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What’s the 0-60 to the local European auto repair shop?

This. The average person doesn’t know that airplane autopilots, while they can even land a plane themselves in many circumstances, don’t have to deal with all that much. There’s rarely anything in the way and when there is, it’s usually something you can see coming from a ways off. There’s much less split second…

Mustangs don’t fit very well in top of ATVs either, but it is gonna end up like that anyway.

Reporter: So i see you have a few kites. Why are you not using that bigger one?

Here’s Redbull hosting a competition in similar wind conditions in the Netherlands, with riders executing horizontal “megaloop” jumps (essentially, jumping vertically, then looping the kite horizontally to whip yourself horizontally through the air), which create a ton of lateral velocity and a ton of risk of losing…

Where do you live? 250 days of twentysomething knots, I’d sign for that. Good post, conditions looked manageable.

Yup, Though in regards to his “hurricane kite” I suspect he dumbed down his response to the level of the news reporter so they could understand that he has a kite for high wind loads.

cool. i was getting tired of the motorcycle riders being the only ones who would do bulleted ‘splainin posts around here.

My thoughts, sequentially reading through your paragraphs and bullets:

All crazy videos should have interviews with the participants/victims/survivors afterwards.

http://www.theonion.com/article/national-weather-service-dont-go-surfing-unless-yo-51452

I can’t believe you just put that in writing:

Agreed - this type of kiting is actually not THAT dangerous if the window is steady and in one direction, and this guy clearly knows what he’s doing. You’ll see people riding much stronger winds on a routine basis in big kiting destinations. What’s dangerous is (1) riding in an area with obstacles (I’ve seen people…

Good to read a post from somebody who both sounds like they know the subject and can write it well. Thanks!

Thank you for raising awareness.

Starred not just for the useful info but for the ability to work a Mustang joke in there.

always kitesurfing truthers.

yeah the 25mph stated in the vid is only 21.7kts, an average sea breeze where I live

A) That fucking ruled.