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Skydiving with a kite

Postby Toby » Tue May 11, 2021 11:58 pm

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Re: Skydiving with a kite

Postby borist » Wed May 12, 2021 12:31 am

Cool!
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Re: Skydiving with a kite

Postby grigorib » Wed May 12, 2021 1:06 am

It’s unnecessary to risk a good kite for suicidal stunts.
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Re: Skydiving with a kite

Postby br44 » Wed May 12, 2021 1:28 am

I was waiting for the version where the kite - which he left behind - catches up with him and crashes through his parachute.
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Re: Skydiving with a kite

Postby BWD » Wed May 12, 2021 1:46 am

Over/under on impact?
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Re: Skydiving with a kite

Postby nherbold » Wed May 12, 2021 1:55 pm

Yeah.....let's celebrate this ridiculousness of this stunt of self-promotion that has absolutely nothing to do with kiting..

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Re: Skydiving with a kite

Postby GTC » Wed May 12, 2021 2:03 pm

It's amazing what people do for some likes on social media.
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Re: Skydiving with a kite

Postby B-Roc » Wed May 12, 2021 2:08 pm

I assume he responsible for retrieving the kite and removing it from the environment it disturbs?
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