John Barresi

Man, that water music is so slow and untextured... Going to have to come up with a dual line kite that is sufficiently floaty and slow.

Yeah, I been around a while... Yours truly, from the 1991 Northwest Stunt Kite Championships: Courtesy of Mike Pederson (of Team RamJet fame)!

Hi Bram, the Sweety is one of my favorite indoor kites... I'll have to try that!

Sent the members access info to your Hotmail address Penny.

They're different Penny... I'll look it up and email it. FYI - 2006 Up the River Festival video has been added to the members archive!

The KL subscribers vid for UTR06 is on it's way to the members section... I left out my patented "nut sheller" move, had to preserve what little dignity I have left. Check the subscribers section in about 20 minutes or so.

Ooo, 3 pictures of me will kill their circulation for sure!

I have no contact info for Maddy, sorry.

We've just added two more exclusive videos to our subscriber section, featuring medley footage from both the South Padre Island Kite Festival and St. Augustine SKC Tricks Party USA event in 2006... If you're a member, you have free and immediate access to both of these vids in our members section: http://www.kitelife.com/members If you're not already a subscriber, you can sign up here: http://www.kitelife.com/subscribe Hope you enjoy the vids, we'll be adding more soon!

I don't know about that exact kite, but here is one of the foremost mini kite sites on the web... Plans are there too: http://miniatures.kitingusa.com/ Edited your email address so spam bots don't pick it up.

And I'll have to remember not to fly on frayed lines.

Hear hear! Stephanie looked awesome when I saw her on the Indoor Rev late in the day on Sunday, she might giving Monkey a run for his money... We'll get her out there yet.

All taken in context Jason, your sentiment is understood and appreciated. The only hurdle here is time and assistance... Mini-tutorials (ala RandyG) have been on my to do list for several months, but I currently don't have the time between various organizational roles, travel, competition, personal life and work on Kitelife. I hope to do it sooner than later... And would probably put them in the subscriber's section, all things considered.

Yeah, he scored an 88 if I remember right.

*snicker*

Nothing for clockwork yet... There's more to it than text can tell, really requires some video... It's on my long list of projects.

Hahahaha... Sandman, for equality's sake... Remember, personal preference rules all, above and beyond... The 1.5 is the most commonly flown Rev in the US, and probably 80% of the fliers have knots on both top and bottom. I've been on Revs for 14 years, flown all types, and have bagged my share of championships in quadline... "My way" isn't necessarily the right way, but it works well and is time-tested.

Haha! You've made my day Steve. I'm very glad to hear the article was of use to you... My pleasure to help any way I can. Glad to hear Brookings is on schedule too!

ROFL!

Wow... Egan's Tricks Party video from SASKC has seen 1,111 viewings in the last 9 days, as it was added before the 1st of the month! My own video from the same event was added on the 2nd, two days into the month... And it's seen 580 viewings, roughly half as many. http://kitevideo.net/video_files/tpi/saskc...ndavis1stTP.wmv (9.93 MB download) http://kitevideo.net/video_files/tpi/saskc...arresi3rdTP.wmv (11.73 MB download) Absolutely amazing Egan!

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A side note... Your bottom lines will never be longer than your top lines, so in truth, you only need the mutliple knot system (longer leaders) on the top of your handles and a single (short) pigtail for attaching lines on the bottom of your handles. I see people with multiple knots on both top and bottom (Monkey!), it just makes me shake my head... Totally unecessary, and it just confuses the task at hand.