22 seconds of hang time!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I dont know who invented it, but the first person I saw videos of doing it again and again is Ruben Len10.
There is a theoretical limit as to how long you can fly. The faster flying kites should have an advantage over slower ones. This is critical because as the kiter is moving through the air, the relative wind over the kite decreases. I doubt we've come close to the limit yet.
There is a theoretical limit as to how long you can fly. The faster flying kites should have an advantage over slower ones. This is critical because as the kiter is moving through the air, the relative wind over the kite decreases. I doubt we've come close to the limit yet.
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Snow kiters have been doing this sort of thing for some time . . . . often hovering in the air using slope-induced updrafts for much much longer than 22 seconds and without all the looping. Its all good on a small kite if you can keep yourself aloft fairly close to the water (as he did). The only time I've really had a scare jumping was on my small kite when I went huge on a gust and then dropped like a rock on a lull :shock: . . . smacked my knee on the board in a panic landing and got a nice bruise . . . .
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Here's the video embedded:
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Those 22 seconds were awesome.
I posted about it on Vox: http://beau.vox.com. Thx for the video fearlu
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Those 22 seconds were awesome.
I posted about it on Vox: http://beau.vox.com. Thx for the video fearlu
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I think that is mis-leading statement because I don't think they will in the air 22 seconds above the elevation they jump from. They tend to float down the slope.gideonlow wrote:Snow kiters have been doing this sort of thing for some time . . . . often hovering in the air using slope-induced updrafts for much much longer than 22 seconds and without all the looping. Its all good on a small kite if you can keep yourself aloft fairly close to the water (as he did). The only time I've really had a scare jumping was on my small kite when I went huge on a gust and then dropped like a rock on a lull :shock: . . . smacked my knee on the board in a panic landing and got a nice bruise . . . .
Cheers,
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