kitehighland Posted August 26, 2004 Report Posted August 26, 2004 are newer designs capable of stunts that older kites cannot do or do they just make them easier. (eg psycho vs matrix or gemini) Quote
whisky Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 The newer kites are designed to do the latest tricks, even the Gemini has gone through some changes. Psycho was good for its time and is still good for high winds, but has a limited number of tricks it can do. Most of the up to date tricks (jacobs ladder, wap-a-doo and so on) now require kites with active bridles, weights, yo-yo stoppers, sliders and particular sail designs to make them roll up several times perform backspins and then roll out again to maybe to a fade. Im still a big fan of the gemini but now with some mods... Hope this helps Quote
Sirblackadder Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 Hi, I'm very new to trick kiting. Got my Premier Addiction just some days ago and currently work on the very basics. However, I was wondering: Would a good trick flyer be able to do many of the standard tricks (axels, pancake, lazy suzan) with any delta kite? Or are some of the older deltas only build for sharp turns and speedy loops? Bye, Malte. Quote
whisky Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 I spent some time on the Stranger last weekend and although I could axle, flic flac, and 540 it felt very limited even at a few mph of wind, so out came the Gemini UL and I was happerly tricking out to my hearts content. I think you can only get so much out of the older designs, mind you, I have managed to trick a flexifoil stacker 6 other day... Quote
wot do I no Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 Psycho was good for its time and is still good for high winds, but has a limited number of tricks it can do. Wrong, take the trick line off, this kite WILL do all the latest tricks. Most of the up to date tricks (jacobs ladder, wap-a-doo and so on) now require kites with active bridles, weights, yo-yo stoppers, sliders and particular sail designs to make them roll up several times perform backspins and then roll out again to maybe to a fade. Wrong again, most of the kites that do all the "stuff" including WAP DO WAPS have 3 point bridles. What are sliders, are these ULE fitting covers ? Quote
desciple Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 OOOOH some one seems very sure of themselves . I'd like to see my psycho 'sans' trick line do a comete or even a consistant backspin not to mention a K2000. Wot do I no.....by the sounds of you, you should make a short video of yourself and annter Big Davey's 'virtual trickout'. Mind you if you don't know what a slider is maybe the old yoyo stoppers and tail weight will have you flummaxed also! Happy tricking Quote
wot do I no Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 OOOOH some one seems very sure of themselves . I'd like to see my psycho 'sans' trick line do a comete or even a consistant backspin not to mention a K2000. Oh I'm very sure, maybe your just not good enough Wot do I no.....by the sounds of you, you should make a short video of yourself and annter Big Davey's 'virtual trickout'. Big Davey's ????? shouldn't that be FA's Mind you if you don't know what a slider is maybe the old yoyo stoppers and tail weight will have you flummaxed also! Oh I know what Yoyo-gliss are all right, just never heard them called sliders before. Quote
BigDavey Posted August 27, 2004 Report Posted August 27, 2004 Oh I'm very sure, maybe your just not good enough - - - 8 Big Davey's ????? shouldn't that be FA's Never mind who it's tagged as - Just sign up already! Quote
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