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SalmonSlayer
Since 27 Nov 2005
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Sat Apr 28, 18 2:34 pm How old is this Slingshot bar? |
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What year? It looks modified. Note the neoprene caps on the end to keep the lines organized.
Pump is in great condition
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consumer
Since 28 Nov 2010
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Sat Apr 28, 18 3:17 pm |
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I had one of these and I think it is around ~2002
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SalmonSlayer
Since 27 Nov 2005
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Sat Apr 28, 18 4:25 pm |
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Thx
It was in a bag with a Naish Airblast and AR5. I think they also came out in 2002
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bwd
Since 04 Aug 2007
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Sat Apr 28, 18 7:12 pm |
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Big props for the “wanker pump” also
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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Sat Apr 28, 18 8:26 pm |
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Got the perfect kite for that bar:
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MasPedos
Since 05 May 2017
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Sat May 12, 18 6:01 am Hein, is that your GTO |
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I Learned on a gto.
_________________ Side on shore and so much more. |
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stevegriffith22
Since 14 May 2006
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Tue May 15, 18 1:58 pm |
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I'm almost sure I have a Fuel I almost died on multiple times in my garage...... It went with that bar......
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hilton
Since 15 Aug 2008
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Tue May 15, 18 4:35 pm |
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That bar almost killed me also.
For starters there is no quick release on the chicken loop, so you have to sheet the kite in fully before you can unhook/release it.
When I did let go of the bar, the wrist leash was wrapped around the winding post on one end so the kite went into a death spiral instead of flagging out.
I think I got dragged by one arm for 5 or 6 kite loops before it finally hit the water.
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SalmonSlayer
Since 27 Nov 2005
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Wed May 16, 18 11:43 am |
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hilton wrote: | That bar almost killed me also.
For starters there is no quick release on the chicken loop, so you have to sheet the kite in fully before you can unhook/release it.
When I did let go of the bar, the wrist leash was wrapped around the winding post on one end so the kite went into a death spiral instead of flagging out.
I think I got dragged by one arm for 5 or 6 kite loops before it finally hit the water. |
I would like to thank all of the guinea pigs that started before me.
Is the sheeting system on the bar in the pic stock or modified?
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doneptun
Since 08 Jul 2011
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Sumner, WA
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Fri May 18, 18 11:50 pm |
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I purchased that same setup in 2002 or 2003 at Cleanline (then in Warrenton) to replace a broken bar. I was kiting at Jones Beach when my stock bar for my Naish R3 broke. I rocked Slingshot's new-fangled carbon fiber bar for several years, then upgraded and found a better use for it with a stunt kite.
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josephcrabill
Since 07 Jun 2018
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Fri Jun 08, 18 12:01 am Re: How old is this Slingshot bar? |
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SalmonSlayer wrote: | What year? It looks modified. Note the neoprene caps on the end to keep the lines organized.
Pump is in great condition |
2002 I guess.
_________________ Joseph T Crabill |
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