NPWfever - 10-11-2008 at 10:54 PM
Title pretty much says it all....:wee:
I was the sheetable guy...lol, googled power kite, found depowerables, made a bar, and tied a loop on my waist! lol 
I could actually get on a beam reach though =D
bugymangp - 11-11-2008 at 07:22 AM
hey fever
i remember back in the 60`s when i was just a little guy. i made a parachute out of a sheet and tied it to my bike. the damm thing dragged me down my
block with no way to control it. i jumped off my bike and the damm thing keep on going without me. until it hit a mail box down at the end of my
street. now that i think about it. it was funny. :wee:
doomwheels - 11-11-2008 at 01:34 PM
A friend and I once skateboarded through a horrible rain storm at night by tying a sheet to one ankle and holding the opposite corners in our hands.
We managed to make it 5 miles to another friend's house without accident or catching cold. Ah, the good 'ol days!
Taper123 - 11-11-2008 at 04:12 PM
I bought a power kite and would sit on an ice chest lid... zooom across the field, and then do it again. May not have been wheels, but I was hooked
after that.
PrairieWind - 11-11-2008 at 04:12 PM
There are a few vintage video threads going on... here is a video of a skateboard sailing guy from 1976...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf8z4u8HTWQ
This one is wacky, but something I could see Nick trying...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nk8LaWiBGo
PrairieWind - 11-11-2008 at 06:35 PM
The guy who posted this vid is from Colorado,... Nick - maybe you should get a hold of this guy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmpNNniLMlk
goreo95033 - 11-11-2008 at 10:16 PM
I used to make sled kites when I was a kid from 55 gal. lawn-and-leaf bags and cruise down the cul-de-sac. But I was only good at going directly down
wind.