John Barresi

Read the comments on this Facebook from avid European fliers... https://www.facebook.com/a.schiebler/posts/1036580249764660 Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

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Best of luck sir.

And Rev's reply... Click the photo to read the post. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

This was posted on FB earlier... Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

Nice to see our competitive spirit is still healthy around here. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

Well said. You should be able to see the general proportions there? End of the day, ANY kite by Revolution needs the top lines to be longer whether your style likes more gas or more neutral power... Extension is irrelevant on the bottom, the top will go in or out to reach either tuning extreme. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

Yep, that last one is my old teammate from iQuad, Steve de Rooy... He's awesome. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

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Thanks to you! Keep enjoying the process, in any case. Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

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Added Reed Designs' links for competition maneuver animations - although they're not tutorials, trying and learning compulsory maneuvers is highly instructional.

Found / added YouTube links to some pretty good 3D trick animations by "allikabi".

Found / added a YouTube link to several individual tutorials from one of the Prism DVDs.

Added Rob Randolph's tutorial for the Comete trick.

&$%@#. Fixed now, thanks Guy! Sent from my iPhone using KiteLife mobile app

All good, not going anywhere - fly on.

Starting this topic to assemble a fairly comprehensive list of all the video tutorial resources available online related to 2 string / dual line / stunt kite / sport kite flying... The list below is somewhat categorized by variety of knowledge, ideally getting more robust and eventually more complex as you work your way through. Kite Loft - Fundamentals as taught by kite store staff. Hosted by MonkeySee.com Dodd Gross - Fundamental and freestyle trick tutorials. Dodd's YouTube channel DVD - Flight School (no link) DVD - Flight School II (no link) DVD - Flight School III (no link) DVD - Flight School IV: More Tricks (YouTube) Prism Kites - Fundamental and freestyle trick tutorials. The Way To Fly Advanced Way to Fly Misc tutorials (YouTube) Reed Design - Animated practice / competition maneuvers (flight paths). International Rule Book (IRBC) for team, pairs and individual Stunt Team Competitive Kiting (STACK) for team, pairs and individuals Randy Greenway (aka RandyG) - Freestyle trick tutorials. Archive on Kite Clique RandyG on Vimeo Mama74 - Freestyle trick tutorials and studies (repeated examples). Mama74 on YouTube Rob Randolph Comete tutorial (YouTube) allkabi - 3D animations of trick maneuvers. Fractured Axel (YouTube) Flap Jack (YouTube) Roll Up, Half Lazy, Unroll to Fade (YouTube) Trick Sequence 1 (YouTube) And some added info (non-tutorial) Trick List (not complete) I'll likely reorganize as time goes on, but please feel free to add anything you've found in a reply and I'll add it to this lead post if I think it fits into what I want to end up with, otherwise it'll stay part of the discussion here - thanks!

Carry on!

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Fun. Try shifting your point of focus while flying, just as an experiment... Instead of "flying the kite", consider the idea of "flying the center panel". This mental shift gradually moves your point of control inside the engine of the kite part of the time, and has a tendency to both make your inputs more efficient and cause the kite to fly straighter when doing straight lines.

Vocabulary is expanding.

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1099, good sir.