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Perfect for the friendless on no wind days...

 
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beej

Since 16 Jul 2010
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PostMon Jul 23, 12 9:49 am    Perfect for the friendless on no wind days... Reply with quote

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/11838

I think I will just wait out windless days and save $17,000.00!

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JonMalmberg

Since 15 Aug 2011
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PostMon Jul 23, 12 2:11 pm     Reply with quote

Solo has been around for over fifteen years. I was involved on the initial prototyping of the control keypad! Pretty cool...

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Blazeheliski

Since 30 Mar 2011
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PostMon Jul 23, 12 2:26 pm     Reply with quote

Then along came kite boarding, and you are now able to "wakeboard" behind the power of a kite all by yourself and control it with a bar! Very Happy

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beej

Since 16 Jul 2010
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PostMon Jul 23, 12 6:41 pm     Reply with quote

Pretty nifty really, just can't imagine paying 17k for the privilege!

Too bad it's not gone mainstream and driven the cost of production down.

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flipper

Since 17 Oct 2011
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PostMon Jul 23, 12 7:05 pm     Reply with quote

Have you ever tried water skiing or wake boarding behind a full sized waverunner? It is all sorts of weird. I can pull the backend of those machines back and forth with each turn. I can't imagine this little thing having enough mass to pull steadily and the wake has got to be schooper small!

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