John Barresi

Info here... http://www.revkites.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1530

You put this under "web site issues", moving it to a more appropriate topic area.

Thanks Dean.

When making a post, scroll down the page and look for something that says "attachments"... In that area, click on the "Browse..." button and choose your local image.

To get as comfortable as I am on a Rev, I spent hundreds of hours moving the kite around the sky (all directions, orientations, with rotations, etc) at a very controlled speed in order to understand the minimal amount of input and subtle hand transitions... Again, less is more, except when it comes to practice. Once you're going around 360, think of it not as a series of short inputs, but rather as one longer input that is changing throughout. Slow, slow, slow... This is where the problem will "break" and all will come clear. == You'll also want to equalize the amount of tension you're applying to all four lines (not to be confused with actual inputs)... Still pulling one or more back as needed, but managing the overall tension as you do it. == Once you've got a solid grip on the rudiments, then flying around the sky at full speed takes on a whole new meaning, total control. A good example of this flying style:

Rock on Charlie, I'm glad you're here.

It has to do with the input you're giving... Think of it as a rotating hover, with no inertia. Handle length effects the input required, but makes no difference on how well you can actually do it. It's all in the hands. I'd recommend you practice your rotations by making 1/16 turns at a time, working all the way around to 360 degrees. Each increment is a hover point, with a different hand position... And remember, less is more. As you get better, string each of the 16ths together until it becomes one smooth movement.

Cheetah, by Sky Toys (Fredericks family)... My first sport kite ever. In 1991, I would have been 15/16 years old. Thanks for sharing mate!

It's a custom order, check with your local shop.

Count on it, we'll have quite a few with us... 100 copies, or more. Trading cards too.

Thanks Isaac. You can order Roots Roundup CDs from Hathaway, no problem.

Ha, could be... If 98% of the kite fliers didn't require wind of some kind. Scenario: Coca-Cola puts up 20K to have the best 50 pilots show up and duke it out for a weekend... But, let's say there's no wind on competition day. Honestly, 5-10 of those 50 best in the world would be able to put out a "TV quality" performance. So, the sponsor, TV crews and organizers would be out 20K and be real short on usable footage. Not likely we'll ever see kiting in the Olympics, at least until no-wind (or ultra high wind) pilots become more commonplace.

Had an awesome time, great to see everyone out there.

Here now, wind just came up, nice. Jim & Lynn Foster, Theresa, should be here soon. Will be here a while.

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Two more, now available... http://www.kitelife.com/magazine/aka05/content.php http://www.kitelife.com/magazine/wskc05/content.php

Great pics JD, thanks. What an AMAZING event... Quite possibly the best, out of my eight years attending. Great performers, great organizers, great spectators... Truly amazing. iQuad is proud to have been a part of the 2008 SOKF.

Sorry for the delayed response, been on the road, at the airport now about to catch my flight to Berkeley. The best thing I could recommend for photo editing is to do a little web research. I'm not sure what site you're working with, but 7.45k is REALLY small... I think I'd have to not only reduce the quality significantly, but also the dimensions, to something in the 50px by 50px range, or even smaller. It all depends on the software you have at your disposal, maybe someone else can recommend one?

I'll have a 10-man iQuad team at Berkeley, we'd love to take a look... We do night shows sometimes.

Try this link for local kite clubs... http://aka.kite.org/?resource_club-map.html Local kite shop directory - http://aka.kite.org/?resource_merch-map.html Also, the AKA's regional director for New York is Greg Lamereaux, who can be reached via - region1 [at] aka.kite [dot] org It is the regional director's duty to assist people in connecting with local kite organizations, groups and resources. Hope that gets you started.

When you log in, there's a check box which basically says "click me if you want to stay logged in"... This is for convenience, so you don't have to do it every time. Totally up to you, but I stay logged into both the Kitelife and Rev forums all the time, have done it this way for the past 3-4 years without incident.