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bigkid
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go ahead, pull out infront of me...
Appex buggy, Libre hardcore buggies.
Flexboardz. Blokarts.
PKD Century Soulflys. NPW's. Nasa Stars.
A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
"Kite Bugging is not an addiction until you try to quit".
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ssayre
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Quote: Originally posted by bigkid  |
Your also right about cruising down the beach with a kite parked to the side and BAM the kites gone. Guess there was a gust that DIDNT surprise the
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yep, traditional fixed bridle foils are a completely different animal. I don't think twice about hot wiring my kites or flying my depowers without an
auto release but I will not ever consider using fixed bridles, hooked in, without an auto release anywhere. I feel very lucky that I escaped my fixed
bridle hooked in phase without injury. Scared the sh?t out of me several times. I always say this, but I regard fixed bridle, hooked in flying as
the highest risk kiting there is. (without aqr)
On the flip side, I regard fixed bridle unhooked flying the safest. If I had a good hard surface, like a beach, I'd probably spend most of my time
unhooked and flying fb. as it is, I get way more enjoyment and fun out of depower/nasa for my location.
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ssayre
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while we're on the safety subject, first thing we tell new people to do is get a 3 meter. 2nd thing we tell them is get a harness and use a strop to
get used to being hooked in. Stupid. 2nd step should be depower imo :P
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pongnut
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| Quote: Originally posted by bigkid | If somebody wants to pull out in front of me in traffic, I'm so old, and slow reacting, and I can't see very well anymore, I just hit them. Been in 3
wrecks which the other persons were at fault, it totaled all three of their cars, and did no damage to my truck.
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2m Radsails Pro (from crazyherb), 2.1m Symphony Beach II (from Amazon), 3m HQ Beamer IV (from K-Bid), 4m Pansh Flux (from garydog), 4.7m Flexifoil
Rage (from mougl), 5.6m PL Twister IIR (from Big Mike), 6m Flysurfer Peak 1 (from Flysurfer USA), 11m HQ Neo II (from kiteplace), 19m PL Venom II
(from Smeagol), MBS Core 95 ATB (from Overstock.com), couple of ROSSIGNOL snowboards w/ SIS "click" bindings
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Feyd
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| Quote: Originally posted by ssayre | | while we're on the safety subject, first thing we tell new people to do is get a 3 meter. 2nd thing we tell them is get a harness and use a strop to
get used to being hooked in. Stupid. 2nd step should be depower imo :P |
I totally agree.
To take it a step further. With the availability of 2.5-3m trainer oriented depows you can save the expense of purchasing a high wind depower later
while avoiding the confusion and frustration many people experience when going from a fixed bridle trainer to a depower.
Chris Krug-Owner @ Hardwater Kiting. Authorized Dealer of Ozone, Flysurfer, HQ kites.
www.hardwaterkiter.com 603-986-2784
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abkayak
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I live at the shore...hooked in 3m days are the best days
Nothing comes close to that kind of fun w/ a kite and a bug
Dp is for standing up...imo
US-31...Cquad set/ 2.5 Bullet/ 2.6 Viper/ 2.9m Reactor/ 2- 3.5m Bullet/ 3.6 Beamer/ 4m Buster/ 4m Toxic/ 4m Ikon dp/ 4.5 Bullet/ 4.9m Blade/ 5.6
Twister/ 6.6m Blade/ 7.5 Apex/ 9m Fuel/ Phantom I 9,12,15,18/ 2 Flexibugs/ PL Big Foot/ landboards
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ssayre
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abkayak, what about those phantom's? Have you used them yet. Don't even think I forgot you have those
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ssayre
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you've got a blade, phantom 1's, c quads, beach spot. pretty much my idle.
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abkayak
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Lot of houses for sale around here you know
Lot of roofs too:D
US-31...Cquad set/ 2.5 Bullet/ 2.6 Viper/ 2.9m Reactor/ 2- 3.5m Bullet/ 3.6 Beamer/ 4m Buster/ 4m Toxic/ 4m Ikon dp/ 4.5 Bullet/ 4.9m Blade/ 5.6
Twister/ 6.6m Blade/ 7.5 Apex/ 9m Fuel/ Phantom I 9,12,15,18/ 2 Flexibugs/ PL Big Foot/ landboards
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ssayre
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That would be great. Hopefully at some point that will be an option. Family will need us around for awhile yet, but I wouldn't mind moving to the
coast at all some day.
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