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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby edt » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:00 pm

I like pj sofine's definition of a megaloop the best, it's what you call a kiteloop when nobody is watching. "You should have seen that megaloop I just threw it was so sick."

nikalaitzian can you permit the video I get I'm getting access denied on both versions.

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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby pichislabri » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:27 pm

For me, like others said is:

Kiteloop: over 9m kites and under 10m high.
Megaloop: 7m or under and over 10m high.


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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby Tiago1973 » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:38 pm

Sq7236548716237
could you be a bro and give Ruben a ring and ask him to drop by?

we clearly need his help over here..

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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby nikalaitzian » Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:40 pm

nikalaitzian wrote:Sorry guys but to make a REAL megaloop you must be on 9m or less and over 30 knots and short lines doesnt count(never saw Ruben doing them with shorter than 18m)....people say that they look identical and boring...well as i say if my grandma had balls could make even a single on :lol: :lol: but every megaloop can kill you....this is me crashing with 77km/h from 10m+ cause i used an extra second to decide for a downloop or a kiteloop :shake:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10 ... =2&theater

here is the link with the GPS

http://contour.com/videos/watch/megaloo ... peed-75kmh


 seems that contour's site with the data of speed and tracking is a bit f*cked up :angryfire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsXVnPnA ... e=youtu.be
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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby edt » Wed Oct 02, 2013 11:08 pm

tks for the video nikalaitzian that looked so incredibly painful, but also so close to an awesome loop

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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby rtz » Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:07 am

Sick video. Notice the surface of the water from the wind. Any guesses as to the wind speed?


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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby SalmonSlayer » Thu Oct 03, 2013 3:00 am

nikalaitzian wrote:Sorry guys but to make a REAL megaloop you must be on 9m or less and over 30 knots and short lines doesnt count
Was that a 9m 2008 Bularoo you were flying?

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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby nikalaitzian » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:49 am

SalmonSlayer wrote:
nikalaitzian wrote:Sorry guys but to make a REAL megaloop you must be on 9m or less and over 30 knots and short lines doesnt count
Was that a 9m 2008 Bularoo you were flying?
7m Epic Screamer 4G@40knots....check the windsurfer underneath and my friends kite in the back....

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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby Tone » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:21 am

rtz wrote:Sick video. Notice the surface of the water from the wind. Any guesses as to the wind speed?

40 knots.

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Re: Ruben Lenten's Extract kite

Postby john a » Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:36 pm

Agree with Hadlow (who can´t??? he invented those things along with lenten) - a megaloop is a loop over 10m were the kite goes as low as possible and catches you again...
Don´t call a plain kiteloop megaloop....
But sure I bet Lenten can loop a 11, that does not me he dares to megaloop it...
But cool to see Lenten getting his own Best Fuel.. ehm Extract.. or something kite ;)
Best had cuben fibre working on the HP, so might work fine on the "Fuel" as well.... hehe :lol:
Should be a bad ass kite, cool to se Best daring to make something with such a small market, totally not what they wanted to do back in the days when even a simple C was a no go. Now they have TWO!!! Hope to see some sick videos of Lenten on it soon!


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