John Barresi

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I heartily agree... I don't know that we'll see such a unique and expansive indoor flying space again, at least until/if we return to Dayton!

My plane ticket has me arriving on 2/10 and departing on 2/14. Party on!! Party on!! Party on!!

Manhattan Beach, California (greater Los Angeles)... February 12-13. Info at - http://www.kiteconnection.com

Spring '93 American Kite Magazine... Page 53. Fond memories indeed! I literally grew up in the sport, starting as a competitor at the age of 15, through a number of roles, up to now (age 29)... Kiting is truly my family, and it seems like the least I can do for all the years I've enjoyed. Don't know if you caught the news, we'll also be publishing every issue of Kite Lines to the web starting sometime next month! 50 issues, 13 volumes, from 1977 to 2000. Simply amazing project. Once we have both of these magazines settled in, we'll start looking at American Kite Magazine, Drachen, Kite Passion and others... Projects like these are very much thanks to our official Kitelife Subscribers and advertisers.

Ohhhh... My sides hurt from laughing too hard.

Just keep checking on the daily updates! http://www.kitelife.com/archives/ktai05

Yo, count me in.

We've just added the top three winners from the 2003 AKA Grand Nationals to our competition video section! http://www.kitelife.com/videos

Courtesy of Corey Jensen... No need to make “a run out there” as the lakebed starts just behind the hotels. Besides, it is all wet. Rained last week. Then again yesterday – all day. Supposed to again today, but not yet. Then another storm scheduled for Friday. If conditions permit, I like to offer something for the folks who have traveled so far to get here. This time of year is usually pretty calm, so it’s only because the KTAI is here. This is NOT sbbb. That event (now renamed North American Buggy Expo – NABX) is coming the end of March. Their web site is http://www.nabx.net Per my upcoming trip to KTAI, I sent him an inquiry.

Boy, that's a tall order Mario... Ideal, but a tall order. We got quite few more years of evolution before you can count on the average human to behave with such consciousness and clarity.

What I've really become fond of is a VENTED Rev 1 with 2 or 3 wrap frames in lighter winds... Something about the vented model, it's just smoother and far more adept at reverse flight. Doing this, I flew my BEST precision freestyle ever at AKA Grand Nationals this year.

My two cents... Once you get comfortable with the 1.5, nothing offers better quad precision ability than the Revolution 1... It took 1st place in both Masters ballet and precision at the 2004 AKA Grand Nationals.

Welcome Sam!! Indeed, long time no see... Good to have you here.

IMHO, I'd recommend the SLE 1.5... It offers far more control, and ability to do intricate manuevers. I also feel that there is ultimately much more to learn, more depth to the flight. What the Supersonic offers is less control, and faster flight... Again, only in my experience, it's a good "exciting kite" for zipping around the sky with.

My experiences with the Desire showed that it starts to lose it's shape as you get in anything over 10-12mph... The pultruded frame just doesn't lock in.

I emailed Norm at WindPower Sports as well, so we'll get information one way or another.

The ring is based on sites using a specific link (code) the hub on their home page... Sometimes they'll get deactivated if the code isn't found. Not sure what happened with TKO, but they are reinstated now.

All very sensible comments that we'll take into account in our next review... But I have to say, I'm focusing on adding some tricks to my bag for 2005... We'll see if we can't change that reputation to precision/ballet/tricks flier.

I am pleased to let you all know that I'll be doing daily updates from the KTAI trade show in Nevada during the week of January 9-16... Most likely we'll be uploading reports on the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Be sure to stop by and check out the latest products, before anyone else does! URL will be posted, and I'll have a link on the home page.

Delta Park... West side, by the raceway. Today it was the four of us (TKS Mid-Air), Theresa from The Kite Shoppe, my assistant editor (Geezer) and Doc Counce... We're out there nearly every Sunday. Scott, Theresa and I will be absent the next two Sundays (9th & 16th) as we'll be at the KTAI trade show in Nevada for that week.

I hope he has his Depends on! ROFL

I'm laughing on both counts... Cheers!

The only reference that comes to mind is a diplomat who also gets things accomplished... David Gomberg is a great example. A surprising majority of people "dump out" what's on their mind without formatting in such a way that it best hits home for every reader... For me, posting on a forum is like sipping wine... I swish it around in my mouth, I spit it out, I taste it again, until it finally tastes right and might be appreciated and understood by the largest number of readers - regardless of whether or not they agree. I never thought you were truly being spiteful, just a bit raw in context (which you have gracefully acknowledged). As for a Trole/Troll... It is definitely not the same as free speech (no reference to you here), trolling is a bit like turrets syndrome... Just blurting, without a real goal... Just spouting for any number of reasons... Personal angst, desire for attention, a clumsy need to be a part of something, or being just plain mean for the sake of being mean. While the way you presented it threw people off (myself included), I don't think anyone here could say that you didn't believe in what you were saying.

You hit it right on the head... Lots of work to do, but it moves me. Well, if you figure anywhere from 5MB-10MB per issue, and 50 issues... That is a lot of hosting space and bandwidth going to use. We could definitely use help via more subscribers!