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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 08:41 AM
What kite was that? (WWBB UFK sighting)


A UFK (Unidentifed Flying Kite) seen from a distance Friday afternoon (closer to the pier) at the Crest:

- relatively low aspect, (possibly a depower?)
- bold black, white and bright orange design
- very distinct flat-squared tips

(The design was def. a more modern one, not like the old square-end Sky Tiger or Stacker types.)

Anyone seen it and know what it was?
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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 08:54 AM


Oh, down by the pier? The one by the beach? :saint::smug:

Edit- Ok, I thought my smartbutt comment was warranted but this is in the WBB forum so that does narrow it down quite a bit. :lol:



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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 08:56 AM


Sounds like the colours Ripsessions Vapor comes in ?



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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 09:17 AM


heh-heh...only one (tall, fishing) pier bordering the Crest meetup area...to the north of the WWBB banners off Rosemary.
I only saw it a few blocks north from the banners, but it was gone by the time I moseyed down there in the fog. (otherwise, I'd have a pic of it).

...lot'sa B/W/O kites out there (my fave color combo),
but this was no Vapor, chunkier, w/ squared-off tips (or very angled-down round tips!!) Must have been a least a 6-8m.
It wasn't moving too much.

It just looked different from any other kite I saw down there this year.
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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 12:54 PM


is this it ?

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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 01:48 PM


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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 01:58 PM


Oh that's probably mine :D I love that kite. I wasn't having too much luck with it on Friday though. Saturday it was wonderful though.



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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 02:31 PM


Dang...I can't be sure it that was it... :borg: I seem to remember it being squarer...maybe it was the distance and angle I saw it from...
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[*] posted on 22-4-2012 at 03:10 PM


Someone was flying a Quadfoil that was orange, white and black. Very rectangular kite and nice power.
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[*] posted on 23-4-2012 at 08:36 AM


that orange q foil was mine.
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