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katrina

Member Since 22 May 2007
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In Topic: LIST: Quad Team names and contacts

03 May 2013 - 10:29 AM

Hello John,

 

Would you please add:

 

NW SkyLiners

Members: Katrina Bruland, Gerry Ralls, Wayne Dowler & Chuck Wiley, alternates Anne & Kevin Vogel, Mark Giadone, Ron Paola.

Based in Portland Oregon area.

Contact Katrina, kk.bruland@gmail.com

 

Also, Team Free Agents is still going strong.  blue_wink.gif You may add my email to that listing. 

 

Thank you! 


In Topic: Found stake at Lincoln City Fall Fest 2012

23 April 2013 - 08:25 AM

Ah. Yes, well. Ahem. g.gif But....what if it's someone's LUCKY tent stake? They may cry tears of joy at its return.  Maybe there will be a reward. cup_3rd.gif More likely I'll keep it on hand for someone who arrives off a plane with no stake because they flew carry on only.  


In Topic: Training for WSIKF2013!

10 February 2013 - 08:41 PM

Yeah, like Watty said, it's all in the hover.  Be sure to to practice ALL positions, not just left right up down.  With that large of a group, it's hard to predict where you will end up on the big ball.  You may find yourself inverted, or facing out at an angle.  Unless there's new stuff this year, the ball is the only slightly tricky thing in the whole mega fly.  So here's an exercise for you: go hover somewhere, then imagine John calls for a big ball.  Pick your spot in the sky and back into it.  Hold.  Then burst (try slow and fast), and back to ball.  Back and forth, over and over--burst and reverse to ball, trying to keep on a straight track.   Another very simple exercise: Just try picking points in the sky and flying to them smoothly and accurately.  Also practice flying at the very edges of the wind window, including the top and the bottom.  It's less comfy there, but it's great practice. 

 

Now, don't stress!  The mega fly calls are easy and slow.  Nothing complicated.  Yes there will be a lot of kites in the sky, but you won't even be aware of them.  You'll just be looking at your kite and the kites right around you. If regular group flying is like square dancing, then the mega fly is a large group doing the macarena.  mf_party.gif (!Ay!) 


In Topic: Writing on a sail.

01 February 2013 - 11:10 AM

Black sharpie, no problem. Other colors are somewhat water soluble. Esp blue. I colored in the white "revolution" on my kites. To my initial horror, when I tested a little water on it, the water turned blue. So I rinsed it well and folded kite up with a paper towel for the next few uses to see if it would continue to bleed. No problems. :) Now what does Bazzer use to sign kites? Some metallic paint pen...

In Topic: Merry Christmas

25 December 2012 - 10:52 AM

Thank you Ben! Merry Christmas!

 

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