Re: Tricks on 75 foot lines.
| Subject | Re: Tricks on 75 foot lines. |
| From | abw@gravy.kfs.org (Andy Wardley) |
| Date | Thu, 17 Jul 1997 09:41:27 GMT |
| Newsgroups | rec.kites |
Richard Beckett wrote:
> Can anybody out there actually do many tricks on 75 foot lines?
Yep, and 150' at a push but it's just not the same.
<deep>Freestyle flying is for me, very much about becoming one with the kite. It becomes an extension of my own movements. I have to "feel" the kite, sense what it is doing and try to understand what goes through its tiny carbon fibre brain as it flies. Only then when I grok the kite can I make it dance.
</deep>
...and you just can't get that with long lines. It's like using a dustbin liner for a condom: it's going through the motions without any feeling...
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