Penny Lingenfelter

Wow, I was all shook up over nothing... Here I've been fighting that stage with lines just short enough to touch an edge once in a while. It's a small stage you know. What I did was cut my shortest lines in 1/2. Monkey, if you thought I had short lines before, forget it! I don't think they were 4 ft.! My Revolution Indoor is about 7 ft. long. You know what? They were awesome!! I took them this morning to the gym and they were a total piece of cake. They are so short that I think the kite world couldn't even achnowledged them as lines. lol We had so much fun. I had my Key Stone Cop be the Thing 1 and did with out the cop. To bad, it would have been cute. It was pretty funny. Now I can take the same premise and swap it to the Kite festivals, or other categories. Wait till you see how short those lines were. Loved it!! The charachters all did good, and got their own laughes. I must say Loren, my big boss who was out of town, lol he did not wiggle his hips around on stage, near as much as at practice. lol I'll have to tell his wife. He and Max did fine, even without the nose blinking. Yup, Doug Kitchen's antlers went the wayside at one point due to the UFO. lol and he hit Sam I am, ( as if I had planned it. ) The Things did a wonderful job and Misty bounced her way before she used the ribbon across the stage.. My little Cindy Loo Who walked forward across the stage and kept the ribbon in a big enough loop to keep it going. (The secret to using a ribbon is to always walk away from it.) My Things did a great job. It all went pretty well. lol I would be on stage.. whispering "Get off stage", or "Come On' once in a while... but they all enjoyed the evening. There were some great skits there. Then we managed to dance a few dances at the end of the evening to Mr. Bob Winters D.J.ing. Yeah!!~~ Time for Indoor and single handle practice now! (And I'll continue to play with 4 ft. of line, too. Arlington, Lincoln City, Brookings, San Remon, Moro Beach,.... not necessarily in that order.. Oh, I received "Spirit Award" for REID Property Management tonight. I believe it was the only award given out for Property Management. Nice frame/signed plaque on stage kinda thing. I'm liken it. Very Kewl and unexpected. Last year I received Assistant Property Manager of the Year, so I wasn't really expecting anything this yesr. This event gave me a great opportunity to meet people. I'm ready to call it a night and kiss my sweetheart for all his help tonight. Keep looking UP~ BB Penny

Give me some lemons, just give me some lemons.. I'm kind of in a stomping mood. lol Thanks you two.. You did lift my spirits. it will be great. BB Penny

Theresa, I still hadn't met the Wren people. I just got a shock this evening. Our skit is Saturday night. No problem... My Thing 1 and 2 want to go over things... They said, "I"m panicking", I said, it's to late to panic, and they said... no... now's the right time. But I know they will do great.. Then Thing 1 had an unexpected death in the family last night.. and poor girl is distraught.. I was hoping by Sat. she might be ready to step away for a few hours.. but probably not... So..... not to bad.. I can get a Thing 1, Got that under control. Then while talking to one of the potential Thing 1's I was given a contact # to find out details about the Theatre. We are # 3 in the line up. There is a 2 1/2 ft. railing up...... A what? A 2 1/2 ft. railing around the stage? Ooops, the boss had missed a meeting and was out of town for the week when an email was sent to him with some information. Like a 2 1/2 ft. railing... all around the stage.. and the stairs.. HEY, We're USING THE STAIRS... (Did someone out there tell them my boss was going to be blined by a grinch mask waving a UFO on stairs?) No, probably not, I'm ok with that.. lol I can fly on a small stage with a 2 1/2 ft. railing... no problem!... And the guys will do good even with the railing... they just won't be able to sit down and fly like I'd hoped. My contact then lets me know, he's not certain of microphones, etc. and put me in touch with Mark at the theatre. Great, Mark knew me. He said there were no hanging microphones.. and I said good.. railing... ok.. On stage D.J.? On stage D.J.? Yeah, late night dancing on stage, and the D.J. has an 8 ft. x 8 ft. sq. and something else in front of him? ON the stage.. Oh, I can't believe it. So, I'm to go Sat. am to check it out. I can't go any shorter lines, I swear I can't... A Rev. in a Raquetball court -no problem.....but 1/2 a court? Is it still flying if your kite line is shorter then your bridle line.. The boss is due back on Fri.... wonder if we'll see him. BB Penny ~no spell check.~ two days to go. And my Silver Lining is: Love you Momma.. thanks for the massage!

We knew we weren't going to be able to make it to this event. To bad, we stay in a hotel with a decent hot tub. So, I don't want to wait till an article comes out. How did it go? What happened? Who won? How did IQuad do inside? What's new this year? Inquiring minds that missed the event want to know. Hope everyone made it home safe. BB Penny

Hey, any chance this will be the best kept secret out there? Probably not.. It's probably posted in the Rev forum. BB Penny

Hey T, I hadn't heard from them yet. That would be wonderful. I'm looking forward to it. Finished my shirts for the kite skit next weekend and received my grinch mask in the mail. it's way kewl. Let Todd know I have a shirt with his name on it... it says, 'Thing One" lol BB Penny

That's my plan if I ever do win anything in this forum. It's good to have a plan you know. lol BB Penny

OK, are we keeping this secret for just the quad head forum, or should John post a banner on the front page of Kitelife? Ben? John? BB Penny

Hmm, You can't see the wind for the forest? Very interesting. You float on the lake? Stranger then Science. We find oddities even when we're not looking. Believe it or not. BB Penny ~ who can't spell anticyclonic.

Awww, I feel better all over. We rushed to the gym last night. I had to write a note as they are renting the gym every night of the week and there is no open gym for members. Not good. I flew for several hours and it's great, but in the raquetball court I'm not gett the workout that I usually get. That means it will be back to early am flying soon. You guys are right.. like any exercise kite flying releases those endorphines that make you feel good all over AND it's mentally challenging~ woo hoo! Came up with a different end catch last night to. Just grabbing the bottom lines and pulling so the kite is upside down in the air at my feet. Different. Did it before, but looking for some pizazz. Lincoln City indoor is in March! March 30-April !st. it will be the most awesome show! Parks will be there and the flyers from last year. I'm excited. Well, off to hunt for a Santa costume... yup Santa for the Grinch in the skit. Boss says we're buying one today. lol I love kites.. Thanks for the input you two. BB Penny

Scared you didn't it John. lol BB Penny

I forgot to come back in here and say thank you Sky Fish. I looked it up and it appears to be anticlonic. very interesting thank you. BB Penny

Sounds like a good day! Hey, I can do axels like that.. the ones where I wasn't trying. BB Penny

Steven practially dragged me to the gym. I had other things to do and was just pissy. (yeah, I can get in a bad mood like anyone) I was so mad... didn't want to be there.. Then after just a mintue of flying I was laughing out loud. It was good to be back! BB Penny We've got a grinch mask and thing 1 & 2 shirts.. and lots more ready for the skit.

hehehe you guys are so funny.. Seriously... can we send 100 B-day cards? BB Penny

Ben, You know I don't ask for much,.... and I've enjoyed a wonderful sponsorship for over a decade. Am I really elligible? BB Penny

Woo Hoo and do we get to talk mean in here? lol Just kidding. Do we send it on a B-day card.. cause I'm scrunching it up. Happy B-day Ben! Hope this is an annual thing. lol BB Penny

Anthony and QT.. you two might be destined to meet. Baloo, you'd enjoy buggying. I don't have a passion where I have to buggy.. it's just fun and enjoyable and doable.. and I feel more comfortorble and controlled with my Superblast.. That and I can fly a Rev. routine while I buggy. Buggy on.. Rev on.. and fly like you mean it when you get the two together. BB Penny

Chris... uhhh.. lets not use the "O" word. lol Have you got a buggy and a Super Blast? They are almost ageless. BB Penny

I'm no buggy pro that's for sure, but doesn't it seem like it should at least fly in 10-12 mph? Anthony is right, adjusting your leaders.. (leaders? talk about jargon) Adjustment lines on your handles, right? lol Ok, adjusting those leaders will help. But depending on the kites wind range you won't go far in low winds with it. A smaller kite for high winds. I use my little sky tiger over 12 though.. I'm a powder puffer and don't want to get hurt.. I've been flown out, thrown out and rolled just as fast backwards... in the beginning.. now.. I'm just careful. BB Penny~ hoping to squeeze some bugging in during February.

Thank you both. Dave what a neat surprise to hear from you two! Give Claudia my love and tell her I can't wait to see her quad demo this year in San Ramon. I've got to go feed a friends cat...so I'll hit the links later. Thanks Kite slinger. I recognize the name from nwbuggy site, but not sure of who. Tell those buggiers hello. Happy 2007!! BB Penny

Happy New Year to you to Chris. Is that you we see on the video being dragged through the mud? Did the wife get video of this last cruise? Can you sing... Slip Sliding Away? Have a great, healthy, happy, and safe New Year. (Everyone) BB Penny

lol ok... I'll let you have it.. bb Penny.... the word.. not the rev

I'm giving a speech about kites and I'm needing a little kiteboarding trivia. How high and how far across are kiteboarders going now a days? Is there an average size kite they are using? Does anyone know of a web site that would give me quick facts? Kiteboard is only a small portion of the speech. So just a few quick facts. I know it's probably in this forum somewhere, but it would take me a year to find as I'm still on dial up. Tks! BB Penny

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