Yep, it's ON!!! To celebrate the re-launch of ExtremeKites, we're giving away a brand spanking new Born Kite Nasa Star 3, 3,2m complete with bar and
lines in custom ExtremeKites colors. All you have to do to enter is post in the Nasa Star 3 competition thread on ExtremeKites and you're in the
draw. All the details are here: Nasa Star 3 competition
We've moved the whole site to a new platform ( I think that's the term for it?) with lots of great features - blogs, gallerys, calendars, profile
pages - some of which will be added a little later this week. So please feel free to drop over and have a look!
32 entries so far....c'mon, that's pretty good odds. There's no catch to the comp - I'm encouraging everyone to have a look around the new site -
check out the new Gallery feature and Blogs and hopefully say hi and join in, but you're under no obligation to do so. Just post in the NS3 comp
thread and you're in the draw.
Hey John, don't push too hard, I like those odds! But seriously, folks, this is your chance to find out how awesome those NASA wings are! It doesn't
cost anything to become a member down there at Extreme kites, and there is a whole bunch of new kite pron that hasn't been seen here!
Team MEAN GREEN
Bob Lussier
OUTLAW KITER 1.4M Beamer III, 2M Beamer IV,2M
Toxic HQ , 7.5MApex III, HQ, Quadrifoil XXXL (9.66M), NPW5 2.4,4.8m,
NPW9 3.4M(HQ),NPW9 7M (RASTA\'S FURY),
NPW9 7.6M (BIGSISTAH),NPW9 12MGREENMONSTER(km4), P L Comp ST buggy,PL Bigfoot+
buggy, Atomic Alibi Snowboard, Protec Knee/Elbow Pads & Helmet, Seirus wristguards, Demon crash shorts, LaCross chest/shoulder pads.
(tryin\' to be safe!)
John, I tried to register on extremekites. I am still awaiting the confirmation email. How long does this usually take..?
Should have been pretty instant. I can see on the members list that it is still waiting for a response to the email, so I think I've bypassed that
and approved you. So you should be right to log in - if not let me know. Use my email: jhn.holgate@gmail.com that way I'll pick it up during work
and can pass on a message to the tech guru!
edit: also check your spam folder in case it ended up in Spam.
Devoted - in a seperate email correspondence to Steffan Born about the condition of my package I jokingly accused the German Woman's national soccer
team of having taken out their frustration on it of loosing to the U.S. woman in the just-played WC. He played right along! :D
Be on the lookout soon for my (likely) sale of my never-flown NS3 2.5M. Pretty close to this super-cool 3.2.
I'm not sure I would sell the 2.5 if I were you. It looks like it's your highest wind kite. It would be just right when fall winds are around 25ish.
The 3.2 may well be too powered in the upper 20's. You can tell a big difference with small increments of size on smallish kites in big wind.
Jason and Sean - you guys talked me into it... I'll keep my 2.5M NS3!
The winds have been so darn light for what seems like forever that I was having a hard time thinking that there was ever going to be enough wind where
I kite to overpower the 3.2. It makes complete sense what you are saying now that I stopped and thought about relative versus absolute size
differences. Strictly by the numbers, the 3.2 will be 28% larger than the 2.5. Up at the higher range of FB kite sizes that's numerically equivalent
to going from a 9M nearly up to a 12M!
Spencer - feel free to fire away with your address via U2U. There are a whole mess of things in my garage for which my wife would be overjoyed for me
to send you (heck, send anybody)... :saint:
Spencer - feel free to fire away with your address via U2U. There are a whole mess of things in my garage for which my wife would be overjoyed for me
to send you (heck, send anybody)... :saint:
Be on the lookout soon for my (likely) sale of my never-flown NS3 2.5M. Pretty close to this super-cool 3.2.
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he 3.2 may well be too powered in the upper 20's. You can tell a big difference with small increments of size on smallish kites in big wind.
Around 20knots I'm starting to feel a little too powered with the 3.2m - then the 2.5m is perfect! The reason I got my first 3.2m is that I always
felt there was just too much of a gap between the 2.5m and the 4m.
Plus you can hand the 2.5m to anyone to fly in more moderate conditions without scaring them too much!
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