carltb
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the crazy french!!!!
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
WTF? 1:45.......what do you do when you don't come down? Or were they staying up on purpose (and how)? Man, if I knew the kite would just hold me
there I'd be chucking it like Lenten everytime I flew!
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erratic winds
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Mood: ATGATT! Armor up!
Whatever is a step past crazy, that's the term needed here.
Very impressive.
Tide? What's a tide? Man, it's 1000 miles to any ocean.
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Quote: Originally posted by macboy
That's what huge Flysurfers do.
Keep the kite in the air and it'll keep you in
the air. It requires the perfect wind conditions though, also.
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What kind of fs is that? That's next on my to get list :p
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It's a Speed 3. Very expensive. They like to be flown ONLY in butter smooth wind… if you live inland and the wind can get choppy, I'd forget about it.
They don't handle gusts well, and are designed for their bottom end, not top. In the right conditions they are a gem… unsurpassed bottom end power,
limitless lift and float… but in anything a bit bumpy, they are prone to folding and just not flying properly.
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And I thought my 10.5 blade was lifty rofl. That video makes me want to get a depower now :*(
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"Relax! You have a paraglider over your head ... "
- advice on what to do if you get lofted from the Speed manual
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
Quote: Originally posted by Kamikuza
For real? It says that?! I gotta go check.......
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Mood: They're ALL good ideas. Right up until they become BAD ideas.
.....yup. Page 25 of the Speed 3 manual.
Sick!
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carltb
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in this vid the hang time is produced through hill gliding. the wind travels up the slope and accelerates which produces mega lift. then a combination
of rising up and moving backwards gives you extended hangtime
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Impressive.
Depower Quiver: 14m Gin Eskimo, 10m Gin Eskimo III, 6m Gin Yeti, 4.5m Gin Yeti (custom bridle and mixer)
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Quote: Originally posted by erratic winds
HOOOOOJ!!!!!!!!!!
only one gripe tho:
1. Original song was better
(i used to BUMP that sh*t in high school ROFL!!!)
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check out the guys from winchester hill and there super kite days:wee:
Kiting The Natural High
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Keep the kite in the air and it'll keep you in
the air. It requires the perfect wind conditions though, also.
