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The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

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The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby Toby » Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:19 pm






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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby dragnfly » Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:33 pm

Some belters there that I've not seen before.

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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby fzonatto » Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:11 pm

dragnfly wrote:
Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:33 pm
Some belters there that I've not seen before.
It is good to remember it was 5 years without see them

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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby PullStrings » Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:16 am

:thumb:

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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby Kitetwin-1 » Thu Jul 04, 2019 1:18 am

Keep em comin 👍👍👍

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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby Toby » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:41 pm


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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby Toby » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:43 pm

3:26 and 3:49 are really bad!

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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby leeuwen » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:53 pm

Toby wrote:
Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:43 pm
3:26 and 3:49 are really bad!
Also they share one thing in common: something hard Or worse downwind.
Good reminders to not mess about near shore and other hard obstacles.

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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby B-Roc » Mon Aug 19, 2019 6:06 pm

These are great - for all the wrong reasons

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Re: The reverse side of the kite sport Kite crash

Postby TomW » Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:57 pm

Local guy here, a TV celebrity actually, 16 years kiting, did a jump in 25cm of water. Got turned backwards, landed backwards. Broke his neck. Got lucky and didn’t get paralysis. Has metal in his neck now.


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