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From the album: Exult's Photos
Your nose may point to the sky, but there is no hope of relaunch - any pull on the lines will dig you further into the snow. I appreciate your light wind trickability (though my low wind kite selection to compare it to, a 4D, is much limited), but sometimes I find that the turtles and flares can be a bit difficult to get out of especially in the upper wind range of the Shadow. This is how the unintentional flared landing just happened here. I've considered fitting a reduced trick line (I know it is not the latest hottest thing) to easier get out of the turtles and avoid this locked flares. At least have a prepared trick-line stored in the sleeve of the kite that could be fitted for the joy of testing out or if needed (b.t.w. what would be the preferred material of the trick line be?). Possibly like that on the HQ Obsession that is also connected to a stand-off (pair) to make it somewhat less pronounced. But on the other hand learning to deal with the characteristics can also be considered a challenge. Though I was not into kiting "for real" until the end of nineties, I'm sure that there was a time when a stalling kite, with no exceptions, was considered as something defective. What I mean is that the kites have properties (like being very stable in a flare) that can be observed by subjecting the kite to different conditions and inputs. Separate from that is your opinions and that of others. The properties are always there to be toyed with, be discovered and perhaps surprise you no matter if the kite design (/feature) is new or old. -
From the album: Exult's Photos
I have been from you for a while. The things I appreciate after this pause is still the easy to maintain and easy to get out of turtles/lazies and the collaboration that you offer getting into and maintaining fades. And though you lack colours, I find you so splendid that you bring colour even to this grey winter day. With time I've realised that I never needed to repair you, except the one time with the damaged LS when it was 100% my fault. In the latest session in harder wind you offered a keen sensation when I finally realised what could be gained by adjusting the bridle to angle the nose backwards. With that setting even the side slide initialization require only a small turning radius. -
From the album: Exult's Photos
You have a sense for the dramatic as well.
