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Kid_Icarus

Anyone like to go fly kites?

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It was a beautiful weekend to go fly a kite here in Utah. Anybody fly trainers? I just got a 2 meter. They're super fun. There's something very relaxing about letting a kite dance in the wind and just watching the wind take it. :)

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Right now I just buy them. The basic ones are like $15. No frills, just launch and enjoy. The trainers (parachute style) are like $100 ish. Well worht the money. I was bumping end cells with my buddy! B|

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We have a parachute style kite as well as a stunt kite with dual lines. The stunt kite is kind of shaped like a triangle... it's way more twitcy than the parachute kite. Hubby can do fancy turns and buzz the ground with the twitchy one. I'm lucky to keep that one in the air!

The parachute one I've thougth abut waitign for that perfect wind to pull me down the taxiway on my blades... or maybe sitting on my son's skateboard would be safer..quicker bailout!. I've been sitting nearly laying down and still being pulled along the ground.

Quite fun!

~ Lisa
~ Do you Rigminder?

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biggest kite I flew : www.peterlynnkites.co.nz/web/3large/page.htm#gecko
my favorites :2 line stunt kites
Isis (no-wind)
Prism Eclipse (from Seattle), known for it's back flying at the time, light to moderate wind
Flexifoil Psycho (strong wind)
Matchbox & Box of Tricks (nice for freestyle)
4 lines:
Home made lightweight Revolution
Advance Tethis 7m Power kite
Single lines :
all of them, Chinese traditionnal kites, Indian fighters, Rokkakus, Indonesian fighter, home made biplane...
scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

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wanted to buy one, but it's too expensive now I jump... If kiting was still my 150% hobby, I'd definitely have one.

Oh yeah, did I mention the home made Superman logo Synchro we built with a friend ? great for indoor flying
scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

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I've got one if Brian Germain's 20 sq. ft. kites. Haven't flown it a lot since I tore my ACL flying it a few years back. Let's just say I wa working on my ground hops when I took it though its power zone in the middle of a gust and, well, let's just say I had enough time while airborne to think about how bad the landing was going to hurt. :P
"I don't know where it is that I'm going, but wherever it is there I'll be!" --quoted by me

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