That link forgiven posted - it's crazy popular in Japan, apparently ...

arkay - 13-9-2009 at 11:41 PM

Hey that's PDX :D

I love the saftey strap in the starrfilms viedo... it looks more like a death rope!

pbc - 14-9-2009 at 01:14 PM

I remember seeing videos of this being done with Rogallo wing style delta gliders when I was a kid. That was 30 or 40 years ago, but these videos make the delta wing seem so modern.

Philip

Jolt - 15-9-2009 at 09:11 PM

isn't that pretty much para-sailing, in a sense...