Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  13M or 15M? Page Previous  1, 2, 3          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message pkh Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder Tue Jun 03, 08 9:42 pm     Spike wrote: How do you get that high? I've gotten the pop pretty much down, and have gotten pretty high doing that (around 20ft) but what do you need to do to get that high?! I love how every thread turns into talking about me, awesome! Here's video from earlier in the day. Link The main ingredient in really big jumps is speed. To get that you need a fast kite and a nice takeoff. You just can't do it with huge kites because you'll get pulled off your edge too easy. holly Since 09 Jul 2006 440 Posts Hood River Obsessed Tue Jun 03, 08 10:31 pm     dude i weigh 190 and i dont fly anything bigger tan a 12m Spike Since 13 May 2007 1414 Posts Alameda Spelling Expert Tue Jun 03, 08 10:32 pm     I'll have to get some tips from you when I'm out in the gorge again gabe Since 16 May 2005 491 Posts Obsessed Tue Jun 03, 08 11:34 pm     This thread vaguely reminds me of the biological theory that ontogeny follows phylogeny—i.e. the development of an animal through it's embryonic stage roughly parallels the evolutionary history of its species. Applied here, the development of Spike as a kiter may eventually follow that of the evolution of the sport of kiting in general. I guess he's about here at the moment:    6_weeks_embryo.png  hamlindp Since 09 Feb 2007 358 Posts I aint no lawnmowin' pump kite parker, I'm that dadgum Channel Marker Tue Jun 03, 08 11:40 pm     I went to Jones, yesterday, and got my highest jump ever! No witnesses, because I was alone and no other kiters were there. Actually, no one else was there. Talk about poopy in the shortzies! omgoodness, must have been somewhere around 40' vertical. I'm comparing it with jumping off the cliff on the Washougal, and this was almost twice the height of that! I knew what I was doing, but it was a trip. I kited away after a sloppy landing. I also did a couple backloops. I still get turned around on those. Must be I'm not looking over my shoulder. All on my FS Sp2 15M. I also relaunched about 3 times. Relaunching gets kind of tricky in strong currents. I had to create line tension by doing a board push. Had an interesting time body dragging to get my board, due to the strong current. Great time, only 4 ships passed. Cold and rainy, but windy! _________________ (>====<|>---< hamlindp Since 09 Feb 2007 358 Posts I aint no lawnmowin' pump kite parker, I'm that dadgum Channel Marker Wed Jun 04, 08 5:08 am     40' ? I was really tired last night. Probably closer to 20 ish. I've got to figure out how to set up a vid cam inside my rig. _________________ (>====<|>---<        Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page Previous  1, 2, 3 Page 3 of 3   Jump to: Select a forum Northwest Kiteboarding Discussion Forum----------------Gorge / Portland / Oregon CoastFor SaleLost & FoundIndustry SoapboxCGKA  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum