was in danger of hijacking another thread, so...

What's the smallest kite you've ever jumped on?

wild-ass supermans in crazy winds ok, as long as you landed on your feet (has anybody?)

controlled jumps for me? 5m Ace, I'm afraid.

foolish superman? 3m legend. (def did NOT land on my feet! took two weeks b4 I could shave again...)

I'm sure somebody out there can beat that!

disclaimer: jumping with small kites is dangerous!

cheers,

furbo

jumping with little kites is EXCITING! 2.2 yakuza in 40mph, went up about 10 feet, came down right where I departed the ground.......

ok.....then whe I landed my kite surged the suddenly inflated....got my "wild-ass superman" in and landed gently on my belly...

a gentle belly landing?!?

I wanna see that on video!

2.2 in 40 mph? with a race kite?

<<bows to the ground, saying "All hail the mighty Eli!">>

you make me wanna get a yak, as soon as that fella from racekites decides to split his quiver...

Well, I didn't land on my feet or gently on my belly.

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"All hail the mighty Eli!">> you make me wanna get a yak, as soon as that fella from racekites decides to split his quiver...

I like the Yakuzas more than any other kite,,,well maybe Manta II's...

I don't care who doesn't think so, but that #@%$#!e is f'in funny....all hail the mighty eli...must be something in the air in Hong Kong....

not trying to shanghai your thread, but I'm having a better than average day because of that post....:moon:

The 1st kite I ALWAYS take out of my bag to "warm up" with is my 2.5 Bullet. I have jumped with this kite many times. Yes- its not made for jumping but any kite will lift if the conditions are right!

As for the smallest- Are you ready?....1.8 Beamer II. In extreme high winds I can get 3-4 feet up with this. Fast and hard but its still a flight!

.8m nasa wing to 33mph in 45+ winds............aj :frog:

definitely been superman'ed about 15ft down wind and 5ft off the ground behind a pansh Ace 4m....managed to land running

lets just say it was a very very gusty day and I promptly packed things up after that.

in 15-20mph winds I've gotten little 5ft decent hang time pendulum jumps static flying with the ace.

2.5 JOJO - many times.

It wasn't a jump more like a snatch. I will see if I can get a pic on here for ya. It was that 2.5 prism stylus. When I first started kiting had it out in 40+ gusts and got snatched. Foolish noob. and flying on two lines.

4m Mac Para Bego-------nice pop with awesome float for its size!

speaking of snatches I've been yanked the odd quick 1 or 2 m scud behind a 2.7 symphony (2m) 2 line. At that point it feels like its crossing the window in about a second and I can barely keep on top of it, the only reason I haven't super-manned on it is because there's been a couple of times I haven't had the balls to get it out, didn't think i was quick enough for it

that's on nice beach sand, way too soft to ride a bike through.

@eli -- yes the air in hk can be quite nice at times --

cheers,

furbo

2m ozone in high winds will get me jumping, but its not as much fun as my 3m jojo rm+, this is not suppoed to be a lifty kite but it does the trick very well

My 3m trainer has picked me up about 5 feet a few times, granted I was trying just to see if I could, but it was the last thing I expected. That must be funny for the people watching you get lifed like 5-10 feet with a little 2 meter. Like look at you, look at the kite, look at you get lifted, and then stare at the kite and wonder....how?

I have been flung like I was made of styrofoam, by a Pansh ACE 2.0. in 35 mph wind. That is by far the scariest kite I own, then again the ACE 2.5 is pretty scary too! But the 2.0 is so dangerous, Pansh did not even offer linesets for it.

I have been lifted off my board by my Ace 2m in 25 mph. When youre going about 15mph, and get a couple inches up, you realize youre going to eat it in a most unglorious way! But by then the adrenaline is pumping, so you dont really feel it... till later!

2.0 m legend had me and my beginner friend jumping all over the place at Ocean Beach on a windy day......good kite....and I have gotten a good scare from an ace. 2.0...and teds profoil 1.5 actually lifted me about 2 feet once

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My 1.5 Profoil unweighted me once, but I don't think it actually got me off the ground. A lighter person would've been picked up. I'd hate to depend on it for the ride down though.

Had my 2.2 thunderfoil titian up yesterday in 38+mph lofted me almost 10 feet. Wasn't expecting that on launch.
Had to throw away the shorts. :duh:

Prism Snapshot 1.9 when I was flying out in Lubbock on the leading edge of a nasty dust storm, wind was 35mph gusting to 45, one of the gusts caught me in the powezone and pulled me into a short but unhappy superman.