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On The Water With A Kite In A Cat, Hang On!
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Not just any cat, but a HYDROFOIL CAT. Wow, that looks dangerous (but fun).
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hydro cat ! they're zooming. they close down on that windsurfer! fast
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Great speed! Looks like just a great, great time!
Tide? What's a tide? Man, it's 1000 miles to any ocean.
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Holy Cow that was awesome! :wee:
I can't tell in the video- is the kite attached directly to the cart, or is it hooked to the pilot (as usual) and the pilot is attached to the boat?
Just awesome- makes me want to get a cat : )
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I think those guys are based in Alameda. There was a site project.kiteboat.com but now it is gone.
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Looks like they've dumped some serious dough into this project. I don't know how they expect to recoup it, but maybe Don M. is rich enough now he can
afford to create custom toys like this (he's Naish's head kite designer).
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50m2 auto adjusting and inflating Kite.. Wow...
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Why bother with an inflation system when a foil would serve just as well? Seems like they're using a screw driver to drive a nail when a hammer would
do the job better.
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