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Love arc relaunch on water

borntofli - 19-5-2010 at 05:32 PM

Was out today getting trashed by the waves and dumped the syn in the surf a couple times.... All i needed was pressure on the lines and it launched itself.....

It just floats on top of the whitewater and waits for you to get your sh** together.........

action jackson - 19-5-2010 at 05:40 PM

This is how mine looked after yesterdays wave session!...........aj http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.php?pid=12...

PHREERIDER - 19-5-2010 at 05:46 PM

no thats out of the way, first directive on the water,,, DON't DROP THE KITE!

Hardrock - 19-5-2010 at 06:03 PM

When I get a shot at it, I can see the new post now. Arc flys underwater.:lol:

But really, thats great news. Bet you had a blast.

Kamikuza - 19-5-2010 at 08:32 PM

Poor aj ... :thumbdown:

I've yet to find out how well arcs relaunch - the only time I've put mine down has been to land and pack up :dunno:

shaggs2riches - 19-5-2010 at 09:37 PM

Well I learned yesterday that you NEED the right wind for relaunch (at least with my skills I do!) I was out in what started as a 13mph session with the synergy. Once I got too close to the ground ( people were watching so I decided to do a couple loops just for show) and she went down softly on its leading edge :embarrased:. I relaunched quite easily within 25-30 seconds. By the end of the session the wind died down and on one pass across the field I bailed and pulled the kite to the ground. In the low wind I got it to taco but no matter what I did it wouldn't open up and take off. Was thinking to myself that I'd have my hands full relaunching in the water but also remembered that when I am out in the water there will be enough wind to pull myself out of the water so there should be a good amount of wind to easily relaunch the kite.

Thanks for sharing
Shaggs

Taper123 - 20-5-2010 at 12:02 PM

One day I'll either get more adventous and start jumping higher and wipe out and have to re-launch... or do something stupid and crash one in the water. Clipped the tip on my Scorpionin a wave yesterday... but it came back up. Rolled in a few waves, but let go of the bar and it was waitingfor me in the sky.... but one day I know I'll have to water re-launch, just hasn't happened yet. But for now I'm happywith speedruns and little bunny jumps (and no water relaunches).