Es ist ein ziemlich tolles Gefühl, an einem wunderschönen, aber nicht besonders windigen Tag mit dem Hund spazieren zu gehen, auf einen jungen Vater mit seinem ca. zweijährigen Sohn zu treffen, die vergeblich versuchen, einen Drachen in die Luft zu bringen, sich dann zu trauen, Hilfe anzubieten, den Drachen in die Luft zu bekommen und anschließend das glückliche Gesicht des kleinen Jungen zu sehen.

Yum yum, fantastic graphics and promises so much. Apparently like the original Bandit its not the quickest kite on the market but has more grunt than most. My only concern would be the length of its Y-bridle that connects to the 5th, if its as long as on the Impact and Bandit then it makes wrapping it around the kite a real possibility in waves.

A HUGE range of sizes are available, whilst not the most expensive kites on the market they are certainly not the cheapest. One plus side is that I hear you will only need one bar to fly all sizes although this needs confirmation.

Prices (kite only) are;

4.5m £534
5.5m £564
7.0m £599
8.0m £634
9.0m £644
10.0m £694
12.0m £744
14.0m £799
16.0m £844

Bar and lines;
£249

Can not wait to find one to demo.

I've also included a video by genocide696 of world champion Aaron Hadlow strutting his stuff on a Flexifoil - which just goes to show that even world champions take a few tumbles in getting to be a world champion. Thanks also go to Dan Doubleday of 2Atricles.com for the article on what kit to buy.

You have done a kite surfing course or two and understand the danger. You have been out on a few day trip by yourself and rented the equipment. Now it's time to sort yourself out with your own gear but with the initial high cost you want to break it down into affordable chunks, so how should you buy your kite surfing gear?

Any purchase you make should first be selected on safety and quality. Failure of any kite surfing gear while racing across the sea at high speeds is never what you want. The order of gear listed here is only a suggestion in which you should purchase the stuff you need. Obviously getting the lot at one time could save you money, by asking for a discount in the store, but you should also consider looking at used gear. Sometimes you could save a large amount of cash on an item and the saving opens up your choice on another item.

The first item you should look for is a Wet suit. You can spend long periods of time in the water sorting out your lines or you may lose your kite and have to either swim to shore or to the kite both of which may be a long way off. A wetsuit not only provides add thermal protection in can also provide extra buoyancy. When looking for your wetsuit also look about for some water shoes for added comfort on cold days.

Most kite surfers now wear crash helmets when trying out new locations or stunts. If you are unsure of what is exactly below the water surface this piece of equipment could save your life. If you are surfing close to rocks, same thing and if you are trying out something you have never done before there is always a possibility your board will attack you.

Depending of your level of skill or even the location your are kite surfing you may want a life jacket to keep you afloat and help while swimming for your kite, or to the shore.

You will want a board-leash very early in your purchasing list as this is the only thing that keeps your board on your feet should you fall off it. This will save you watching your board sail off into the sunset while you sit on the beach!

All kites should have a safety release system attached, never buy a kite with a working safety release system. This is a strap that's attached around your wrist and to the control bar. A safety release can be 2 or 4 line and will disable the kite when you stop holding the control bar. The systems have a safety leash attaching to your left wrist (or harness) to allow you to retrieve the control bar.

Once you have all the safety gear you can focus on the big stuff: a kite and board.

Your choice in what kite to buy will not be an easy one and you should research it well. You will want a kite that you can launch, or re-launch, from the water. A kite that can provide enough lift to allow you to perform jumps and stunts and also good power control. Inflatable kites, single skin framed kites and ram air foil kites can all be launched from within the water, but offer different performance and power controls. There will be kites more suitable for the beginner and offer more safety and control features than others and their will be kites for the professional competition kite surfers that know how to get every last ounce of energy of them. Your choice in kite is not one you should rush into. Talk with your instructor and some other Kite surfers before choosing yours.

Your final piece of kite surfing gear is the board. Similar to the kite you should do some research about the best board for you, but unlike the kites most boards have similar features. They should be rigid and have a harness for your feet to keep the board under you! The board leash will has been recommended above.

Kite surfing is an extreme sport that requires professional training and good equipment for your safety. Never rush into a purchase and always research the various makes and models available to you. The longer you leave buying kite surfing gear the more chance you may have of trying out different systems before you buy them.

~Jake

Komme gerade aus einen Kitesurf-Urlaub. Wunderbar stürmische, verregnete 5 Tage in Workum in Holland. Hatte mich vorher gefragt ob es überhaupt möglich ist innerhalb einer Woche fahren zu lernen.

;-) Ja, es geht! Als Extremsportart stigmatisiert schreckt es vielleicht noch viele ab. Aber zu unrecht! Man freundet man sich schnell mit der Technik, dem Wind und der Energie an. Viele Bewegungsabläufe sind dem Surfen, Snow- und Wakeboarden ähnlich. Noch steht das Kitesurfen abseits des Breitensports. 2001 als Sportart geboren steckt die Technik aber schon lange nicht mehr in den Kinderschuhen. Das teure Equipment reifte schnell, sodass mit zunehmender Sicherheit in Zukunft auch die Zahl der Anfänger steigen wird.

Eine kleine Einführung in den Kitesport:

Heureusement qu'un gentil monsieur a bien voulu m'expliquer quelques petits trucs, comme comment repérer à quel moment ils font les sauts,

ou pourquoi ce jour-là n'était pas idéal (beaucoup trop de houle, des murs d'eau de 4 ou 5 m, ça fait mal...) et c'est sans doute ce qui rend le moment encore plus impressionnant...

Toutes les photos ici.

website : lampunglitefestival.com

There are many funny things in the Bible like for instance,

The Bible says:

The bat is a bird

DEUTRONOMY (14:11-18) Of all clean birds ye shall eat. But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the ea-gle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray. And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, And every raven after his kind, And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

Insects have four feet

LEVITICUS (11:21 -23) Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to

leap withal upon the earth; Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

Snails do not melt

PSALMS 58:8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not

see the sun.

And there is also wide-spread confusion as to how Judas died….Since Judas was the ex-friend of those who wrote the gospels, we can only assume the apostles had a journalistic zeal in misreporting news

The two accounts of Judas’s death:

"And he cast down the pieces of silver into the temple and departed, and went out and hanged himself." (Matt. 27:5)

"And falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all of his bowels gushed out." (Acts 1:18)

There is a also a lot of fun in the cock, which crowed to herald Peter’s denial of Christ

Jesus predicted:

Before the cock crow - Matthew 26:34

Before the cock crow twice - Mark 14:30

So now we come to the vital question of: “How many times did the cock crow?”

MAR 14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the

cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

Now trust me, the video is great... destined to be a classic 'ouch', but I love the hidden comedy in the video. Here's CNN doing their damnedest to convince us how serious a news story this is, all the while showing us an America's Funniest Home Videos $10,000 winning clip in the background. Seriously, the whole time Mike Galanos is talking (and trying to look grave and not laugh his inner-fratboy ass off) all I can hear is Bob Sagat doing some stupid voice over while dude eats sand over and over. Watch the clip if you haven't already.

The embedded video on Youtube got yanked... click here to see in on cnn.com.

~So sayeth Lord Charles

VIDEOS

enjoy~

http://www.kite-festival.org.uk/

It takes place in Ashton Court over the weekend of 30th and 31 August,11 am-5 pm each day,free entry.

The kites always take off no matter what the weather,so there will be plenty to do.In addition to the regular kites,there will be the Japanese fighting kites and a free childrens kite making workshop.

Every March Zilker park Texas is host to the greatest kite flying festival in the world

I'll be flying my kite in Texas

if I can catch the breeze

hang her high in the sky

cut her some slack till she finds her space

and she knows she can please

I'm gonna make her fly

*

Running against the wind in Zilker

watch how I hold the line

see how I make her glide

oh it pleases me to hear her sigh

she makes me feel so fine

take me up by her side

*

We're flying together now, high in the sky

two birds of a feather now, flying so high

[guitar riff]

We're flying together now, high in the sky

two birds of a feather now, flying so high

*

She's got to be mine

she's just got to be mine  

(Late 2007, Spain) Storm winds swept across southern Spain, causing widespread flooding and damage to buildings along the Costa Blanca. "Cool," thought one intrepid kite surfer as he packed his gear and hit the beach.

Charlie Brown has endless trouble with a kite-eating tree. Move over, Charlie Brown. Today's large kites are not triangles held aloft by a string. Modern kites are controlled by multiple lines, and their large surface areas create so much pull that it can be difficult to keep your feet on the ground even during normal wind conditions. These were not normal conditions. The government had declared a state of emergency.

"Cool," thought the surfer as he unfurled his kite, climbed onto his board, and embarked on the ride of a lifetime. The high winds picked him up and carried him almost a kilometer inland, smashing past buildings along the way. One more nominee meets Natural Selection.

Mercury and Cameo are not going to office today, as it’s a holiday; and that opens up a lot many possibilities! We could go on a long fini-trip, which we probably would. Unfortunately it’s raining outside, so I don’t expect a picnic in my favorite park; but if the rain stops, we could go to the park and watch some kite flying. (If the day were sunny, we could watch the informal kite competitions, and Cameo could’ve participated too; but the rain’s going to sap the day of its fun:(!

Another interesting possibility could be that Mercury and Cameo play chess while I watch them. Mercury is…what you’d call - a good loser. In fact, she looks positively happy when she loses! Weird character…isn’t she? So while they play chess, I could sit with my chin on Cameo’s lap and think about my next post.

I have a very personal interpretation of the Independence Day. I think that it’s the day when Mercury and Cameo gain independence from their work – Cameo’s even promised to make it a phone-free day. I think that’s an excellent idea… “Cameo! Do you want me to help? I could chew the cellphones up…oh, okay! You don’t have to give me that squinty scary look! I was just joking!”

And yes, Mercury’s promised to steer clear of Math puzzles…who knows she might come up with a new puzzle today.

So that’s that. I hope to enjoy this day to its last minute:)

Este video es un gran documento histórico del kitesurf, utilizán cometas C-Quad creadas por Peter Lynn. Las C-Quad son unas cometas de 4 hilos, no son inchables, para darle estructura utiliza varillas y son de brida fija es decir no puedes variar la potencia.

Este otro utilizan las ARC también de Peter Lynn. Las ARC vienen a ser parecidas las cometas tipo C pero no tienen el borde de ataque ni las costillas inchables, son una mezcla entre foils y C.