Baluk - 23-8-2007 at 02:49 PM
Hello guys,
Couldn't find any forum for this, so I decided to post it here. I hope someone can move it to the proper place (and tell me too!)
Anyways, the name is Mark Baluk. I've been into kiting for over a year now. I'm from Canada (the place where we ride polar bears to work and live in
igloos!)
I love to board (on land) with my kites as well with snowboards and kites in the winter. I haven't yet ventured off into the waters, but theres no way
to tell if I will go very soon or not. (live right close to the Great Lakes 25-30mins away to the closest one (L. Ontario)
Anyways, I was told to come here by Tridude - seems like a nice guy 
and I'd love
to participate in these forums. (Member of FF and RS-P-A-M-L-I-N-K-s forums) Shall I dare actually say the names? :singing:
I currently fly:
HQ Beamer TSR 3.6
P:frog:nsh Ace 5m
FF Blade III 10.5m
PL Phantom 12m
MBS Core 90
LTD Fury 151
Dakine Tabu
Cheers,
Mark
markbaluk.com
Bladerunner - 23-8-2007 at 03:55 PM
Welcome,
There are a few of us from "up north" here. The only news for a fellow Canadian is that WolfWolfee is working on putting together a clinic /
gathering for all Canadians ,with Instructors from Great Britian in Winterpeg :tumble: . Hopefully next summer, after the Polar Bears have left town
and all the Seal clubbing is over ! :wink2: :wink2:
Sthrasher38 - 23-8-2007 at 04:01 PM
Welcome to Power kite forum!
:cool2:
BigSiler - 23-8-2007 at 04:19 PM
WELCOME MARK
Good to have You here
5m1FF - 23-8-2007 at 04:34 PM
Yo dude;
Welcome, from over the pond!
archkiter - 23-8-2007 at 05:51 PM
Welcome- nice to see you over here Mark.
Baluk - 23-8-2007 at 05:53 PM
Yep :D
Sthrasher38 - 23-8-2007 at 05:54 PM
Why is everyone home and on the computer?
tridude - 23-8-2007 at 06:03 PM
Welcome Mark and you can use the "Pansh" word here without getting hammered!
Baluk - 23-8-2007 at 06:06 PM
Ah, thanks don... I feel soo... relieved! 
Sthrasher38 - 23-8-2007 at 06:09 PM
How is that 5m Ace Baluk? I am going to get to try one soon
Baluk - 23-8-2007 at 06:20 PM
It's pretty nice. I don't have any kites that I can compare it to that are similar, only have kites that are all in a way diff size and league.
But it is pretty nice for boarding, with some good amounts of lift for jumping on the board. I find it likes to overfly a bit (and sometimes a lot)
and if it gets slack then it will take a nose dive and kinda invert - but this is pretty much taken care of most of the time when you apply proper
brakes.
Low wind performance is very nice, in the lightest breezes, when you get it going ( in static flying ) you can get some decent pull. It turns very
well on two lines as well as four lines.
For the price I got it at 100$, it was a complete steal. 200$ is still good, but you will see what you think in the weeks to come when you try it out.
Cheers.
Sthrasher38 - 23-8-2007 at 06:23 PM
Nice thanks.Busy on here already huh? Lots of nice people. I like it here best.
Baluk - 23-8-2007 at 06:30 PM
No problémo. Already seems nice here to me. I'll be staying.