Spence Watson

Got a new video up with my new kite

Hi Watty, #2 best describes what I am trying to do. I was wondering if my lines are too short and if it would work better with a 90# line set. I have been told that the 90# lines when wrapped side one each other better then a 50# line set. I don't know if this is true or not. By your response it looks to me that a 360 spin is possible as discribed in the #2 response above. I tried today for about 30 minutes and could not control the kite after the 360 spin. I will try again tomorrow and pay close attention to keeping equal line tension on all four lines. What do you think about changing to a 90# line set? RescueRev I've actually never used a 90 lb set indoors... At the time when I got my indoor line sets, I just went with whatever sounded more fitting for indoors, and I bought some bulk 50lb Shanti Speed, and made all the indoor line sets I have today. After the spin, when does the kite do? Does it sort of lose it's power and sort of float out of the sky? This may happen if you try to make the spin to go too quick. As with going backwards, some air will get behind the sail and cause all of your control to go away. This is why keeping tension on all lines is helpful. When starting out, do a nice slow and controlled spin, then eventually you can build up more and more speed while keeping tension on the lines. When doing a fast spin, you may have to sort of jog backwards to keep your tension on the lines.

Hi RescueRev, I'm not quite sure what i is you are having trouble with, but I have a couple of guesses... 1) When flying the kite streight up or down, you do a 360degree spin then continue in the same direction. If this is right, then what may help is to slowly move backwards while doing the spin, and keep equal tension on all four lines. Make the spin using more wrist movements rather than arm movements. 2) When flying around in a 360, you do a 360 degree spin, then continue your original 360. If this is right, what may help is to stop the kite completely before doing the spin. Keep the kite in a side hover for a moment until you have equal tension on all lines, then perform the spin as described in the previous guess, and continue on your merry way. If none of these are what you need help with, then I think I need a bit more explaining to catch on...

Got some video up from the clinic

Here at the Long Beach Rev Clinic, a few of us decided to have a bit of fun later at night ;D

Well, I'm at the rev clinic now, so I'm pretty happy at the moment.

Oh... :'(

GREAT!!!! Did you know there's an Indoor Comp!!! How cool is that!!! FYI....did you give your mom and dad my cell phone number? Or even the TKS number? 866-ROKKAKU will ring thru on my cell at Long Beach. Also, if they need you, and can't get thru to us on the beach......we're staying at worldMark: WorldMark Long Beach 420 Sid Snyder Drive SW Long Beach, WA 98631 Ph: 360-642-2101 Fax: 360-642-2269 http://www.worldmarktheclub.com/resorts/lg/ See you Thursday at PDX!! T Yea, I saw that! That was really the selling point for me. I actually just gave your cell number along with John's to my mom. I'm really excited XD

There is a good chance that I will be there along with my mom. We still have some details to work out, but if all goes well, I'll be there ready to have some fun!

The drooling has begun!

WOOOO!

Always glad to help. ;D

Yes, when I set up my indoor revs, I have the break lines pulled back one more knot than I do outdoors (I use the same handles for every kite I own.)

As for a reverse 360, I tend to lead the kite around with my hands about 1-2 ft apart. The tricky thing about reverse indoors is that the kite will overcontroll quite easily. If you notice any air getting behind the sail, let off the break on that side a bit. For forward 360's, Keep your hands from 2"- 2ft apart and lead that kite around. When I say lead the kite, make sure you are telling the kite where to go. If you move your hands just a little ahead of the kite it tends to work well, just be careful not to get too ahead of it.

And lets not forget about the Long Beach Rev Clinic in March. There is a possibility for an indoor section of the clinic where iQuad and myself will be giving lessons. http://www.revkites.com/forum/index.php?sh...t=0&start=0

SWeet!! it looks great Spence. I tried w/ two handles and didnt' get far. After seeing this, I'll have to try again. I was working w/ the single handle last night and I guess it was the fade. I'd to an overhead, pancake out keep a fade and pull it to me swoosh. it's as fast as the guilotene. Looking forward to the next one. BB Penny ~who's looking forward to your videos on guilotene, jumping and more. My next three videos that I have planned do involve a lot of ducking and jumping.

Per Wen's request, the next video is now available on YouTube Windless With Watty - Fade

John, I think what you are asking is how to toss the kite back after the fade. Is that right? If so, After the fade, you are holding the kite by the LE with the Rev Logo and the lines away from you. Then you just sort of do like an under-hand toss with it, so that the kite is floating out with the lines and rev logo on the bottom, then the kite will end up inverted. Does that make sense?

I can't wait to try it out tomorrow!

Lol... I've never seen that one before! I like it! Let me take a couple days to practice it, then I'll make an add on to the toss and catch video. Thanks Wen.

The latest Windless With Watty is live on YouTube! This one was done a little bit differently, but I hope you like it! Axel:

475 anniversary!!! Wow! What is it the anniversary of? 475 years seems like quite a long time!

One thing that seems to make a big difference in performing an axel smoothly is to first pull the opposite hand, then do the main movement that causes that axel. Example: Let's say that you want to pull on the right hand to do a clockwise axel. When coming in from an inverted slide, begin the axel by giving a small tug on the left hand. This will loosen the kite up a bit. Then give a big pull on the right hand to begin the spin. Also remember to keep as little wind in the sail as possible when performing the axel. Your lines should be loose, but not too loose. You still need to be able to back up in time to recover from the axel. Here in a week or two I will be putting out another Windless With Watty video on axels. Even though the video will be indoors, the techniques can be incorporated outdoors.

It seems that John is working on getting an indoor area for Friday evening. The event is scheduled to take place on the weekend of March 6-8.

Just want to throw this out there http://www.revkites.com/forum/index.php?sh...amp;#entry38980