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the future is bright, the future is foil

Postby pete.b » Mon Feb 17, 2003 9:02 pm

yeap thats right guys, not only a foil but a blade, 8m jump in 8 knots , check out chris calthrops site k48.com using a prototype blade 3.
buy the way pump me up, if yove got the balls to check this site out you might find some facts out about foils, ie photos & documentation to show what a blade can do, like holding the kite speed record, kite surfing jaws, probably one of the biggest waves on the planet

show me a lei that can do this, hows that for efficiency.

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Postby Carver » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:08 pm

Image

Looks pretty sick to me !!!
But I just can't get Photoshop out of my head on this one....

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Postby Guest » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:11 pm

well, you CAN just make suck a picture like above, and print some text on it.... that's really easy... but you'll never know, this might be the ultimate light-wind kite :D
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Postby Guest » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:31 pm

Blades are great kites, and I'm sure they work great in light wind, but if you know anything about wind, you will know that you don't get white caps like that in 8 knots.

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Postby zfennell » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:41 pm

where is the above mentioned web site?

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Postby zfennell » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:42 pm

never mind, i got it.

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Postby sq225917 » Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:44 pm

yeh the wind reading is a crock of shit unless he has it one 50m lines.

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Postby Peter_Frank » Mon Feb 17, 2003 11:53 pm

No way - when there are whitecaps like that, it is usually at least 12-14 knots of wind !!!

So the beach must have less wind where the anemometer is :o

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Postby Guest » Tue Feb 18, 2003 2:40 am

Geez...are you for real... or just really gullible??

and blind too!.. you dont get whitecaps like that in 8 knots

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Foils...

Postby Guest » Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:15 am

I could care less what the future is for kites...as long as I am still in the ocean surfing...the kite is my engine, thats all.

JD.


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