Monday at 13th Beach with the Nasa Star 3. The best run I've had all season. Perfect wind for the 3.2m - 14-18 knots direct on-shore and a decent
low tide and the beach in pretty good condition.
3shot - 3-2-2015 at 05:19 AM
Now that was a great video John!! Thanks for sharing. Looks like loads of fun was had. Pretty cool with the hang glider in there too.jrhook - 3-2-2015 at 05:29 AM
Great video...cool kite!Randy - 3-2-2015 at 06:22 AM
Awesome video. Looks like a great kite. Makes we want to move to Australia. PHREERIDER - 3-2-2015 at 09:44 AM
hang glider and all. good stuff keep rolling man BeamerBob - 3-2-2015 at 09:50 AM
Very nice video. Loved the music.
So what kind of speeds do you get from those kites relative to wind speed?soliver - 3-2-2015 at 10:54 AM
Great one John... looked like that hang glider was just stuck in the same spot, ...I'm sure you were having WAY more fun than he was 3shot - 3-2-2015 at 01:23 PM
Think I'm gonna compile all John's Nasa videos in one lot. Order some pizza, then hit play :Dssayre - 3-2-2015 at 01:34 PM
Nice one John! I really like how the light shines through on single skin.John Holgate - 3-2-2015 at 01:48 PM
Thanks guys. I enjoyed that even more as I spent the first two and a half hours of the day in the dentist's chair!
Bob, with 16 - 18 knots direct on-shore I'm averaging around 45 kilometers per hour. 35 - 40 degree cross onshore and I can get to about 56 - 58kph
downwind. I'm not giving much away to low aspect foils, but the bigger depowers - Montana's, LEI's, Speed IV are much faster in the same conditions.RedSky - 3-2-2015 at 08:10 PM
This video is the complete package. Camera angles, hang glider, awesome kite, spritely bug, great music.
I loved it. You really convey a sense of effortless fun. as always
Kite sitting at the edge, is that a trait of the nasa ?John Holgate - 3-2-2015 at 10:24 PM
Many thanks Tom.
I didn't know about parking the Nasa Stars on the edge of the window till I saw Steffen doing it in a video - much more elegant than dropping them
onto the center line - which can result in a bit of spinning on the way down. I have not seen it done with a standard NPW wing, but that's not to say
that it can't be. As I'm running it as basically a two line kite, I don't have the option of backing it down on it's brakes, so I sit it at the side
where 99% of the time it's well behaved. I have had the kite leap into an uncontrolled spin once in probably 100 'parks' so I wouldn't walk away from
it too far while it's parked, but that was in a pretty gusty & shifty situation.Windy Heap - 4-2-2015 at 12:45 PM
great video editing and camera angle work................really, that's much harder than it looks people!
TEDWESLEY - 13-2-2015 at 07:44 PM
That video ROCKS ! Keep them coming, every new one you produce gets better.
Your playing is real solid and you have another fan for sure. 3shot - 14-2-2015 at 12:31 PM
It would truly be a privilege to meet you one day John. Any consideration of coming to the States one day? Would love to share some sand with you at
our annual JIBE event in May!!!John Holgate - 14-2-2015 at 02:54 PM
Many thanks for your kind words Ted, Jason & Windy. I would love to get over to some of the events in the states one day and meet you guys if
circumstances ever permit me to do so. I think I'll be stuck 'down under' for a while yet, but you never know.skimtwashington - 14-2-2015 at 04:17 PM
Quality film making, for sure. A second talent is evident.
One must recognize both a directors eye and the effort involved-when you are the Director, producer, actor, editor, camera operator, prop guy, best
boy, grip,
Also...scriptwriter:puzzled:...driver...location coordinator...set designer..visual effects artist...casting director.. stuntman....caterer...:D
as always