kitedog
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Chris Calthrop
Hey Guys!
As you probably know, I'm trying to sell my Blade. When I first got this kite, I did a lot of research and found this guy, Chris Calthrop. He is
REALLY old school but I thought he had some interesting input. Check out his website.
http://www.k48.com/bladeinflatable.htm
This link is his pros and cons of a Blade versus an inflatable. Interesting stuff. If I can't get what I want for the Blade, I may take it to the
water. Crazy, huh?
Greg
FS Pulse 2 6
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FS Speed 3 DLX 12 & 15
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Bladerunner
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What a shame that we lost Speliopowers interest. He was our , real life , old school reference. Flying F.B. on water even today :cool2:
I had HOOJ respect for Him and we lost him to the LEI. debate
His best tip was to take a mesh bag with you. If you crash the kite you can stuff it and swim to shore with it on your board.
NO PROBLEM :D
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 .
Ken (K2)
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manitoulinkiter1
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Neat stuff.
Unfortunately I don't get enough sessions to get good enough to try that.
When I get out I want to ride not roll up and untangle. would be my fault not the kites but thats what would happen.
John
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stetson05
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I wondered what happened to Speliopowers. He is exactly who I thought of when I read the info on the site
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bigkahuna
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There's a guy here that flies Blades (at least I think they're Blades, they're some sort of open cell Flexifoil kite) in the ocean and in the surf.
He's really quite good and makes it look easy. I noticed he uses a similar technique to the site you listed and dumps the kite over a sand dune and
then lets go of the bar. Seems to work, at least it did the few times I saw him do it. There was another surfer in California that flew Flexi's in
the ocean and became pretty well known, but I can't remember his name.
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Kamikuza
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The comments on that page mention 2009 so he must be around still doing the open cell foil thing - mad props! 
... how could we lose him to the LEI debate around here - there's only snobr and everyone else rides arcs don't they 
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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snobdr
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Dont underestimate the power of the darkside
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lunchbox
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What a shame that we lost Speliopowers interest. He was our , real life , old school reference. Flying F.B. on water even today :cool2: I had HOOJ
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Agreed...Let's hope he makes his way back here!
I've been really thinking seriously about giving this a go. Smooth coastal winds make such a big difference in stability. Unfortunately, I don't have
any Blades yet but was thinking about using my PL Reactors. Probably use them on handles though and use the strop for the initial water start. Gotta
say, I love the simplicity and safety of the launch. If I end up dunking it, I might have to reevaluate my decision ;-)
Flexifoil Blurr 2.5, Ozone Cult 3.5, Nasa Star 3 4.0 Ozone Yakuza 4.0, PL Reactor 4.9, JoJo RM+ 5.0, Ozone Method 5.0, Ozone Yakuza 6.0, Flexifoil
Blade IV 6.5, Nasa Star 3 7.0, PL Vapor 7.8, JoJo RX 8.0 (in route), Flexifoil Blade VIP 8.5, PL Vapor 9.4, Ozone Yakuza 10.0, PL Reactor II 10.8, PL
Vapor 16.1, PL Venom II 13, PL Charger 15, 19, Flysurfer Unity 12, Flysurfer Pulse 2 14, Flysurfer Speed 2 SA 19, Flysurfer Speed 3 21, MBS Comp 95
landboard, PL Folding buggy, PL XR+ buggy, Slingshot LFT, Lots of surfboards
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