Man, that kite looked big....:ohiaguy - 12-4-2015 at 01:13 PM
WTF :o
Wow!BEC - 12-4-2015 at 02:08 PM
That is one of the coolest things I have ever seen a kite do.....I so want to try this....do you need a special kite? what's the trick? I can not
wait to get to WildWood.....WAHOO....PHREERIDER - 12-4-2015 at 02:37 PM
anybody want a race kite now! cool stuff!
amazing unit ! great piloting ! aronma - 12-4-2015 at 03:37 PM
Wowwwwwww!BeamerBob - 12-4-2015 at 04:54 PM
Some keys are level ground, extra hard surface for low rolling resistance, a very efficient kite preferably large in just the right winds, and a heap
of kite skills. I've never tried one but this has my interest in completing at least one loop. Next time I'm out in the right conditions.soliver - 12-4-2015 at 05:13 PM
Wow.... Holy... Cow...
Errol it's all you buddy!!!markite - 12-4-2015 at 05:49 PM
we wouldn't be able to pull them all off at JIBE, there isn't enough beach width. To do multiples you need the overall pattern to be arcing downwind
to generate that speed as you come out of each 360 . If we had perfect conditions at the widest part of the beach and a kite like the Sonic then maybe
there is room to do 2? It's always worth a try.RedSky - 12-4-2015 at 07:26 PM
That is something! You can almost feel the centrifugal force. I'd be happy with just one 360.markite - 12-4-2015 at 09:05 PM
I think the pattern might look more like this from overhead - needing more downwind space. A longer arc downwind to pull the kite through the upwind
followed by a tighter turn at the end as the power comes on to start the next run around
Michael Gaylan - 13-4-2015 at 05:18 AM
darn he made that look so easyssayre - 13-4-2015 at 06:30 AM
Really incredible, I've not seen anything like that. They should sell a few sonics based off that video, but you can't buy the skill. Michael Gaylan - 13-4-2015 at 02:08 PM
.. .. .. word lolDemoknight - 16-4-2015 at 07:12 AM
Yeah, I am a bit obsessed with this video. I bet this was done in about 10-12mph winds and that looks like the new Flysurfer race kite, 12-15m. The
conditions have to be PERFECT for something like this to work... Like Mark said, I doubt we have enough space for this at JIBE because of how much
you would drift downwind, but I could see it MAYBE working to get 2 consecutive before having to straighten back out. I think Depower is almost
required here because if you notice in the video how much the pilot varies the sheeting through the turn. He is sheeted in while kite is upwind, to
keep the kite slow, but powered, while the buggy comes about to place the kite back downwind, and then he sheets out to build the kite speed as much
as possible through the window to give it the speed it needs to break the edge of the window and go upwind again. Looks like fun. I wonder if it is
possible with other kites and just hasn't been tried yet.markite - 16-4-2015 at 08:07 AM
Craig noted in another post that he is not the first pilot to pull of multiples but the first to do so many - so it has been done with other kites but
maybe only 2-3 revolutions and those were at some of the larger beaches like Rømø, Fanø, St Peter-Ording, Lytham etc
They are longer downwind arcs to start each with a tighter button hook at the end so each rotation looks to be a little more than a line length - he
was using the new FS Sonic ... I have a few of the Cross Kites Sonics that I'll bring to JIBE but they aren't depowerable.
