John Barresi

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Drum roll... This drawing goes to #926, @Leslie Kerr! Congrats Leslie, fly / wear them in good health! Thanks all for playing, next drawing will be up soon.

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Hrm... Who wants some schwag????

No worries, carry on.

Will probably do the drawing sometime after noon PST - got family errands, thanks for your patience!

Hi fliefish, glad you found us! For vanilla flying (outdoor long line), I think Portland's overall best site is Broughton Beach. That's where I do all my lessons locally, wind is less consistent at Delta and it has more dog bombs.

Looks like we had two active discussions going under two identical topics, now merged - sorry if it throws anyone off, but continuity seems to be fairly intact.

Some of the links and info are here...

Moved to sale section of the forum.

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No leads but I think there were two DVDs... "Way to Fly" and "Way to Fly Advanced". Have you tried calling Prism directly? Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

I do love me some southern food.

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I'll open a private chat to discuss possibilities, thanks for the interest - I'm honored.

The second student fee is discounted, some savings for both.

Pretty much. Can be applied anywhere low in the window if you control the line tension enough that the kite doesn't power up. My side slide example is :38 in this video... There were some earlier comments about "leading" tension with the line on the side you're traveling toward... True - some similarity to a "quad slide" (one arm back), but very subtly.

26 tickets sold thus far, thanks all!

That's how I've always looked at it, with the additional idea of using it to "throw" the kite's inertia into a slide.

The team I was on in 1995 (Invisible Wind) flew for Shanti, using Allegros - neat find!

Send me a PM if you're serious, happy to explore ideas.

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Good question! Rates - http://johnbarresi.com/kite-lessons-instruction/#lessons Of course, this doesn't include travel expense and lodging (but I fly economy and even a couch will suffice). In many cases, it's actually cheaper for a student to fly me in and put me up than it is to join a clinic with hotel, gas, etc.