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I was flying my Blade 10.5 metre in a nice steady breeze, about 7 mph when two RAF jets decided to do a low level flyby. Unfortunately for me the kite was hit by the jetwash from the afterburners and I was lofted a good 500 feet into the air. Whilst I was up their I realised to my amazement that I still had my board attached to my feet so I decided to pull of a few tricks on the one way down. Managed to get quite a few rotations, invented a new trick called the helicopter, the most impressive being a board off coupled with 14 consecutive kiteloops, boy was I dizzy. I was quite disorientated when I hit the ground, landed on my head, worst part being I snapped it clean off my shoulders. Luckily an ice cream van was nearby and he stuck my head in the freezer and drove me to the local hospital. They used a pioneering new technology on me and managed to rebuild my neck vertebrae using carbon fibre and aircraft grade aluminum. In the guinness book of record's now for being the first person to do 14 consecutive kite loops and also having a steel neck. I must remember not to fly on the deck of an aircraft carrier in future. And before anybody picks me up on it, yes there was an ice cream van in the middle of the sea, it was one of those amphibious things.

Derby Race Course is I believe a popular spot in Derbyshire although I have never been. They have a website http://www.dck.org.uk/

More likely to end up in x games me thinks

Dude, If you go for the Blade 4.0 then please be very careful. I followed the same route that you are potentially going down. I started of on Super 10's and then progressed to a Blade 4.0. Read my post on the following link and be aware of what can happen. http://www.flexifoil.com/community/forums/showthread.php?t=47814

sut_E let me know how you get on with your milk cartons, i'm intrigued and ready to have ago depending on your results. Which is best semi or full fat? lol :) :)

I purchased my Blade III 4.0m as my 1st 4 line kind and would highly recommend it as a 1st kite. I spoke to several kite shops beforehand and read many reviews and forums to try and form an unbiased opinion. IMHO I don't think you can go wrong with one. I would say however that I could competently fly a Super 10 in anything upto 35mph beforehand so I had a good feel for the wind window and 2 line kite control. The Blade 4.0 was recommened because it is not to quick turning (good for a newbie) and has a good wind range. The kite comes as standard with kite killers and I would recommend that you use them, I havn't had to yet but you never know :-). I also recommend staying in sub 15mph winds until you get the hang of it as they can be a bit of an animal.