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As high as a kite...

Postby Toby » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:32 am

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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby JGTR » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:59 am

He (or she) is tied to something - doesn't count!! :P
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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby plummet » Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:01 pm

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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby SupaEZ » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:29 pm

Photoshop....needed............................leashes are dangerous
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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby zloilyoha » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:52 pm

loop, loop, loop!!! :mosh:
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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby KYLakeKiter » Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:11 pm

I guess I will be the dumb one who has to ask: What is he tied to? Very cool pic, so what is the story :?:
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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby edt » Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:14 pm

friends if you do this, please take a paragliding course, or if you can't even do that at the least google "paragliding lockout"
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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby kas911 » Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:18 pm

KYLakeKiter wrote:I guess I will be the dumb one who has to ask: What is he tied to? Very cool pic, so what is the story :?:
Something like this: http://vimeo.com/14029032

And since it looks like Brazil it's probably a beach buggy instead of a boat
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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby fourperf » Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:52 pm

ask Neil Hutchinson how that worked out for hime back in the day. There is a video somewhere.
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Re: As high as a kite...

Postby tautologies » Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:04 pm

fourperf wrote:ask Neil Hutchinson how that worked out for hime back in the day. There is a video somewhere.
yup..that video pretty much shows it. Tow ups are...well...not entirely safe. Same as before...there is not redundancy a on a kite..if anything goes wrong..you plummet...right plummet?
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