John Barresi

Haha, you're a pimp... Very nice.

I'd guess most of us will be on the field by 4pm today, and by 9am over the weekend (10-11am if the weather is bad). We'll be there regardless of weather though.

It's on the same row as 2 of Hector's kites, but is credited to you... alt="Kite made by Mike Kory"

Far as I know, the designs are by Ron Phipps with input from Erv... Here's one: http://www.kitelife.com/archives/issue47/nebula47/index.htm Nice kites, very pretty with the Prismatex mylar.

We'll be there Sat/Sun only, and part of Friday afternoon (tomorrow)... You can call my cell if you're in town in the evening. http://www.kitelife.com/contact We'll be at the Days Inn in Mt. Vernon... And yes, we are night people too. Even if we don't go out, we'll probably host a few people at the hotel if it comes down to it.

Nice.

Awesome! Always good to see you Jerry. Looks like five of us will be there on Saturday (David, Justin, Steve, Todd and myself), and Egan will down on Sunday. Weather? BAH! We'll be flying no matter what.

Tulip Town for sure... Any chance you'll make it out to join us?

Ya, I used a mix from Last Samurai in 2005. http://www.kitelife.com/videos/mib/johnbar...a2005mib1st.htm

Only 3-4 hours til sun here. I haven't been able to find a sample of that song, have any suggestions Sam?

You MUST be kidding!

And... For more info: http://www.nwskc.net

Okay guys, it's not in Everett... It's in Mt. Vernon, about 40 minutes north of Everett. Click here for directions to the field!

Just sending along this iQuad advisory as a team sponsor... We'll be attending the 24th annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival near Everett (WA) on this coming Saturday and Sunday, April 14th and 15th! Festival info - http://www.tulipfestival.org/ iQuad info - http://www.iquad.us Four members of iQuad will be in attendance, and we welcome any other quad pilots to join us for a day of fun, team flying and mischief... 120' lines and Rev 1.5's are mandatory for team flying, but we'd love to share the field with other Rev fliers no matter what! Hope to see you there!

Post updated.

Yep, four of iQuad (Todd, Monkey, JD and I) are booked for Great Lakes, with Monkey and I going to Wildwood the following weekend. Yahoo, ready to fly!

Hell yeah, JNCO is my #1 favorite.

No Morro Beach for me... My up to date schedule is here: http://www.johnbarresi.com/schedule.php Ran into the same problem with uploads, please try again in 30 minutes or so.

ROFL - Just found it.

A recent photo of Dorsal's stack at KP5... iQuad lurking in the background. http://www.kitelife.com/archives/issue53/k...chilese_026.jpg

cha cha slide?

Firestarter track, Flash Final... I junked it though, didn't work for me. Scent of a Woman, Por Una Cabeza is most excellent... But, not what I'm looking for. Everything I heard on Happy Birthday Maggie samples was too slow. Didn't like what I found in Finnish Tango. Now, I'm playing with the Cirque de Soliel verson of Because, by the Beatles... Still too short, need more. Boy, that all sounded terse, didn't it? LOL It's one of those days.

Argentine Tango... Check this out - One of my favorite routines EVER.

Here's my exact process when handling quad lines, using a single LaserPro winder... Setting up: Handles already attached, I hook them onto the ground stake in a forward-flight position. Walk downwind, unwinding to the end. Separate R-L pairs. Set kite leading edge DOWN. Attach right pair. Attach left pair. Draw lines and kite taut, so line tension keeps it flying into the ground (safe). Walk to handles, draw all lines tight to cancel fake wraps. Remove 2-3 twists (normal) by moving the handles around each other, and fly. Packing up: Land kite leading edge DOWN with no twists in the line. Hook handles onto stake in forward-flight position, so kite is secure. Walk to kite. Remove left pair, larks head top line onto the bottom line near the knot. Remove right pair, larks head top line onto the bottom line near the knot. When looking at the pairs, you can treat them as two lines (two bottom loops together) and start winding. As you approach the handles (staked), wind DOWN to them to make sure they don't spin around or cross. When all the line is wound up, fold the handles over the winder and strap it all together (bunji, velcro, rubber band, whatever). Three key items... By larks heading the top to bottom at my kite, I've drawn the bottom of my handles out so that they fold over the winder easier. If I do remove my handles once I've wound up my lines, I then larks head the BOTTOM to the TOP (opposite of the kite end), so there's no undue slack in them. Never try to take out what you think are wraps until you've gone to the handles and pulled everything taut... If you do have wraps and can't figure out how they go, leave everything attached, walk down to the wraps, stick your fingers in and slide it up to your handles where you can see them easier. Done this way, you shouldn't ever have to disconnect a line to take out wraps... Everything should come out just by rotating the handles together, separately, or passing one handle through another... Again, if done correctly, you won't even have to do much of this. In 16 years of flying, I haven't found ANY difference between figure-8 or straight winding (I wind straight)... The only exception is when I'm using larger lines (150# or 200#) that tend to fall off the winder... In this case, I put in 20 straight winds, one figure-8 to lock it down, 20 straight, one figure 8, and so on. That's pretty much it.

Tangerine Dream... Found an interesting track in the Firestarter soundtrack, will check into it further. Downloaded a few Lord of the Dance Tracks too, will report back with my findings.