Right, come spring/summer I'll have a lot more time to get to the beach and I'll also have my camera and hopefully a tripod by then too.
I'm planning to make a vid that's a lot more than just us flying around to music.
Any suggestions as to what we should include?
I'm thinking a few shots of us moving from new brighton to the estuary as well as some more interesting things like messing around on the dunes and stuff.

Thinking of extra things like with zenons vid where they had no wind and are just messing about, as well as cuts/angles like in this vid here; www.extremekites.com.au/forums/showthread.php?t=11227

although I'm not sure if my camera could make it look so good...

Any other ideas? this'll probably be a project through the whole of spring/summer whenever we can get out and fly

hey, we could have a north VS south vid comp? cause were makin a few vids also.
you guys go next, we did the moose drop
then we could vote as a kiting community as to who the most extreemist of the extreem kiters in nz actualy are.

I'm up for it, not sure how much we could get filming wise any time soon, no wind lately/offshore in CHCH leaves very little options

Can we put some crashes in because most the vids on you tube edit them out and i think bit of carnage won't hurt well not to much i hope. Thats if we catch it on film in the thew corse of filming thats is.

Of course we will, and I guarantee we'll get a bunch of bails on tape, I've got the mechanics down for switching to blind and handle passing, but I've yet to have a decent go at it to really try, so you have that to look forward to.

Gonna be trying to get to hallswell domain on semi-decent days, nice big open fields there for when the wind is off-shore anyways

edit; I want stuff of at least this caliber;

www.vimeo.com/2215903

posted our vid of the moose from a couple of weekends ago in the kitebuggy video section of this forum.
homfully the first of many, enjoy.

Mbnmac wrote:
Of course we will, and I guarantee we'll get a bunch of bails on tape, I've got the mechanics down for switching to blind and handle passing, but I've yet to have a decent go at it to really try, so you have that to look forward to.

Gonna be trying to get to hallswell domain on semi-decent days, nice big open fields there for when the wind is off-shore anyways

edit; I want stuff of at least this caliber;

www.vimeo.com/2215903

Thats no great crash, i know you hit hard but didnt look that impressive.. compared to stuff ive done in the past we will top that easy!!

Mechanics for landing blind and handel passes are all sweet but putting into practice with a kite is the hard bit. I can handel pass on my bar hung from a tree everytime but transferring that to the kite will be interesting. And landing blind i still havent nailed yet, but i do have griptape on my landboard now so that should make things a bit easier. Martin this summer is going to be awesome. But its going to be hard to decide what and where to ride, beach or estuary, water or land... im torn.

since you blokes have less kids and more spare time you/we should arrainge a road trip up to foxton during the spring/summer. it would make for the most epic kgb session in nz history (presuming good wind).

ooh yeah i can see it now the north/south shake down.

a battle to the death.... or till someone falls over laughing too hard.

I meant just for giggles, not the harshness of the bail!

Also, we're moving to lyttelton this week, so I'll be closer to the beach and estury.

And yes putting it into practice will be the challenge, but I got the kite late this year, and work was so shitty I never had time to go fly. Now I'm teaching I'll have a good amoutn of time in the evenings to fly!

wotcha, after lambing seasson, ends october i think, i'm gonna start trying out mt herbert and the surrounding lands. if your up for coming over then you'll get some very sick locations for filming, not just the same old beech or park.

so far i've found a fair few spots, and because of being on the exposed side of the mountain they tend to work in all directions. biggest problem at the moment is paddock fencing. but i've got a plan to bipass that.

also i'd be well up for a real long ride along the coastline sometime, a bit like 90mile, but somewhere on the south island. is there anywhere?

hope to make it over to brighton soon for a hoon and a catch up with all you nutters

That sounds cool, I'd love to try some hill riding, see how it compares.
Let me know any extra details, I now live in Lyttelton, so what's the best way there etc?

Managed to get out on the beach this afternoon, switched my ion to 5-lines and found it to fly pretty awesome even in the really light winds we had, messed around with some 180 to blinds and stuff, hope to replicate with more wind.

Will begin taking camera out when kiting now

I have a nice new kite coming for summer this year!! cant wait to get out and enjoy the beast it will be. Might also bust the old blade out again to see some shine, maybe even the buggy if it is lucky...

Really amping for this summer as everyone should be!! Its going to be a good one in chch!!

belac wrote:
wotcha, after lambing seasson, ends october i think, i'm gonna start trying out mt herbert and the surrounding lands. if your up for coming over then you'll get some very sick locations for filming, not just the same old beech or park.

so far i've found a fair few spots, and because of being on the exposed side of the mountain they tend to work in all directions. biggest problem at the moment is paddock fencing. but i've got a plan to bipass that.

also i'd be well up for a real long ride along the coastline sometime, a bit like 90mile, but somewhere on the south island. is there anywhere?

hope to make it over to brighton soon for a hoon and a catch up with all you nutters
Hey, I been wondering just where the airstrip is.
Never done proper down hill, and not too sure I'd be all that good at it, maybe if I took a kite up there something might happen.

I'd be up for a try though, and will film/take pics if nothing else.

Just need to know how to get there

in the same vehicle that mikey and i travel in.... normally we rock together to save on fuel.... Considering the fact that the weather is getting better in keen for a ride day at some point... just got to get everyone on the same page. missed the last ride day due to snowkiting the day mike went over.....

Martin, you have your own cell number yet or can i still get you on the one you shared over summer.... if you have a new one PM it to me.

Just got back from a REALLY light wind fly, only about 40 minutes or so, not enough to even get moving on the board, but I"m really digging how much extra power I'm getting from the kite with 5th line, super quick through the air too.

Living that little bit closer to the beach will do wonders for the amount of time I can dedicate to flying this year

Gah im soo jealous... im still 30mins from the estuary... ahh well. ill just have to do all day missions in the summer then, beach for the low tide followed by estuary for the outgoing tide... will be epic!! cant wait...

anybody getting any new gear for the summer?????????

Not really, that which I bought in dec/jan just gone will pretty much be my stuff for the new season.

Had a shitty job in beginning of the year to get through to the course I did and that kept me off the beach when the best wind was on (and I had a dream I went back there last night )

So with the very few sessions the ion3 and the board got I'll consider it new for this season

If I get a lot of teaching work I may look into a smaller LEI for Emma, an 8.5 so I have a high wind kite as well.

Alright, I'll probably be headed to the beach in a bit, not a lot of wind but I'll have my camera just in case, anybody else out today?

Gotta work on my tan at the least

come on south boys wheres your enthusiasm for a road trip!

come to the mighty north island. do it!

moose meet in a couple of weeks. jump on a plane. it will be epic.

or maybe a session at foxton with butch.

you know you want to!

I WANT TO I WANT TO!!

Only my bank account tells me i cant.. Been wanting to come to the moose for a couple of years now but still havent been able to get up there.. prob 2 years before i can think about making the trip.

There is always the other option and you can come down south and ride with us....