John Barresi

Yeah, not bad... We had 9 at the high point, 5 right now... Been 14 different users on tonight, at one time or another.

Here ya go... http://www.kitechat.org/index.php Still tweaking the layout, but it's fully functional. Need to register for the chat separately, but it's still free. Also, I'd recommend "Popup login" until I widen the site template.

Okay guys... Come on over! http://www.kitechat.org/ You'll have to register, but you can use the same user name and password. FYI clicking one of those Yahoo ads every now and then helps us out too.

Nope, it's Bazzer's 100%... I also have a vented, and Ben from Rev has two exactly like mine in orange instead of blue... 4 of a kind, never to be made again. The new 1.5s have a few little changes that make it look nicer though.

I would be most interested to see what effect it has on slack line. Right now, I find the backspin cascade (with a pause between) to be difficult on the iTrix, as the nose wants to dip and it crashes.

Hrm, maybe post count weighs in towards the drawing... 924 vs 68 Hrm indeed, better get chatty Kris! LOL

Here's the father to the "eyes" series that Bazzer is about to release through Rev... Of course, this is a Rev 1... The public release will be a 1.5 model. I also have one of the Gibians, will have to take a photo and share it later.

CafePress has free holiday shipping going right now... And, we've added some new products in the iQuad section! http://www.cafepress.com/kitelife/1468529

Kris... 1. Thanks. 2. Yes, CafePress sales help us out. 3. Sounds like we might need to run another contest! So... "iQuad is my co-pilot" "iQuad responsibly" Anyone want to take a stab at coming up with a t-shirt design for either of those? I'm working on a sweet surprise addition to the shirts on CafePress, I'll post news here later.

Just an FYI folks... Kitelife has an associate account with Amazon, so that any puchases made via an Amazon link on our site generates a modest amount of revenue for us... I use personally use Amazon for around 90% of all my electronics purchases, as I can rarely beat the price and service has always been good for me. If it's of interest to you, being the holidays and all...

Some info on Kitelife... http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=music+edi...ww.kitelife.com

Nice colors.

Now I'm all warmed up for my trip to Buenos Aires on the 30th!

Amen.

Check out the links posted by Takashi Akutsu on the RevKites.com forum! Over a dozen items in the video section, starting with this one... http://www.revkites.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=171 Team quad is big over there... I think we need a meeting of minds.

I wonder if you guys can keep this up for another 25 days... ROFL!!!!

Steve! No way man! Don't change for that reason, please! There isn't really a "norm"... A lot of fliers use different methods, and most are equally as passionate about why theirs works best for them. If your bottom lines are about 5" longer, you're getting the same effect... I'm just trying to wrap my own thick head around how it works out that way. I always recommend trying every method... But don't change just because someone else is doing it another way. Quad happens to be my #1 passion in kiting, so the details (hows + whys) are very important to me.

One of the things we teach on the team is to have the kite balanced on neutral... Not forward, not reverse... Right in the middle. This way, either direction is just a slight nudge away and the kite is never trying to prioritize between forward and reverse. Also, when teaching... Consider this: 1} Standard Rev tuning, forward pulled in... Flier launches, it goes up and eventually proceeds to fly way off and crash on the edge... Impossible place to launch from as a newbie, and less wind to work with. 2} More reverse (not overkill though)... Kite launches, hovers a bit, then is 75% more likely to crash in the center 50% of the window... More wind to relaunch... Neither forward or reverse giving the flier a feeling of holding onto a galloping horse (stuck in forward). I'd rather spend the time teaching them how to relaunch (with wind in the center), instead of having to launch the kite for them off the edge... More time in the air for them. Just my two cents... I've been highly successful with this method.

I guess for me, my goal is to make the top lines about 5-6" longer than the bottom lines (on a Rev 1.5)... Having longer leads on the bottom seems to counterproductive, especially if both top and bottom leaders are the same length, it seems you'd have to pull the bottom all the way to the back knot for enough reverse anyway. Where am I off on this? Again, I'm not knocking... Just trying to understand, and insure a thorough discussion on the matter for anyone who might read this in the future. Can you guys post photos of your handles?

Well, here's the key for me... 1} I start with even length lines (all four). 2} To add reverse, the top needs to be lengthened. Hence, the reasoning for having my leads on the top since I started. I'm not grasping how you can lengthen the top lines by having leaders on the bottom of your handles... I'm not poo-pooing mind you, I just don't follow the methodology. As for the leaders getting in our way, we generally stay within a knot or two of the end... So there isn't much to get in the way. Yes indeed, iQuad members all fly with a great deal of brake in our tuning.

The kite, of course.

The last one went for $420... http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=886 Can you handle it?

Sweet photo Kris... Very nice. Almost as nice as this one, taken by John Chilese! That reminds me... Might be time to put another blue fade up for auction. Hrmmm... Thoughts on the matter?

ROFL - Love a good competition. Okay, next drawing after the Rev... A dance off, submitted by video. I wonder if I can come up with a 5-stack of 1.5s for this idea.