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thumbdown.gif posted on 28-8-2009 at 10:12 PM
kite-flying with a ground tether (good example video)...


...is a bad idea.

a good example video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_S5FEDu5Ys

every once in a while somebody wants to give this a try, if they're lucky they ask here first!!!!

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[*] posted on 29-8-2009 at 06:39 AM


WHY??????:crazy:



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[*] posted on 29-8-2009 at 08:35 AM


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[*] posted on 29-8-2009 at 11:28 AM


and of course no helmet!



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[*] posted on 2-9-2009 at 11:00 PM


nice vid!! see what happens when you dont join PKF????
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[*] posted on 3-9-2009 at 12:36 AM


I freely admit that kite killers would NOT have made that activity any safer.



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[*] posted on 3-9-2009 at 01:13 AM


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[*] posted on 8-9-2009 at 01:17 PM


Everybody has the right to be a dumb a$$.

The guy manning the tether line wasn't even paying attention at first, making the total: 2 dumb a$$'s

And you're right BeamerBob, no helmet, making the pilot an even dumber dumb a$$.:crazy:



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[*] posted on 3-10-2009 at 01:14 PM


Or how about flying a kite that's not exactly safe for the conditions.



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