The Official Kites Thread (also juggling)

[MJ4H]

Juggling later, first, here is a picture of my 11 ft wingspan kite. It is about 50 feet from nose to tail.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/Gorgonian14/kites009.jpg

Here is is at about 300 ft. with 2 line poppers

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y257/Gorgonian14/kites005.jpg

Stunt kite pics and videos still to come. Juggling, too, later.

[Oilfield Canuck #3]

I prefer the delta wing kites.

Nice kite by the way.

I want to try kiteboarding some day, it looks like fun.

[MJ4H]

I prefer the delta wing kites.

Nice kite by the way.

I want to try kiteboarding some day, it looks like fun.

Here is a delta kite with a line popper

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[MJ4H]

I prefer the delta wing kites.



That is a delta.

[Whiskeyportal]

NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



i kid, i kid:drunk:

[MisterSmith]

OK, what is the purpose of the "line popper" and how does it work?

Obviously it is an umbrella/parachute type thing that travels up and down the line, but why and what causes it to collapse and travel back down the string?

[Oilfield Canuck #3]

That is a delta.

I feel silly, now that I look at the kite it is quite obvious it is a delta wing, I am just not used to seeing such fancy hard ware. My kite experience consists of buying a 1 dollar kite with a cartoon character on it and getting it stuck in a tree, charlie brown style.

I once bought a kite from costco and tried flying it out at tofino which is reknowned for good kite flying. It didn't work worth a shit, it keep dive bombing into things. An old asian gentleman who ran the local kite store was out at the beach and he looked at it and told me it wasn't worth fixing.So I gave it to some east indian types and was done with it.

Once I attached a cheap delta wing kite to a fishing rod and would launch it by casting the rod, it actually worked pretty good, but you needed a pretty good wind for it to work well. A tree ate that kite also. Now I mostly stick to RC planes which I spend too much money on and then crash into farmer's crops.

All of this has convinced me of one thing, RC Nitro trucks are more my style.

[MJ4H]

OK, what is the purpose of the "line popper" and how does it work?

Obviously it is an umbrella/parachute type thing that travels up and down the line, but why and what causes it to collapse and travel back down the string?

It is just for fun. Kind of gives you something to do when you have your kite way up there. The way it works is it basically has two states, closed and open. When it is open, the wind carries it up the line to the main kite. When it hits the main kite it causes it snap closed, at which point, gravity brings it back down the line.

[BlackSpider]

This thread is racist...

[donnie_darko]

why do i see no kids nowhere near you.
this worries me.

[MJ4H]

why do i see no kids nowhere near you.
this worries me.

Actually every time we fly kites, kids from all over the neighborhood flock to us. We usually bring 4 or 5 of the supermarket cartoon character diamond kites and let them eff them up (they will almost invariably completely annihilate the string at the very least). This time, too. There were, in fact, several kids present during this session.

[BlackSpider]

Actually every time we fly kites, kids from all over the neighborhood flock to us. We usually bring 4 or 5 of the supermarket cartoon character diamond kites and let them eff them up (they will almost invariably completely annihilate the string at the very least). This time, too. There were, in fact, several kids present during this session.

Perry...?

[RickMcCrank47]

This thread is racist...

yeah...where is Anthony....?

[Oilfield Canuck #3]

This thread is racist...


Obama Prezident Naw!

[MisterSmith]

why do i see no kids nowhere near you.
this worries me.

I assume one of the provisions of "Megan's Law" kicked in. :tongue:

j/k

It is just for fun. Kind of gives you something to do when you have your kite way up there. The way it works is it basically has two states, closed and open. When it is open, the wind carries it up the line to the main kite. When it hits the main kite it causes it snap closed, at which point, gravity brings it back down the line.

I have never seen one of those before; it is very cool. Is there any way to control its movement?

[SchnitDick]

I was not a cool kid and have never flown a kite...can't wait til the kite party

[MacVittie]

Jeff Goldblum, Larry King, Barbara Streisand, Mel Brooks...






















ohhhhh, KITES.

[Freakshow]

i'm going to just hang out in here and wait for the hot chicks to show up...

[MisterSmith]

i'm going to just hang out in here and wait for the hot chicks to show up...

Hope you packed a lunch. :laugh:

[donnie_darko]

nope, but hang around a kite flying thread too long, and someone is bound to pack yours.......... ..... . ... .

[MJ4H]

Here is a video I made today of me doing some basic juggling. Three clubs, three balls, four balls, and five balls. I suck at five, I know, shut up.

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[MJ4H]

Also, I heart Jason Garfield

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[Oilfield Canuck #3]

I guess he would want to punch me in the face too, I laughed at his tough guy attitude. His juggling looked pretty cool though.

At our company christmas party last year they had a hack juggler who would juggle while riding a unicycle and telling jokes. It wasn't funny in the least, and drinking didn't make it funnier either. That's pretty bad when large amounts of alcohol don't make a "funny" man any funnier.

[Dan 'Hampton]

Anyone want to talk table hockey? I know you cannuck bastards are up for it. Maybe even the transplanted buffalonian.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:8Z4k6LIz15qx3M:http://www.tablehockey.net/images/detail_leafs.jpg

[RickMcCrank47]

i miss the old table hockey games that had the huge glass dome....

i could play those for hours...

[Oilfield Canuck #3]

Anyone want to talk table hockey? I know you cannuck bastards are up for it. Maybe even the transplanted buffalonian.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:8Z4k6LIz15qx3M:http://www.tablehockey.net/images/detail_leafs.jpg


Table hockey is a great past time.

Hash Hockey is a fantastic past time. Courtesy of a great Canadian TV show - Trailer Park Boys.

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[Dan 'Hampton]

That was a documentary right?

[Oilfield Canuck #3]

That was a documentary right?

You mean a Rockumentary.


Actually it is a mockumentary, kind of the same idea as the office, although this show started a couple of years before the british office. It's a really good show actually. I believe I heard Hicks bring it up once saying that Mooch had got him into it.

[Dan 'Hampton]

I'll check it out boss.

[Bob Impact]

Yay kites! I'm more of a kiteboarder myself, but here's pictures of some of my kites:

7 Meter Flexifoil Bullet.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/DSC00661.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/DSC00666.jpg

5 Meter Generic Cabrina
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/DSC00480.jpg

4 Meter Ozone Samurai
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/DSC00469.jpg

I'm not entirely sure who this is a picture of, but you can see the monster in the foreground (15 Meter Nemesis):
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/DSC00643.jpg

Getting ready to head out last winter:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/DSC00667.jpg

Sarah flying my 3 Meter(Forgot the brand... PowerKites maybe?) it's the only one she's not afraid of.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/470561550_l.jpg

I do occasionally see single line kites out on the beach, this is a picture of my reaction to finding out that my kite's "wake" can pull their stakes out of the ground:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c244/bobimpact/Kiting/DSC00495.jpg

[MJ4H]

Beautiful

[MJ4H]

Early Christmas present for me: 3 new stage quality juggling balls! I'll eventually get 4 more for a total of 7. Here is how they look with my a new trick I learned in about 20 minutes last night (441 siteswap, it's the first thing in the video):

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