Kite Strings

...Do me a favor, Jonathan... Don't coach these goddam Twos landing and bonking at Lockout, Quest, Lumby, Kagel, AJX on how to prepare themselves for XC landings in narrow dry riverbeds with large rocks strewn all over the place. Save it for the people who ACTUALLY are going XC over vast expanses o...

Jan from the land of the midnight sun and whose slogan could be, "Fjord has a better idea" recently produce this truly excellent PSA on doing a hook-in check.

http://vimeo.com/124963665

Still worth it for me to waste all that time and effort doing a hook-in check every flight - even when I'm on a nice soft sand dune with a slope just steep enough to allow me to get airborne. Style points count for zero in my world. Yet absolutely everything on the Day One training hill. Go figure....

Two consecutive posts in one topic by two different individuals, neither one of whom is me. A Kite Strings rarity. There may be be hope for mankind! :lol: I also posted a short video of my flight from Tuesday in which I perform a more obvious lift and tug shortly before having a little fun off the ...

I flew my Wills Wing Covert racing harness on Wednesday which was the first time in over two years. I was delighted at just how easy it was to do a lift and tug just prior to launch and verify that my leg loops were attached and the riser connected to the glider. I also posted a short video of my fl...

... I have run to grab a few hapless and helpless pilot's leading edges who were on their way to turning turtle who shirked a wire crew. I'm not sure I'd have sprinted at full tilt. I'm not impressed by stupid macho rugged individualism and people who wanna show Mother Nature who's boss. I'll take ...

Steve Davy wrote:That's totally awesome NMERider! And I like the music too.

Thanks Steve! That's my top Nuge track along with Journey to the Center of the Mind.

Breath of fresh air. First of many I hope. Now see if you can get two other guys to do it and make each of them get two other guys to do it. Really good to see you flying your T2 again. I was ninety percent sure 2014/01/29 was gonna mark the end of your flying career. Thanks Tad. I was more than 90...

Spot the hook-in check(s) (lift and tug)

Proper Glide Down Waterman Canyon +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1DpuaGpAs
Vicarious Icarus - 2015/03/21
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