Say it. Its like saying you believe in fairies. If you don't, someone will fall from the sky...onto their face.
Too late! I did fall onto my face, but in my defense I made it twenty feet through the air before I did. Don't believe me? Let me explain.
Years ago, when I first lived on Whidbey Island I would take big trash bags during windstorms and run around with the bag pulling me. I weighed nothing so I would get a glide a few feet if I jumped. Woah! Thats exciting right? Well, things haven't changed that much; I'm still don't weigh anything, and It's still windy. What has changed? The size of the bag.
Brian Silveira, Nathan Ross, and myself went to Fort Casey yesterday the Wind speeds around 30 M.P.H. gusting upwards of 40. It was good stuff, so we busted out B. Silvs SUPER Kite. It has a 6 foot span of awesome that can make the 220 lbs. Brian stumble. I weigh 130 lbs., so what does that do to me? It drags me and tosses me and makes me its play thing. I got owned so hard.
During this whole thing we managed to come up with the ideas: "Jump off that picnic table and cut the kite so it pulls you." and "Lay on the longboard and get pulled!"
Well, the first one ended up with a massive faceplant after a 20 foot glide. Fun stuff.
The second just ended in the separation of body and board.
To put this in perspective...have you ever watched a western film where someone is getting pulled behind a horse? Same concept.
Everyone should try a SUPER Kite.
Meanwhile,
B. Silvs 11 foot Kite is being fixed. If the 6 footer makes him stumble, the 11 footer makes him fly.
Compare that to me. The 6 footer makes me fly, the 11 footer? I'll die.
Its been good knowing you all.
Here comes the good 11 footer times. :)
-anthony