Stephen Hoath Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 I do both . Could be why I don't have a wife! I can tell your wife that a good driver can cost over $500.00. (Ooooo masterpiece time) When that runs out a new set of irons is around $1,500.00 Putter $150.00. When that runs out you have hybrids, wedges, balls,bag,etc. I could go on but when it is all done. It's time to upgrade, or something new comes out.Sounds familiar doesn't it. I went the sneaky way and encouraged my wife to join the team. Now she flies rev team too and we have more revs than I know what to do with! The only down side, she is as good as me now and that is hard on the old ego Pairs/Team Rev flying is a good way to spend some quality time with the significant other. You're outside and have time to talk or just be cose to each other. I don't think I am alone in this, how many other Rev "couples" are out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lummas Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Well, I'll start the list. Mark & Jeanette Lummas. Although Stephen is already kinda familiar with us! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakristan Posted May 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 No chance my wife will want to fly kites, it is way too hot in Malaysia with an average temperature of 30 to 33 degrees Celcius, man you can get sun burn and skin cancer if you do not use sun tan or extra protection. Surprisingly, I know only 2 women kite fliers here so far, we need to recruit more of this specie, they tend to shy away from sunlight most of the time. What sort of temperatre or weather like over your end when flying your kites ?? Cheers, chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiteLife Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Me and my lady Shannon fly together sometimes, and she'll pop off and fly off by herself every now and then... Always good to see, she understands what I'm doing and what I feel when I fly. Matter of fact, she's the proud new owner of a purple fade B-Series... Just picked it up, bringing it home to her on Monday night. (love you baby) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antman Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 well my wife knows ive flown for many years so shes pretty cool with it ... she now likes it more because im getting my son into it . he loves it when i fly my sul in the front yard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakristan Posted May 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 I envy you all guys where your wife flies along, here with our kind of weather unless you want to get grill, there is no way women willing to fly kites but if you mention shopping, they are ever willing to go, now you know why we do not have women fliers, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTKiter Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Well, I'll start the list. Mark & Jeanette Lummas. Mark and Jeanette, you probably don't realize it, but you're the reason that I'm into Rev's. I saw you at the Carolina Kitefest in October 2002 (my first kitefest) where you flew together with the Shania Twain routine. I was totally amazed that you could do that with a kite. I also enjoyed the other Bay Area Sundowners with their Rev's, but it was you two that totally had me enthralled. Thanks... Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadkit Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 My wife will hang out there forever but only flies about 2 hours. She enjoys it but probably not obsessed like myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdenny Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 No chance my wife will want to fly kites, it is way too hot in Malaysia with an average temperature of 30 to 33 degrees Celcius, man you can get sun burn and skin cancer if you do not use sun tan or extra protection.Surprisingly, I know only 2 women kite fliers here so far, we need to recruit more of this specie, they tend to shy away from sunlight most of the time. What sort of temperatre or weather like over your end when flying your kites ?? Cheers, chris This is today 5/20/07 I flew 1.5 Vent from 9AM to 11Am. Sweet! Time............ 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p Temp (°F)..... 68 70 72 73 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 Wind Speed. ..10 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakristan Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 This is today 5/20/07 I flew 1.5 Vent from 9AM to 11Am. Sweet!Time............ 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p Temp (°F)..... 68 70 72 73 74 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 Wind Speed. ..10 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 Wow, with that kind of temperature and wind speed, I can spend all day flying. Went out yesterday to fly but due to a bad weather, heavy thunderstorm and lighning, had to force myself to go back home, and enjoyed a mug of coffee and my wife's homemade cheese cake, can't complained too much, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrunya Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 There's supposed to be a thunderstorm tonight, so that means no rev flying for Watty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrier Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Just a thought, my X.O. is into the photography and video now, so I get to see the flying all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choccy Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Me and my lady Shannon fly together sometimes, and she'll pop off and fly off by herself every now and then... Always good to see, she understands what I'm doing and what I feel when I fly. I totally understand this now I have the vented B! Before I'd be "kite weight" for the larger power kites, or help with the lines/set up etc but not actually get what all your guys feel when you are flying. Standing around getting cold watching your significant other having fun, is no fun because you don't even understand it at this point. It is all crystal clear now the feeling you get, the buzz of learning each new thing when you do fly. Waiting eagerly for my Purple vented B to arrive so we can fly with equal kites Thanks again JB for making this possible for me to achieve too. Chris> will try and get some sunset pics one day, but I seem to be flying more now than taking pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choccy Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I envy you all guys where your wife flies along, here with our kind of weather unless you want to get grill, there is no way women willing to fly kites but if you mention shopping, they are ever willing to go, now you know why we do not have women fliers, lol. The only shopping I enjoy doing is for kites Never mind Chris, at least you have your pals to fly with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzer Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 This was the end of a great day at Treasure Island FL Bazzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakristan Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 The only shopping I enjoy doing is for kites Never mind Chris, at least you have your pals to fly with. Yes. luckily I have pals who are willingly go flying with me over the weekend whether in a hot sunny day so long there is winds, we will be there. Choccy, can't blame you not taking any pictures coz we just do not have time to shoot unless I ask my friends to take for us. At times, when we go out over weekend at beach resort with our buddies, we only have a heavy breakfast and no lunch, just flying and drink lots of water till our dinner at 8pm. Flying at sunset is quite beautiful. Next, I will try to shoot of my Barresi with our Petronas Twin Towers in the background. chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiteLife Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Great pics from you and your group, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Another nice sunset! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakristan Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Another nice sunset! Wow, that is a fantastic sunset picture, love the colour and the kites flying in flaming red in the background. Good picture. Anyone out there, please keep sending pictures of sunset flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Wow, that is a fantastic sunset picture, love the colour and the kites flying in flaming red in the background. Good picture.Anyone out there, please keep sending pictures of sunset flying. I created a new main page for my web site that has a beautiful sunset picture I took a few weeks ago. It is at: http://johnnmitchell.load4.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antman Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 nice site john m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailor99 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 May I ask John, will you be able to include the simple instructions that you wrote for flying a rev? When I was very first beginning I came across one edition on the web, talking about practicing simply going up and down till you were perfect and the basics of the handles, which was very helpful to a beginner. It appeared to be part of a series, but I never managed to find the others. And by the time I realised you had written them, time had moved on. I can't help but think that others would find them really useful, if you still had them somewhere or had the ability to re-create them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnmitchell Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 May I ask John, will you be able to include the simple instructions that you wrote for flying a rev? When I was very first beginning I came across one edition on the web, talking about practicing simply going up and down till you were perfect and the basics of the handles, which was very helpful to a beginner. It appeared to be part of a series, but I never managed to find the others. And by the time I realised you had written them, time had moved on.I can't help but think that others would find them really useful, if you still had them somewhere or had the ability to re-create them. You must be referring to the articles I wrote for the German Magazine "Drachen Magazin" back in the mid 90s. I think there were 9 or 10 articles dedicated to various areas of the Revolution kite. Somewhere, I do have the English version. I must do a search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailor99 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I do hope you can find them. I know we live in a world of multimedia and split screen video. And these things are great, and a good learning tool. But some older generation types like me like to read, visualise, read again, try and then return to the reading. Its just the way we were taught to learn. This was the article that I found: http://www.multinet.de/john/rev_art1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choccy Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 another sunset photo for the collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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