John Barresi

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Add on indoor clinic prior to the UK Quad Clinic, 4:30p to 9:30p, registration is $30 for 5 HOURS of indoor access and instruction with John Barresi and Josh Mitcheson covering all types of kites including single, dual and quad line. Indoor instruction examples - http://kiteforge.com/help Sign up link - http://kitelife.com/forum/store/product/78-uk-indoor-clinic-aug-29-2018/ RSVP'd: @Flintfootfilly (Sarah) @FlyingHigh (Gavin) @Simon Cooper @sra7913 (Soren) @Gekko (Per) @drdante (Dan) Louse MJ @Stephen Sunderland @JWharton Diana M @Neil Lover @bluesign2k Caroline S @Caller Stephen Alice M

Join us for two very full days of quad instruction on the beautiful shores of St Annes Beach in Lytham St Annes U.K. on Aug 30-31, 2018 immediately before the St Annes International Kite Festival! Instructors will be John Barresi (www.johnbarresi.com) and Josh Mitcheson. DAY ONE - AUG 30Quad 101: We'll be covering everything from absolute basics (pure beginner) all the way up through advanced techniques as well as the "weird stuff" like dogstake, short line catch and throw or any other quad line flight styles that may be of interest to the students, this first day is primarily focused on a full range of individual skills.DAY TWO - AUG 31Team Flying: Actually easier than it looks, team flying is proven to help your skills along much quicker while having a ton of fun at the same time in a very forgiving social environment - after having done 100+ clinics, it's very very rare that fliers didn't find a fair measure of success on the line with others - come on, pave the way for participating in a mega fly at your next event. Testimonials - http://tinyurl.com/jb-testimonials Sign up link - http://kitelife.com/forum/store/product/77-uk-quad-clinic-aug-30-31-2018/ == Ideal choice of equipment for this class is any model of Djinn, Revolution 1.5 (includes EXP, SLE, B-Series, printed specials, etc) or similar "1.5 platform" models (like Phoenix, Freilein, Polo, etc), designs like Fulcrum are also welcome - we'll go through painless equipment set up, good tuning and all aspects of flight - this clinic is not brand-centric, the goal here is to demystify quad flying and set you up to win at your own game. If you want to be able to try team flying, 40 metre / 120 ft lines (Spectra or Skybond material) are strongly suggested as the international team standard. Registration is $135 (approx £100) per person and includes full access to the clinic on both days (Thu 10a-4p / Fri 10a-3p)... Please note, there are ONLY 20 SPOTS available and we expect them to fill up very quickly. RSVP'd: @Flintfootfilly (Sarah) @FlyingHigh (Gavin) @Simon Cooper @Steve SLF Caroline S. @Neil Lover @GRAHAM MARSHALL @Ferrit (Peter) @Mickp14 (Mick) @Stephen Sunderland @JWharton Diana M @bluesign2k @Rick Gill @Caller Stephen Alice M ? ? ? ? If you're coming, we start the "Quad 101" portion of this class at 10AM SHARP on Thursday morning... It's jam packed with invaluable information and first time attendees are encouraged to consider attendance mandatory, lots of little details that add dimension to your set up and flight experience. There will also be an add on indoor clinic on Wednesday Aug 29 from 4:30p to 9:30p, registration is $30 (15 spaces available) and covers 5 HOURS of indoor access and instruction. If you want some homework, you might also check out the tutorials available on KiteLife at http://learnkites.com/ and Kite Forge at http://kiteforge.com/help, can’t be too prepared! Outdoor clinic directions - https://goo.gl/maps/siw9CnN9AN32 Indoor clinic directions - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/LSA+Technology+And+Performing+Arts+College,+Worsley+Road,+Lytham+Saint+Annes+FY8+4DG/@53.7472696,-2.9979615,17z/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x487b411ce9dd8719:0xd8e273d243d887e6?hl=en-gb

Working with Luca indoors today, this is 10’ and quite a challenge - we do really well together on 7’. https://www.facebook.com/barresij/videos/10216010075788879/

Another run today, indoors, tuned up! https://www.facebook.com/barresij/videos/10216009798261941/

Sound alike you’re reasoning it out really well! Rinse, repeat, it’ll get to a point where it’s nearly effortless to do an up and over to landing, economy of motion, smooth line tension... The other is to “link” your launch and the turn for the landing mentally: 1... 2. 1... 2. 1... 2. Most folks do 1... Oh yeah, 2! The weight of your body will already be feigning toward the next movement as you launch, although not quite executing until you’ve passed the apex.

https://www.facebook.com/barresij/videos/10215982850148255/

https://www.facebook.com/barresij/posts/10215981011342286

Another tip for those who often get dizzy, set a conceptual north / south / east / west definition of your flying space, establish “four directions” of the area and feel your face / kite pass each of them no matter what you’re doing, work on placing your landings at the four “compass points”, this all plays into taking control of the space and building physical balance by conceptualizing the space.

If you haven't looked, there is some solid gold information regarding RADIUS, STEP and STRIDE in this tutorial, topics we've never seen covered anywhere else except in one-on-one discussion, we strongly encourage you to check it out if you haven't already. https://www.facebook.com/kiteforge/posts/361675367642329

For a little newbie homework, here’s an indoor flight pattern to learn and repeat (can also be modified to suit quad): 1 - launch to up and over, land. 2 - launch to 360, land. 3 - launch, left spin, land. 4 - launch, right spin, land. 5 - launch, pancake land. 6 - fade to catch. The key is at each landing: 1 - do a long 3 count. 2 - clear your mind and posture. 3 - go directly into the next segment. Repeat the series until it becomes familiar and more seamless, and this will start to lay the groundwork for “holding patterns” or things that you can do semi-automatically and quite comfortably without falling into survival mode. And also understand, it might, may, it should take you 30-50 attempts to get through the whole series without a reset but it will solidify and improve your overall comfortability indoors, giving you a natural “vocabulary” - then add more components as you grow.

Lots of folks already posting their pics and video, just wanted to start this thread so i can re-share tips as they’re posted. https://facebook.com/groups/494991924229673

That bridle leg traditionally serves to support the wing more, increasing wind range.

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Eagerly awaiting news on the next drawing, I know @Ca Ike has been around a while - could be anything.

Ok, you've been talking about it for too long brother - pull the trigger already, it'll be worth it. If you can hover in most of the basic positions and control your speed most of the time, it won't be much of an added challenge but it will give you all the other fun dynamics previously discussed.

Not a worry, but I've moved this from sport kite (multi-string) to the single line section so it gets the correct folks looking at it.

Duplicate account removed, moved discussion here to the matching welcome message - carry on, welcome! 🙏🏻

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Sweeeeet! Re pics, mobile is sometimes picky about image file size, desktop should give you zero issues. Can’t wait to see!