Big kiteski jump

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Big kiteski jump

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http://www.flysurf.com/videos/philou0103.rm

I think this is from the still pictures someone posted awhile back.

They say it's 27 seconds. Seems more like 26 seconds to me ;-)
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OH MY GOD! That is unreal! Did you notice the little updraft he must have hit about halfway through??? He starts to go UP again! You can tell he was shitting his pants, because it looks like he starts squirming more right about then, too! UNREAL!

That is the coolest thing I've seen in kiting for quite some time... It would probably be one of the scariest if it were you holding on to that kite, too. I wanna, I wanna! :)


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Yeah it's perty wild! tip for windows users, right click on the link and do a "save as" the file is about 2MB but it looks way better than the stream I'm getting over my modem.

I thought handles were wussy till I saw this. I'm going to re-rig all my foils with handles again ;-)
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Do you think the handles make that much of a difference?


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I 'suspose they make about 30M difference since I haven't seen anyone around here going higher than 10M (30ft.) on a bar.

Handles= Height
Bar = Blown Jumps

It's funny. The best jumpers don't tell you what they use...
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Post by gwar »

you must have good weed in america.

check out this guy with a bar and quit talking about handles.

http://www.silentstreet.co.uk/KITEFLYING-502%204.wmv

cheers!
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Of couse I'm just kidding. I tried to go back to handles and I just couldn't do it. They are fun though on a small kite on land.
Coach wrote:Do you think the handles make that much of a difference?


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Croikie! That link doesn't work for me :-(
gwar wrote:you must have good weed in america.

check out this guy with a bar and quit talking about handles.

http://www.silentstreet.co.uk/KITEFLYING-502%204.wmv

cheers!
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Post by Tighe »

anybody able to see that movie that GWAR posted? I can't connect to the server.
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Post by Kirk D. »

I went to http://www.silentstreet.co.uk/ and it states "kiting movies no longer hosted here".
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Post by drothman »

Try this - same file name anyway

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kitesurfm ... 02%204.wmv
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sure.....

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:o If I had a parachute and did not have to land it I could do it too...It's snowing.....
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