Paging dwb - Kite Festival

I reckon it looks like a fucking riot of fun. Get a decent windy day
and the right sort of terrain and you could get seriously airborne for
a while.

 

http://www.kitegallery.net/syvid/Gravity Renegades 2005.wmv

Not for the bandwidth pikeys.

 

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That looks like fun, Dan - but HTF can you even consider something
like that with your back? That would **** mine for weeks.

 

I'm not going to be doing what they're doing - I'm going to be trundling
around quite happily doing not a lot.

It was more to demonstrate the possibilities if you have a vague clue (and a
non dodgy back).

on the other hand when you start using a bar (as opposed to handles) the
harnesses you can get for it are like a modern corset - pretty much stretch
across the whole back and thus immobilise a large part of it - I think that
probably makes it LESS likely to do your back then just using handles alone.

 

I never made it in the end. A sleepless night led to a day's vegging in
the sun instead, followed by a trip to the flicks to see The Cave[1].

[1] Definitely not recommeded for Champ or Ace.

 

A wise decision. It'll be a few days before my arm recovers from SO's
vice-like grip.