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lance_k
Since 04 May 2005
561 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
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Wed Jul 12, 06 5:13 pm kite-tube whoop-ass |
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saw this on another forum- guy survived without injury...
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tonski
Since 11 Jun 2005
332 Posts
NW Portland
Obsessed
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Wed Jul 12, 06 5:34 pm |
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Wow, that's insane - how does it work? |
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lance_k
Since 04 May 2005
561 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
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Kraemer
Since 24 Apr 2006
1735 Posts
Sky Pilot
Unicorn Captain
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Wed Jul 12, 06 6:01 pm |
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Kite tubes were also in the Oregonian today. The attorney general -or- surgon general of Oregon ( I can't remember) has "advised against using such a device. It has caused 3 deaths nationwide this summer." It wasn't banned or anything. Maybe Naish or SS could design one that wouldn't unexpectedly dump the rider !! |
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adrianczm
Since 06 Mar 2006
89 Posts
Cozumel, Mexico
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Wed Jul 12, 06 6:10 pm |
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wow, we need to get one of those for none wind days!! _________________ Keep Kites High |
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kiteboard117
Since 02 Mar 2005
450 Posts
PDX
McLovin
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Wed Jul 12, 06 9:17 pm |
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the floating things making up the slingshot launch are all designed for that sort of thing. the company making them used to be called aqua-port now they are aqua-glide. |
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
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Wed Jul 12, 06 10:07 pm |
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We don't need that thing... all we need is our kites connected to us, with a rope connecting us to a boat, and that's about it!
Pullin' Amery's flyin' into the sky!!! |
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jahmbi
Since 28 Jul 2005
622 Posts
MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN
River Troll
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Wed Jul 12, 06 11:21 pm |
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adrianczm wrote: | wow, we need to get one of those for none wind days!! | for sure, if you get one of those you will , in the end have no wind days....or you just might live in a daze for the rest of your life....or you could be just one of the lucky Troll..they say an accident can change your life and i,m a firm believer of that .... Last edited by jahmbi on Thu Jul 13, 06 6:13 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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Thu Jul 13, 06 8:44 am |
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Is that Emery?
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bambam
Since 15 Mar 2005
760 Posts
Hood River
Photographer
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Thu Jul 13, 06 8:47 am |
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Yeah, he let go on PURPOSE!!! |
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noaubac
Since 27 Apr 2005
33 Posts
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Thu Jul 13, 06 5:14 pm |
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Yeah, that picture looks real!
I love the halo around the tube.
www.youtube.com has some excellent real wipeout videos.
If you watch those videos, you'd see the tube never launches into the air that hard, but they do roll upside down after getting up to 15-30 feet and hurl the riders down at the water, when the boat is traveling around 45 mph.
These tubes are Natural Selection at its finest.
Keep them around, I say.
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splaterwin
Since 17 Nov 2005
165 Posts
Vancouver
Stoked
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skydiveblake
Since 28 Jun 2006
63 Posts
San Diego
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Thu Jul 13, 06 8:57 pm |
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We've ll seen the people who ride those things - I say the more that get tossed off them and get slammed, the better! |
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