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which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby Toby » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:33 pm

can anyone comment? Would be interesting to know!

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby lander » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:51 pm

Nsish Torch. Richman won with it but Kevin went higher than everyone also on Naish Torch

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby tr3v » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:54 pm

Toby wrote:can anyone comment? Would be interesting to know!
Cue PMU! :lol:

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby POACHER » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:57 pm

Yeah where were the foils?

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby ChristoffM » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:00 pm

Yes, definitely Kevin Langeree on his Naish jumped the highest. Sorry that he didn't make the final. The Torch kites seemed to get the most height, and most hangtime. The Richmans would just float and travel further than most.

In the beginning when the wind was still light Reno from Brazil on his North Vegas impressed with the first few super high jumps, but everyone jumped high once the wind came through. Langeree definitely got the highest and consistently so.

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby experienced1 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:26 pm

Think maybe it was the rider...not the kite?
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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby Peter_Frank » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:23 pm

experienced1 wrote:Think maybe it was the rider...not the kite?
steve
Exactly - that is all there is to it - it is DEFINITELY the rider, and not the kite :thumb:

I could not care less, what kites they used :wink:

But the RIDER, and their performance on the given day and heats - THAT is what IMO is the only deciding part :rollgrin:

8) Peter

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby ed257 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:42 pm

I'll bet Dimitri could hang with these guys on his Epic Screamer LTD.

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby Toby » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:49 pm

Torch was always a good kite!

I wonder how long my 18 would hang in the SA winds...and which tricks I could pull ;-)

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Re: which kite jumped the highest at King of the Air?

Postby sq225917 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:15 pm

Balls and timing, that's what it takes...


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