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    2012 events, provisional list

    By Felix

    Oh well, another year! <grins> Nothing is confirmed, as yet. 1st January 2012 12-16/04/2012 Berck-Plage, France 21/04-29/05/2012 Cervia, Italy 05-07/05/2012 Weymouth 26-27/05/2012 Exmouth 25-27/08/2012 Portsmouth Margate
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  • West Australian

    Flight Log and Thoughts about My Rev Kit.

    By West Australian

    No Arvo Flight Yesterday, Responsibilities are beginning to creep in on my flying time Well I Joined up to KiteLife… Very Happy about that. I feel that the Contribution that KiteLife makes to the Community needs to be supported. And all those Sweet Tutorials are Pretty good too I have been Downloading them onto My Ipod Touch. To Paraphrase SparkieRob, I have a John Barresi In my Pocket. This morning was nice, Light to Moderate winds when I set up the STD with 3 Wrap and 80# lines I got i
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Short lines

I guess I get the purpose of them, but don't think I will have much use for them myself. I bought a set of 50 foot this past winter. My idea was to use them if the wind was too light for anything else and to give me a couple more options for flying spots. Today I felt I had the perfect conditions so gave 'em a go. Basically, it was like learning everything all over again. I had more wing flips than I could count and it was impossible to figure out that level of brake the kite would be happy
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Big Wind

I've tried the lower end on the wind scale so today I had a chance to dabble at the higher end. I can't say the stronger wind was my cup-o-tea. I went with the B-Series vented right off and the Race Rods. That lasted for about ten minutes before the wind got even stronger. I moved to the four wrap and kept letting the brake out a couple knots at a time until I could manage some control. Forward was difficult, but at least I wasn't getting dragged around like my friend with his two line foil
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10th April 2009

Some good smooth wind today for 1.5s at Blackheath. Jacob coached some great 4 person repetitions (not practice, just piano scales) with Jade, ATM and I. Both of them, Jade and ATM, are getting the individual control but still learning the challenges of the team environment. There is only one position, for a team flier in the sky, which is the correct one... They were introduced to a number of the regular Decs routine elements. Other news is that, in addition to Romney Johnstone re-joining t
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5th April 2009 Blackheath

Another light and variable wind day. No good for Berck training but we did put ATM 'in the middle' for some 3 kite repetitions. There is no point in giving a beginner the easy option. Jade and I had earlier flown some 'treacle' moves in line and in parallel. I think that once fliers have grasped the concept, as Jade obviously has, there will be scope for interesting developments in team and mega-team flying. At the end of play ATM had the misfortune to catch the leading edge of the staked k
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29th March 2009

Clock change weekend so an early start seemed appropriate given the forecast for gradually reducing wind speed. 3-5 mph translated to nothing really so it was a bit of a waiting game. Fly when you can and expect to respond to 90 or 180 degree shifts was the order of the day. Jacob arrived around midday and we eventually put 4 wrap Rev 1s up. Caught a thermal under a Cumulus cloud at one point simultaneously with both kites on vertical lines. You have to be careful not to pull the kite ove
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22nd March 2009 Blackheath

Encouraged ATM to work on leading edge down hover. He was making good progress. Suggested walking forwards to get gradual descent, backwards to gain altitude. I will have to suggest the angled hovers next weekend. The visual feedback is critical.... I then went into reverie mode trying to pin the kite to a position in the sky in horizontal hover with varying wind speed and direction. c20 minutes later I thought it was time to take a break. Some good 'treacle' flying with long arm moves
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Headed Down Under

Well as I gear up for the Adelaide Kite Event I got to tell you I just can't wait for this trip...... Things are shaping up to be another Rev event for sure but what's even better I'm getting a bit of R & R and some time to really play..... As you can tell I'm chomping at the bit per say and really want to see some of Australia and get in some kite bugging in and just visit with some old friends and new Family members...... Yes, yes,yes, I'm headed down under.....Ben
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15th March 2009

Light variable wind today with 180 degree shifts. The fluctuations in wind speed meant that, at times, the 4 wrap spars were taking the strain in the JMH Rev 1 sails. Lighter sparing would have been risky! The sail I picked up had not had the vertical bungees tightened but once adjusted all was well. Following with Jacob, Jade and ATM was not inspiring but some parallel work looked quite neat with some crisp 180/stops, up and down. I have identified one difficulty in 'long arm' technique wh
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8th March 2009

An early start today in anticipation of 'afternoon' showers. Blustery conditions '18mph plus' provided the opportunity to try some long arm, treacle effect flying with the vented 1.5B. How slow can you go? I wonder if we should actively avoid any 'following' team routines. Apart from the line wraps it is not really very interesting IMHO. Heavy rain later after rising wind speed justified the early start. PS Jade showed me the Prussic knot which could provide incremental adjustment for lead
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Home from Kite Party

Hello Family and as I shake out the sand from Huntington Beach Kite Party I just have to smile cause we really had a great time..... The crowds were awesome and the Family was out in force to entertain and just have fun...... I have some real special thanks that I'd like to say and who comes to mind are Big Bri and Family, Sailor, Jynx, 180 Go, and IKE and team To Much Fun, and last but not least JB for what he brings to the table, the the host who even if he was to busy to come play still puts
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1st March 2009

Light breeze on Blackheath today. Johnny turned up (by bicycle) and with the help of Jade and ATM we put up 5 of the JMH Rev1s with 4 wrap spars. Precision in turning is where everything seemed to focus for all of the fliers. I am very interested in the latest news on the Revolution site:- "Also, look for the introduction of the new Blast being flown by Team iQuad at a festival near you." I have mentioned my interest in the speed series kites previously. I wonder if anyone can remember w
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Todays the day...

Well here I am another day older and better looking, ha, ha, ha, ha, wow "what a long strange trip it's been"........ As most of you know this was both a good year for me and one that has been full of sadness, what has happened is thru all that has happened I have grown and become a better person..... What is really funny is thru all of this you out there have come on this amazing journey with me, we have flown Revolution kites from the deserts of Kuwait, to the shores of England, to the ends
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Sunday 22nd February 2009 "just do it"

ATM flew in with Jacob, Jade and I today. He had been flying the 'on the spot' 90 degree turns including 'leading edge down' earlier. (following on from last week) Jacob called The Decs 'opening manoeuvre' as well as 'ladder-up/down' which call for some focus and space limits. ATM said he could do the moves as long as there was plenty of escape space. My observation would be that it is possible to get an inexperienced flier to do some very cool moves (read that as 'not trivial') so long as t
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Favorite photos

Well today I'm just being lazy and going thru my personal photos and I wanted to share these two cause they justmake me smile, so I hope you enjoy them......Ben
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Step by step

Today after putting Jade in a close following scenario* we tried 90 degree, on the spot turns. Facing left, down, right, up, left etc. then reversing. MW didn't quite get it and twice careered through threatening to take everyone out. ATM got the idea but wanted to work on the face down hover. I suggested that momentary stopping was the way to go. Leading edge up, grounded, stepped rotations proved an interesting consideration of brake/forward set-up. 1/4, wing tip, 3/4 points all need p
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But Wait There's More

I just wanted to share some cool photo's that I took on the New Year's Day Fly in San Diego......Ben :blue-cool:
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It's A New Day

Hello Family spent the night editing photos for another project and figured I'd post a few here also, well as I get ready to go to South Padre Island Texas I really can't wait cause I need to just get out and fly..... You know I think I want to made a slideshow of photos and music but I have so many pictures I can't seem to pick out which ones to use... The world of Ben sure is a strange place, a few days in the office then off to another location to play wow I really do love this job......B
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I'm Home.....

Hello Family I just got back from South Padre Island Texas and what a great event for all, the guys from iQuad did their new routine and it was in a word GREAT, yeah back in black....... Really it was a great event and the crowds were huge and the kind folks at B and S kite in South Padre were so good to us....... I'm also sending out some photos of my new motto ( add rev's big smile)...... Wow what fun...... :blue-cool: Ben okay time for :blue-sleepy:
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Rev 1 introduction

After a string <grins> of high wind days c3-5 mph was on offer at Blackheath today. Jacob turned up and eventually we put up a set of team Rev1's and had Jade and ATM doing some basic moves. The JMH graphics looked great. Too busy for pics! Jade and ATM quickly found effective control of the Rev1 with 4 wrap spars! 5 fliers. 3 1.5JB, 1 Anniversary, 4 JMH Rev1.
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Handle holding orthodoxy

On Blackheath today it was 15mph plus, I guess, from the East with snow flurries blowing through and great cloudscapes. I have been trying to see how far the long arm technique can be extended into high wind situations. Rather than using the forward/brake control of the handles I have been trying to hit the balance point where the wing of the kite only moves forwards with a full pull of the arms. Instead of adding brake by adjusting line lengths I have been shifting my grip on the handles wa
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I told You There Was More

Hello all and it's Friday and yes it's raining with that said I was going thru photos and thought I would share some more of my personal photo journal with everyone, I need to get off my and have a hard back book made and put them all together cause some of them are just way cool.....So here's some of my favorite people and some of my favorite kites.....Ben
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First blog post, Treasure Island too!

Hello Family this blog is going to be about my travels and adventures as we take this to parts both known and unknown and to just share my personal thoughts and to perhaps give the world a peek of the world I live in and to share this world in depth.... So with that being said let me start, as I come home from the Kite Trade Show I was really happy to take the award for the best manufacturer but was even better was the support from the stores that were there..... From there it was off to Tre
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