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[lasapcheong]

Hi,

There is a local kite festival here in Singapore over the weekend for a good cause and I attempted my first ever Kite Ballet with my Mid Vent BPro, double stuffed leading edges, with not only strings attached, but some tails too




P.S., Watch in HD if you can

Enjoy
Darryl

Edited by lasapcheong, 05 August 2010 - 06:34 AM.

[Scott_of_melnsct]

Darryl,

thanks for sharing this. I really enjoyed watching you fly. the kite too, but I loved seeing you skip backwards, and bend way over to hold your hands low near the ground. You seemed truly connected to your kite.

[beach]

What a great video thanks so much for sharing with us....... Ben

[david ellison]

Fine flying Darryl - thanks for putting this out

[terry w]

very nice flying Darryl ... very nice indeed
Terry
ISLAND QUAD

[Kitelife]

Nice work Daryl, I *love* the shoulder and handwork... Been studying your loading technique, I see.

Keep it up brother!

[Felix Mottram]

Nice work Daryl, I *love* the shoulder and handwork... Been studying your loading technique, I see.

Keep it up brother!

Pulling to the chest has distinct limitations in the scheme of things. Learning the possibilities of a longer 'pull' is quite challenging <grins>

Felix

[Felix Mottram]

Darryl,

thanks for sharing this. I really enjoyed watching you fly. the kite too, but I loved seeing you skip backwards, and bend way over to hold your hands low near the ground. You seemed truly connected to your kite.

I missed the long arms. That is the critical connection in my view...

<EDIT On re-viewing I see the inverted side slide!>

Felix

Edited by Felix Mottram, 10 August 2010 - 11:49 AM.

[lasapcheong]

Thanks guys for the comments. Still pretty raw in attempting a proper ballet to music but it's a pretty good and satisfying experience.

John : Yeah I admit I was pretty much influenced by the "French Style Lock and Pump" technique of precision flying brought forward by Richard Debray and Mathieu Mayet and tried to incorporate a bit of that into the Rev flying. Being 6ft tall with relatively long arms does help a bit too J.

Felix: Yeah the pump to the chest does have its limitation in how much wind I can give it, hence I tried to make it a point to supplement that with a step or 2 back. J


-Darryl

Edited by lasapcheong, 10 August 2010 - 07:32 PM.

[Love2fly]

Hi Darryl-

Great start!!

Very nice to watch.

Thanks for sharing.