absolute beginner kite jumping at burning man!

super_monkey · Post by **super_monkey** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:48 am

I have a 17m Windwing I've been trying to get rid of, I'll let it go for $100+pictures of aftermath.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:52 am

lets see that's only about 70 L. of gas, 100 feet of lines...humm...

Ya! I think :-k he auta live!
L.M.G.

super_monkey · Post by **super_monkey** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:21 am

hey, what doesn't kill us, only makes us stronger

reefhugger · Post by **reefhugger** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 4:20 pm

ok ok ok i get it!! i WILL die even if i jump in the air with my own leg power holding a fish shaped kite and theres no wind whatsoever!! i have seen this before...i am a dive instructor and anytime anyone wants to go anywhere near the water, death is imminent. this CAN be true, and im sure it is more likely to be true in the air, but i still maintain, with total respect, that a reasonable person in extremely 'easy' conditions with lower than beginner level gear and no objects within 1 mile would have to try pretty darn hard to get killed. that doesnt mean that you guys, as responsible members of the kite community should support it, because from the dangers i at least have seen plenty of evidence as to why you should be obssessed with safety. but what im talking about and what you do are radically different activities. *i* would have to try pretty darn hard to get killed anywhere because i am afraid of anything and everything. youre funny and good people anyways

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:38 pm

just go kite..

L.M.G.

jono · Post by **jono** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:34 pm

This is a good example of what can happen (broken ribs):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ssOtmbMKE

Here's more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK7XqsRJ9r4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nza6d7-8NDc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv96Zromg8Q

;)

super_monkey · Post by **super_monkey** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:59 am

ok ok ok i get it!! i WILL die even if i jump in the air with my own leg power holding a fish shaped kite and theres no wind whatsoever!! i have seen this before...i am a dive instructor and anytime anyone wants to go anywhere near the water, death is imminent. this CAN be true, and im sure it is more likely to be true in the air, but i still maintain, with total respect, that a reasonable person in extremely 'easy' conditions with lower than beginner level gear and no objects within 1 mile would have to try pretty darn hard to get killed. that doesnt mean that you guys, as responsible members of the kite community should support it, because from the dangers i at least have seen plenty of evidence as to why you should be obssessed with safety. but what im talking about and what you do are radically different activities. *i* would have to try pretty darn hard to get killed anywhere because i am afraid of anything and everything. youre funny and good people anyways

I also have an 8m Windwing.

super_monkey · Post by **super_monkey** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:10 am

This just never ceases to crack me up:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk0ca_ca-fait-mal

jjm · Post by **jjm** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:29 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dqp3dv5-3g

sailor · Post by **sailor** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:54 pm

I use a Radsails flexfoil kite for All-Terrain Kiteboarding with my mountainboard and it works well. I heard that if you buy the bigger kites you can get some air. I have gotten some air on a windy day with and without my board with my 2.4 meter kite. Get a RADSAILS kite. They are good. Get them of eBay.

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