Win a Kite + More Prizes with Extreme Kites!

[.Joel]

Win a Kite or more!

This is your chance to make a quick and easy entry, and grab a prize.

How to Enter

Post a Kiting Definition (explanation) in your own words in this topic.

Example of an Entry:

Zenith: Referred to as "12 O'Clock" or the "top of the window," located directly above your head making it the highest point a kite can reach.

Prize Pool

1st draw: Peter Lynn Twister 3.0m, complete with lines & handles.

2nd draw: Peter Lynn Beanie

3rd draw: Peter Lynn Beanie

4th draw: Griffin Kiteboarding T-Shirt

5th draw: Griffin Kiteboarding T-Shirt

How we draw?

We will simply randomly draw the names, you can enter as many times as you like, and this means you can win as many times as we draw your name. So if we draw the same name twice you will win 2 prizes, you are not limited to winning just 1 prize.

Valid Entries

Entries have to be in your own words, not copied from other websites. Any entries found to be "copies" will be disqualified, we pride ourselves on creating our own original, helpful content on Extreme Kites as a community. Duplicating content from around the internet does not increase the overall knowledge pool, and in some cases is detrimental when just duplicating poor content. So we ask that your entries are your own, and not copied from anyone else.

Multiple Entries

Each definition you submit is worth 1 entry. Submit 100 definitions and you get 100 entries etc...

What will we do with the entries?

Once all entries are submitted and the competition is over, we will mull over the entries, organise them and add them to our new Knowledge Base due shortly so everyone can access them.

Competition Start and Close

Competition starts now (Thursday 18th March) and ends Sunday April 18th.

[Exarch]

Teabag...

Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH Up... "WooHoo" Down.... "OH NO!" SPLASH

repeat until kite surfing is awesome.

[brayri]

Leading Edge= The part of the kite that has the inflatable inner tube that holds the kite's shape in the air and also makes it float on the water

[brayri]

Grave Digger = when you are looking around for your friends who are more upwind that you are and you find your front leg slowing going under water... all of a sudden you stack and look like and idiot..

[Exarch]

Supported Leading Edge (SLE)

the kite utilises an inflatable bladder along the front (leading edge) of the kite.

this is used to retain it's shape and give structure to an otherwise limp sail.

SLE kites utilse (generally) inflatable struts that hold the canopy of the kite and further assist holding shape.

[brayri]

jellyfishing - when your kite does not have enough air in it and the leading edge flaps like a jellyfish in the wind gusts..

[Exarch]

Matress..

any foil / non SLE kite, generally found on ebay being sold under the guise of "these are great because they auto zenith" and largly ignored by the population of the kiting community who know better

[brayri]

The pendulum - when you're trying to go super big and you fly the kite in the opposite direction and go for a jump you end up swinging around under the kite like a rag doll ... penduluming!

[Exarch]

Air Time...

1. a VHS video release in 1993 about a basketball player Michael Jordan

2. how long you can stay in the air... on purpose... while doing a kite related activity

[koma]

Fifth line (5th Line)

A line which usually runs from the chicken loop up to the centre of the leading edge of a kite. Fifth lines are commonly found on LEI C-kites however they may also be found on some non-LEI kites (Ie. Flysurfer's).

The purpose of the fifth line is to function as a single attachment point that will flag the kite out resulting in instantaneous and near complete depower. Fifth lines are commonly used by intermeidate/advanced kiters learning unhooked tricks when the chance of letting go of the bar is high. More experienced riders will avoid using a fifth line in favour of a 'suicide' safety connection.

When a kite is 'dropped' to a fifth line it will most commonly rotate and land on the water on it's back at which point the rider may be able to re-ride the deployed safety system and relaunch the kite.

[koma]

Suicide

Suicide or riding suicide refers to the connection point where a kiter attaches their safety leash to their chicken loop or bar/lines. To ride suicide means to connect to a point which will not provide full depower. This is done intentionally by advanced riders so that if they let go of the bar, the kite will continue to fly allowing them to reel in the chicken loop and hook back in.

[Exarch]

Death Loop...

dropping your kite into the water and something bad happens to your lines.

i.e. the left line gets wraped around the right side of the handle.

causing the kite to power-up, loop (pulls you forward) and slam into the water again.

the kite will continue to do this until it is either detatched or the lines sorted out.

[Daniel.Rae]

Body Dragging- Dragging yourself through the water on your stomach or side with the kite but without a board, in order to learn kite control skills or to retrieve a dropped board.

[koma]

Pump

A pump is used to inflate a kite to give it a semi-rigid structure. Pumps are most commonly used with LEI (leading edge inflatable) kites which are commonly used for water kitesurfing. Pumps vary in size and capacity with the taller pumps being favoured for rapid inflation. Electric pumps are also available for those who don't like the traditional double action shaft style pumps.

[Exarch]

showpony...

commonly seen throwing tricks, carves, etc in the shallows near swimmers, near solid objects such as piers, etc where the rider can show off to their imaginary girlfriend and endanger bystanders.

generally fround upon by the larger kiting community, but loved by their imaginary +1 Ms Palmer.

[koma]

Hindenburg

Referring to the catastrophic failiure of the German passenger airship LZ 129 (6th May, 1937), a hindenburg in kiting terms is when a kite over flys the wind window resulting in it falling leading edge down.

A hindenburg is usually unrecoverable resulting in the kite falling from the sky and hitting the water / ground and often being tangled in it's own lines.

[koma]

Chicken loop

A loop of rope/plastic that a kiter uses to connect the kite to themselves through the use of a harness with a harness hook. Modern chicken loops are now integrated with a quick release allowing the kiter to separate themselves from the kite in an emergency. It is also common practice to use a small stiff piece of plastic or rope called a chicken finger or donkey dick to ensure that the chicken loop remains in place on the harness hook.

[koma]

Harness Hook

A harness hook is a metal loop which is attached to the front of either a seat or waist harness. The harness hook is used by kiters to attach themselves to a kite by use of a chicken loop. A harness hook is used when a kiter is riding 'hooked in'. It is also common practice to use a small stiff piece of plastic or rope called a chicken finger or donkey dick to ensure that the chicken loop remains in place on the harness hook.

[koma]

Donkey dick / Chicken finger / Chicken bone

A small piece of plastic/rope usually ~8-14cm long that is used to stop the chicken loop from accidentally coming off the harness hook. The donkey dick can either be attached to the spreader bar, the harness hook or integrated into the chicken loop quick release.

[koma]

Unhooked

When a kiter disconnects the chicken loop from the harness hook resulting in the kite flying sheeted completely in and transferring all power through the kiters arms. Unhooking is generally done by intermediate/advanced riders and used to give an explosive rush of power often used to 'pop' off the water for tricks such as raileys and other wakestyle tricks.

[Fossil]

KITEMARE:

When your kiting adventure goes horribly wrong.

Mostly caused by not following best kiting safety practices or possibly gear failure.

Can result in damage to property, yours & others.

Can result in major personal injury or death.

Best outcome from a KITEMARE is usually seriously soiled underware.

Avoiding Kitemares should be your priority to enable best extraction of fun from the sport

Fossil

[ctrlaltkite]

Leech

1. The edge of a kite skin where the wind leaves the kite. The trailing edge. 2. A kite buddy that hasn’t got the kite equipment you’ve got and wishes to borrow it from you all the time. 3. Participants in the EK Kite Demo System – see 2.

[Peter]

wow that was quick joel!!

now i'll have to catch up.

some great entries, aint it easy?

keep em coming, i'll ask joel to add another prize, for the funniest.

[koma]

Harness

A harness is used by a kiter when hooking in to a depowerable kite. A harness can either be in the form of a seat harness (similar to a rock climbing harness) where loops run around the back of the legs resulting in the kiter being able to sit in the harness, or a waist harness which is worn around the lower waist beneath the ribs.

A kiter will generally start out with a seat harness as it provides a lower point of attachment and allowing for a more comfortable experience when positioning the kite above the kiter. Intermediate and advanced riders often choose to use a waist harness for the benefits of added mobility and range of motion which is useful when riding toeside or performing tricks.

[koma]

Safety leash

A semi-elastic leash which a kiter uses to attach their kite to themselves by attaching one end to a solid point on their harness and the other end to a flag-out point, depower system or other point on their chicken loop or lines. Safety leashes also have a quick release mechanism on them which should be within arms reach of the rider so that in the event of an emergency the rider can completely separate themselves from the kite.