crazyherb
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Kite practice hanger for rolls/spins?
Anyone have pics or method of suspending your kitebar/lines to practice spins/rolls?
Was thinking like...old bar and a tree and some big bungie material or something like that...
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This thread has some discussion into this. http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=13977&p...
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Roperiding....
Roperiding ???? Learn ATB tricks with no wind ....???
No wind? Got a bridge?
If you go with trees, things to consider: Branch should be stout enough that the "give" is in the bungee and not the branch.
Otherwise you could have two sources of elasticity that get out of phase.
Make sure your attachment method is not adversely impacted by bark abrasion.
Set up so there is enough room that the bungee doesn't launch you into the trunk of the tree.
The bridge setup gives a lot of room in all directions. There are some close-ups in the various videos that show what they uses for a bar.
Note that a standard bar is not used because hanging weight off the plastic bar ends probably wouldn't end well. There's also an example of how a
secondary line comes down from the apex of the lines attached to the bar ends (to attach a harness to).
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I use to have handles suspended from a beam in my basement that I could use for just such purposes but then the kids started growing up and their
bikes, hockey nets, foozball table, etc. made it impossible to spin without hitting something. I thought it was a blast to play around but never had
the stones to throw a backroll on the kite like I could in my basement. If I had a tree branch that allowed for it, I'd set things up outside in a
jiffy.
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crazyherb
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Awesome!!
Thanks guys...ask...and there's delivery!!
Schwaaaap!!
Rope Riding!!
Perfect! (Ideas pumping now)
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good practice for sure. definitely good without the slam feature . some good head control, body control stuff for sure. the inverts seem heavy
without the momentum, but great windless day stuff!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFT6eSKQ1yU&feature=plcp
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Oh BR that's a good link.
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was just going to post that... saw it over on nwkite... no wind for me looks more like sandcastles 
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