Sport Kite Comp & Demo Videos

[John Barresi]

For those of you that don't know, Kitelife is host to the largest collections of sport kite competition and demonstration footage available online... As of 6/26/09 we host over 425 video files of Masters class routines and demonstrations from individuals, pairs and teams.

Demo/Comp - http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=1

Tutorials - http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showcat=105

[240zron]

I tried the link posted, it does't work for some reason

[kram]

john, the sport comp kite videos are one of my favorite features of your magazine...easily loaded and skillfully organized...hopefully some new "entries" will be added...i really like Team Overdrive...is it possible to access more Team Overdrive vids ?...btw, current issue #35 is great...

Kram...i go APE ( A Prism Enthusiast ) when i fly

[John Barresi]

Thanks Kram... The videos are a favorite of mine as well.

It's hard to come up with fresh tapes... I know people have them out there, but getting them converted to digital format is inconvenient for most people, or even making a copy of said tapes for me to do it myself. Motivation is a big issue too.

If any of you have some of the VHS tapes put out by Mackinaw Kite Co. for the Great Lakes Sport Kite Championships, I have permission from Steve Negan (owner) to republish to the web... I can assure safe return of the tapes within 2-3 weeks, as I have a video encoder (hardware) here in my office.

All personal tapes are acceptable, as long you (the submitter) shot them and have rights to the film.

Any commercial tapes will also be considered, but I would have to negotiate with the producer any of tape... Often it's events that no longer sell tapes that love the extra free promotion and won't lose sales (like Great Lakes).

Overdrive is sweet... I'll put up more good footage of them as soon as some hits my desk.

For those of you that don't know... There are also exclusive videos in our KL Subscribers area, which are not available anywhere else. They are general festival videos 5-8 minutes long, some with soundtracks... Currently there is one from Ahmedabad, and one from Malaysia, also exclusive photo galleries. We'll be adding more as we attend more and more festivals.

If anyone else is interested - http://www.kitelife.com/subscribe

Current KL Subscriber comments on the videos are welcome here in the forum, and please be frank... We can only try to improve.

Tell your friends, and as KL grows so will our ability to amaze you with our content... Plus, if they fill in the referral page after signing up as a Kitelife Subscriber you will receive one bonus entry into our current prize drawing.

Remember, I pretty much solidified my own Kitelife concept in August of last year when I took over ownership and could commit sweat and tears... So, it's been flurry of development!

Also, I could not stress enough how sincerely open I am to any and all comment... Positive or negative, I try to live by the "truth in all things" theory... I will always consciously consider all ideas, criticisms and comments. In fact, it is the fuel for what I do... You guys help stoke the fires.

[Progcraft]

For those of you that don't know... There are also exclusive videos in our KL Subscribers area, which are not available anywhere else. They are general festival videos 5-8 minutes long, some with soundtracks... Currently there is one from Ahmedabad, and one from Malaysia, also exclusive photo galleries. We'll be adding more as we attend more and more festivals.

John, where are these vids?? I can't seem to find the link to the members area. Or am I blind?

P

[John Barresi]

The link to our member's area is in three places...

1. Upper right corner of this page you're viewing now, last in the big group of links.

2. Big "Current Subscribers" banner on the home page.

3. The email you received confirming activation of your KL subscription.

And right here:

- http://www.kitelife.com/members

Lastly, if you lose your user name and password you can now retrieve that information through our mailing list:

- http://kitelife.com/list/index.php?p=preferences&uid

These are just conveniences however, and you should always feel most welcome to contact me directly for personal assistance when so desired.

[Progcraft]

2.  Big "Current Subscribers" banner on the home page.

Thanks man.

[Tristan]

For those of you that don't know, Kitelife is host to the largest collections of sport kite competition and demonstration footage available online... As of 1/5/04 we host over 80 Masters class routines and demonstrations from individuals, pairs and teams.

http://www.kitelife.com/videos

Thanks

Tristan

[John Barresi]

You are welcome Tristan.

To update that info, we now host 176 videos (up from 80) as of 8/8/06.

That's not counting the 30-40 videos we have in the subscribers section!