Joelio Posted May 21, 2003 Report Posted May 21, 2003 How do you measure a jump? a) By the feet - you measure how high the feet are off the ground, so if i jumped 10ft, my head would be at just over 16ft. b) By the head, if you jumped 10ft, your head would be at 10ft. Stupid question, but just wondering - this mainly makes me wonder with big jumps, as 10ft is one helluva lot higher if you measure the feet! Quote
mabster Posted May 21, 2003 Report Posted May 21, 2003 I use my feet, using head is just stupid, i think thats y when a lot of people say they are getting 10 foot and u see them they are oly geting around 5 or 4 foot. Well l8r mabs Quote
specificpig Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 from the lowest point just incase u happen to be inverted! Quote
Tone Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 i measure from the feet! from the head is just silly... Tony Quote
Joelio Posted May 22, 2003 Author Report Posted May 22, 2003 I voted feet too - looks like it's pretty much decided then Quote
Andy S Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 I vote for head... that way I can get a foot or so on most of you before I even get off the ground Andy (6' 7" tall, that's 2.01m in new money ) Quote
Tone Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 6' 7"....pfff.. bet you were known as shorty in school! "how is the weather up there " etc Quote
Joelio Posted May 22, 2003 Author Report Posted May 22, 2003 The term for being tall is "lanky" - at 6'4" i get asked about the wetaher quite a lot - ah well, height has some advantages, ummmmmmmmmm, you can hang things from the ceiling easier??????? Quote
oo Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 head?!? what about all thes 2 foot jumps? they'd have to be crouching... ... or inverted and that would be silly that low... Quote
Andy S Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 Originally posted by Joelio ah well, height has some advantages, Yup, particularly if you are blessed with being proportionately sized "all over" ...ahem...... (someone had to lower the Tone a bit ) Andy Quote
Tone Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 i would prefer if you didnt lower me without asking. please thank you. Quote
adrenalin rush1599968596 Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 well what about being small, i get the same all the time, "hows the weather down there today jon" no then , would you rather be nice and tall (possibly lannky too - perfect blow job possition all day round) or small, being small means u get boob height whcih is good! also means you can have a smaller kite!! what u think Quote
burgy Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 Oi Shorty I think you should go out & spend some time in the company of women. Shouldnt cost you too much if your not picky. burgy Quote
Adrena1in Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 The lowest part of the body when at the highest point of the jump. Quote
Dibz Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 agreed... i try and guess the distance between the ground and the lowest point of the body... a six foot jump very quickly becomes a 12ft jump if horizontal movement is enough to turn you into superman... it isn't any higher... but it seems it! Quote
Andy S Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 Originally posted by Adrena1in The lowest part of the body when at the highest point of the jump. Jeez... There's always someone who has to bring the conversation back to the original point... Andy Tone: you take the pfff, I can lower you without asking - alright. Quote
Tone Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 lol!! so i can take the pfff and you can lower me? hmm i dont think that is a fair deal!! Tone.... "lowered untill further notice" Quote
Adrena1in Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 Originally posted by Andy S Jeez... There's always someone who has to bring the conversation back to the original point... No, I was wrong...I didn't mean it. The real, definitive, final answer, and method for measuring a jump that we should ALL use, is..... (yes) ..... IIIISSSSS ..... (YES) FORTY TWO!!!! (Sorry, got carried away there!) No, seriously, the vertical movement of the flying handles should determine the jump height. I could be hanging from my 6.4 Blade, and could lift my body right up and lift my feet. The kite may not move at all, and I could say I did a 6 or 7 foot jump. That would be bill-hooks...it would be a zero foot jump. There, that's the answer. Quote
Tom183 Posted May 22, 2003 Report Posted May 22, 2003 I measure jumps by the number of idiots who have injured themselves... About 99% of all kite-jumpers, I reckon... Quote
Tone Posted May 23, 2003 Report Posted May 23, 2003 what are you trying to say my good man? Tony Quote
Tom183 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Posted May 23, 2003 I'm saying kite jumping, in any conditions other than perfect, is simply too dangerous - and I'll bet you can get confirmation from any kite-jumper, just ask what his/her worst injury has been (so far...). The ones who don't respond are likely dead. Quote
Guest jimpeee Posted May 24, 2003 Report Posted May 24, 2003 Have only managed about 7', but have no injuries.. unless you include slight bruising and grass stains on my head from my first ever outing with a kite! (that's from the feet :-)) Quote
Tom183 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Posted May 24, 2003 If you want to go higher, you're likely to break something before long. My biggest problem with this thread (not so much with jumping itself) is that it encourages people to take unnecessary risks just for bragging rights. If you stay within your limits and the limits of the kite/conditions, kite jumping can be relatively safe. But when you start pushing the envelope just for pssing contests like this one, you're asking for trouble. That's when accidents happen, and that's how power kiting gets a bad reputation. Quote
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