Does anyone do stunt/power kiting?

[charliecat]

Dps just brought a 2 metre power kite with bar and is disapointed that it doesnt lift him off the ground lol

noone at all?

oh good god, I clicked on this because I thought it said 'stunt/power knitting' amd I was intrigued!

sorry, no idea about kiting

he he he I suppose I could knit in between lifting the kite out a tangled mess

I've seen them do lots of it on Blackheath and it always looks great fun. They often have kiting 'meets' there, perhaps he needs to go along and meet some others?

he probably will when he gets super expensive kite to show off :)

Arfy snap!

not me but thought i would add that i read the title as power knitting and thought wtf??

seems power knitting is more popular than power kiting though :)

pmsl - misread, thought it said power knitting I clicked to find out what it was!!!

Depending on DP's weight you will need a huge one to lift him, DH's is 8m and it barely lifts him, mind you he is nearly 20st. It is rather funny watching him being dragged 15m on his belly loseing all the skin off his elbows , not so funny when he gets dragged through dog shit and you have to sit in the car with him on the way home .

2m is ideal for getting used to working with the kite. Sell it on Ebay once he gets good and then get a huge one and have laugh .

Its C-quad. I t really only ever gets him of the ground in high winds, it will drag him in a decent breeze, we always go down the shore. I am fairly heafty but am terrified to use it. I am waiting until DS gets a smaller one.

BIL's is a flexi foil not sure of the size and it will drag him in a strong breeze and he is nearing 20st too.

We watch the teenagers and they jump about a lot, if you want to leave the ground you have to jump about a bit, a small kit won't suddenly lift you off the ground. I secretly want a land board to really make an arse of myself .

Just watched the this thread getting popular without actually opening it up and thinking to myself, you sad sad women making up a hobby called power and stunt knitting.

I apologise profusely.

Jura are you talking stunt or power kites?? By they way DH is selling his as he wants a flexifoil like his Brother.

\link{http://www.knittinguniverse.com/xrx/athena/shopfinderdetail.php?ShopID=6830\Power knitting does exsist and they even have classes in it}.

\link{http://www.uncommonthreadsyarn.com/classes.htm\POWER KNITTING
THURSDAYS – 7-9 p.m.} see it realli does go on .

\link{http://www.flickr.com/photos/45199345@N00/sets/72057594099277262/\Extreme Knitting} anyone??

I bet it's really good fun aswell actually, like bingo

ooh a kite thread
we have a house full of them
if it's a foil 2m won't do much apart from teach you the techniques - I was launched once with a 3m but it was a stupidly strong wind, I'm 10 st
what you want to do is get in the water/on snow it's almost as good as knitting

Must get DH to actually go on the sand I would love to see him dragged face first through the surf LOL .

We have a couple of kites and a big foot sand buggy. Haven't been any where near a beach since having DS though, and when I do I suspect it will to poke around in rock pools.

When I first went flying I got dragged off the sand and face first through some rocks as I forgot to use the brake line [dumbass emoticon]