OMG KITES!
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Topic: OMG KITES!
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Subject: OMG KITES!
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:20pm
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So I was driving back from a parade this morning, and I noticed people flying kites in this field near my house. I stopped for some pictures. These are some hXc massive kites. Some were much larger than the car they drove to the field in. My favorite was the gigantic red/black one that looked like something you would get in your lower intestine from drinking the water in Mexico. Also, one shaped like a dog.          Note the size of the child as compared to the giant thing in that one      ------------- 
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Posted By: battlefreak
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:22pm
Powerlines may =  ------------- 
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:22pm
| Right next to powerlines. lol. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:24pm
No. Not right next to powelines. Not lol. I was shooting down on an almost flat field that is quite large. Those power-lines are too far away for them to even be a worry for the kite people. -------------
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Monk wrote:Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:24pm
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thats pretty cool
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Posted By: battlefreak
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:25pm
kite people FTW! -------------
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:26pm
| How the hell don't those pick them off their feet. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:28pm
Thats what I do not know. I know some of the super-super big ones, they had staked off in the ground, but I don't know what kind of device they use to keep them anchored like they do. -------------
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Posted By: a5Tpp789
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:35pm
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OMG -------------  if you put 500 dollars into an A5 it is still an A5
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:38pm
I'm fairly impressed, the pull of those should be enough to give any ground anchor quite a deal of strain. Let alone just using your body, that's damn impressive. |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:39pm
| The dog is really cool and so is the red/black one with the kid. Today is really windy, I wish I had a good kite to use. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 2:53pm
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The red and black ones nice, but I think they Use a spiral style stake.
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Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 3:18pm
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That's awesome, was it pretty windy?
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 3:37pm
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I hate it when people have kites at the beach. They are dangerous. I've seen one lose altitude quit quickly and strike a lady on the head drawring blood. I avoid them now. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 3:47pm
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Kite surfing/sledding/skating etc. FTW! Also, landyachting is pretty cool. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 3:56pm
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My dad used to be into the whole kite thing. I remember he bought a 25' Chinese Dragon kite. The thing is made out of flippin paper, which is extremely delicate compared to the PVC or whatever kind of plastic most kites are. The hard part is not controlling it, but getting the thing to fly. We had to bring a couple other people with us just to try to get it to fly. ------------- 
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 4:07pm
We had a kit like that(made of out paper) and I broke it so I bought a dorito looking thing instead that was much more durable. It's deadly because you have two strings and if you pull on the one side it will loop down and if you get good at it you can hit things like cats. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 4:11pm
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 4:42pm
| I am terrible at keeping some of the strings untangled so I am sure my kite would be on the ground for a long time until I undid all the strings. |
Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 6:39pm
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Posted By: Farcry0092
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 8:03pm
| thats pretty kewl. i love flying kites when I can. |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 9:30pm
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I was thinking about flyiung a ktie today, it was real windy :P ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 11:43pm
They should have put the kid in/on the kite. |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 11:46pm
| I have a pretty big kite somewhere, I should dig it up. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 11:47pm
That one spun around very very fast. -------------
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 25 February 2007 at 12:05am
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^ Makes it all the more funnier.
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 25 February 2007 at 4:04am
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Lame.
I live in Hood River, Kite boarding capital of the world. Call when you regulalrly land/launch/fly 24sq meter kites. |
Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 26 February 2007 at 3:26pm
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HXC! http://www.breakingnews.ie/World/?jp=CWSNSNGBGBSN - http://www.breakingnews.ie/World/?jp=CWSNSNGBGBSN |
Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 February 2007 at 3:45pm
I know I'm impressed! -------------
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Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 26 February 2007 at 4:03pm
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I'll be sure to do that.
Not.
Kool Pics TKD. It was windy Saturday. ------------- 
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Posted By: lilsully4
Date Posted: 26 February 2007 at 4:27pm
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Their Car? ------------- 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 26 February 2007 at 4:35pm
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wicked bonkers. /youm0nt ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |