dgkid78
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WTF!!! this guy came out of nowhere
So I was at my local spot yesterday and I am crusing along and I see this guy unpack this thing and I was like a little kid, runnin up to him. I
needed to know why he was planning to paraglide only 15ft above sea level. Tells me he only got into the sport about a month ago and was practicing
some drills like walking and i guess taking the glider down. I have never seen anything like this up this close. amazing light material too. 63yrs old
this guy. good for him!!
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Kamikuza
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That sport is actually more popular here than kiting ... with a motor though. They seem to do endless setup, waddle a bit then land the kites.
Wife said if I lose enough weight, she'll buy me one :D
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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arkay
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You know there's many styles of paragliders and you'll need at least one of each kind!
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Fixed Bridal: Flexifoil Sting 1.2, 1.7; Rage Acid 2.5m, 3.5m, 4.7m, 6m | Peter Lynn Vapor 11.2m, 16.1m | NPW 7m
Depower : Peter Lynn Venom 2 13m, 16m, 19m | Peter Lynn Phantom 15m | Flysurfer 2.5 SA 19m
LEI : Flexifoil Atom 7m, 9m, 12m; Mutiny 8m
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Water rides : Slingshot Misfit 134; Ocean Rodeo Mako 150; North WAM! 5\'10
4 Sale/Trade: HQ M1 5m, Flysurfer Pulse 10, PL Venom 2 16m, PL Venom 19m
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Kamikuza
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:D
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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B-Roc
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Pretty cool and hopefully he has good control or he'll likely get both of you banned from the spot.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
Fixed Bridle Quiver: MAC Bego 400, JOJO ET Instinct 2.5 & 5.5, Lil Devil 1.5, Sting 1.2
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Bladerunner
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On a busy weekend at Gary point it is common to have a couple of folks kiting paragliders, a few flying 1 line, a group team flying Rev's, a few
buggies, anATB or 2 and myself on Blades.
All in one tight park and almost all at the same time :o
Intimmidates the heck out of the newcomers :smug:
Kites: 2.5m Profoil , Quadrifoil XL kitesurfer, NPW 5 Danger.
Flexifoil: 1.7m Sting, 4.9m Blade 3, 9m Blade 2.
Flysurfer : 19m Speed 2 SA, 7m Pulse
Peter Lynn :18m Phantom, 15m Synergy, 10m Synergy, 1200 Farc, 460 Sarc, 130 Tarc, 5m Peel, 4.2m , 6.4, 8.5 C-Quads, 3.5 LS2 single skin.
Rides: Flexi / P.L. Frankin'Buggy , Shaped + straight skiis, sand skis, Coyote blades. Core 95 ATB. RKB R2 ATB .
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dgkid78
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| Quote: | Originally posted by B-Roc
Pretty cool and hopefully he has good control or he'll likely get both of you banned from the spot. |
He seemed to be doing well of keeping her balanced above his head as he slowly walked...seemed to have good control when he would lose the balance,
with a quick take down. fingers crossed.  I was just all giddy like a little kid. I actually recorded him a little
bit with my Ipod
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doublespeed360
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some paragliding ppl have been showing up at the baseball field at nahant rotary past couple of weeks ,got some pics of a guy last yr. with buggydanny
and me riding 6meter jojo's,it shore is big. 32meters wow .
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jojo, ozone,quadrifoil,ekko,skytiger
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lad
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It doesn't really get fun until they show up with those big, winch slingshots! :bird:
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Chicagokitejumping
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What is the situation rightnow with the summer for ATB in Nahant beach ?
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Peek
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Mood: Loving this kite thing!
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Wow!
Ok, I'm 48 and just getting into this! This has made me very excited!!!!!:wee:
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