Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 2:45 pm
Okay been flying the Element again, in it's repaired state.
Changes, well the bridle is on Red - it has been very light winds. In
this set up the Element feels like a UL-STD rather than a STD. Saturday
when the wind was really low was harder work.
Last night I added a yo-yo line. Not for yo-yo's (it is a bit too
long and too far back for that) but to cut down tip-wraps when trying
to do new stuff. It really makes a difference on the frustration score.
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Thursday 09 April 2009 at 10:10 pm
Had 30 minutes with this kite today.
They say what goes around comes around.
The Element reminds me of 2 kites that fell between old-school and new-school flying. The Darkside and the Tribal.
Especially the Darkside Regen and the Tribal with a weight in it.
Have Chris and Carl got the balance right between 540's and fap-do-waps (or whatever the french are flying this week)? It is hard to say on first flight. Cascades are frustratingly not as expected. Tip-Wraps happen like they used to. Comete timing is different. Yet itYo-Yo's, Backspins, 540's and multiple axels like a dream.
Time will tell.
Thursday 21 June 2007 at 09:07 am
Information for the Jest of Eve Talon has been updated here. This workshop kite comes in at £195.
There is also a 12 Mb Movie here. But I can't get it to work.
Thursday 07 June 2007 at 5:37 pm
Steffen Sowade (nice bloke) has something new up his sleave.
And a video: Here
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Monday 28 May 2007 at 9:38 pm
For some reason these videos were removed (in an entire thread) from the GWTW forum (Edit thread is now back here). They are from a Chinese manufacturer, and are available here: Sport Kite Thailand
The above kite is 3,300.00 THB which equals about £50.43
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Tuesday 01 May 2007 at 4:23 pm
A new kite for
Andy Preston? Well the prototype has been about a year already. He is in no hurry with this. Andy is quite busy enough with the EVO series and his other powerkite work. So don't expect to see this popping up until after lunch.
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