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HA_needacar
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:59 pm
Post subject: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(

So I took the kite out for the second time this year hoping there was enough wind. I had no idea there would be so much set up involved with a kite when I purchased this thing last winter....

Anyways... I feel the lines/rigging were wrong. I can control the kite just fine, but it kept stalling in the air. Anyhoo... here are some pics from a few hours ago..

I ended up slicing my foot up real bad on something in the water, had to throw in the towel early...

no pic's of my bloody foot...

Got my butt out of the water for a while... but it was short lived...

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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
Good luck with the foot

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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:55 am Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
Sorry you hurt your foot. "Hoping for enough wind"...............................You should come out here where 10 to 20 is the norm..................... 20 to 30 is standard................ and 30 to 40 is breezy...........Dang, but we have no water...... OOh well. _________________ You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3

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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
- JG300-1Bullet ..Dang, but we have no water...... OOh well. Two words Roller Blades _________________ Bob Smart (bsmart@xecu.net)

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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:16 am
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- JG300-1Bullet

Sorry you hurt your foot. "Hoping for enough wind"...............................You should come out here where 10 to 20 is the norm..................... 20 to 30 is standard................ and 30 to 40 is breezy...........Dang, but we have no water...... OOh well.

Goest thou wherever the JG300 member dwelleth. There shall ye find wind of great strength. Wink

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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:24 am Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
hang one of these under it Piney

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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
Nice pics there NeedaCar...If it's wind that ya want, strap Jel to that puppy..feed him a chilli dog and a couple pints of guiness and you will have enough wind to launch a space shuttle..he even has a special flyin suit with tow hooks

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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
LMAO !! I'm just wondering how many years and applications that old pic of Sly erm i mean some random person can have lol _________________ System: Mobo - Asus P5N32 E-SLI, RAM - Corsair 2GB 6400C4 DDR2, Graphics - GeForce 8800GTS 320mb GDDR3 PCI-Express, Proccessor - Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz 1066FSB LGA775 4MB cache.

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Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
lol..yeah you were a bit younger in that picture Jel..

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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:57 am Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
lmao, looks that pic will hunt ya till the end of times Jelly

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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
Look at the bright side...at least ya didn't end up like -->THIS<-- guy!!! _________________ "Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."

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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:56 pm
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Or this guy in FLL yesterday:-

cbs4.com/local/Kite.Su...98049.html
(video)

www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...storm.html
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Kite-tastrophy part_deux Pic's included :(
lolol I saw that video.... crazy thing is it wasn't just one guy flying them in that tropical storm video, if you look closely there were a couple people trying to fly them haha. _________________

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