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Lib.Lk.Locals. (c)
Since 02 Oct 2009
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Spokane, Yakima, Seattle
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 Sat Apr 03, 10 12:56 pm The B-3 is a Great Start! |
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Hopefully I'll get out to Hood for some lessons soon! This is in Liberty Lake, WA at Pavillion Park. I was pleased that the Slingshot B3 could lift a 200 pound dude... Cheers!
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4Stringer/KipWinger
Since 27 Apr 2005
541 Posts
Hood River
Addicted
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 1:19 pm |
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Res ipsa loquitur
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Lib.Lk.Locals. (c)
Since 02 Oct 2009
41 Posts
Spokane, Yakima, Seattle
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 2:12 pm |
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[quote="4Stringer/KipWinger"]Res ipsa loquitur[/quote]
haha Thanks for your concern... fortunately negligence nor ignorance is applicable here! 
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4Stringer/KipWinger
Since 27 Apr 2005
541 Posts
Hood River
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 4:57 pm |
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| Lib.Lk.Locals. (c) wrote: | | 4Stringer/KipWinger wrote: | | Res ipsa loquitur |
haha Thanks for your concern... fortunately negligence nor ignorance is applicable here! |
Since it appears Monkeyboy's not available to offer searing analysis
two words: (two words rescinded.)
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Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
2698 Posts
Still a gojo pimp!
Moto Mouth
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 5:11 pm |
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I was thinking more along the lines of Caveat Emptor 
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Lib.Lk.Locals. (c)
Since 02 Oct 2009
41 Posts
Spokane, Yakima, Seattle
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 5:16 pm |
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Sweet.. I love all the scuff.. haha.. I guess that is what noobs get.. Actually I've been flying for a while. Just haven't had the chance to get on water. again appreciate the look out..
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K4L
Since 19 Jan 2009
483 Posts
Obsessed
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 6:29 pm |
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Welcome To the Addiction! 
I still remember my first jumps with a 3M trainer, and it only gets better from there
Good call on getting a trainer,fly it till control is second nature and it will put you miles ahead for when you go to pay for lessons.
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LOOP
Since 08 Feb 2007
107 Posts
Ore-Ida
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 7:26 pm |
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| Yep agreed. The B-3 is a sweet trainer for sure. There has been some ferocious winds around here lately. Hopefully you will get stoked on some lessons this summer, but the real fun around here SHOULD come in the winter. Esp around liberty lake. Altho this winter was lame.
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Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
2698 Posts
Still a gojo pimp!
Moto Mouth
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 8:54 pm |
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Welcome to the addiction!! hahaha - no turning back now!
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Lib.Lk.Locals. (c)
Since 02 Oct 2009
41 Posts
Spokane, Yakima, Seattle
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| Sat Apr 03, 10 9:38 pm |
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Thanks Everyone! Definitly looking forward to it!!!
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Sun Apr 04, 10 9:38 am |
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I've already had my cofee so nothing too searing. But word to the wise if it's windy enough to truely launch you at 200lbs you may very easily
snap a line.. That said, this is always fun.. Get the kite reasonably high in the sky while on wet grass, crouch down a little then grab one end of thE bar with both hands. Hang on!! Yipee!
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42qn30
Since 22 Jul 2009
41 Posts
Michigan City, IN
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| Sun Apr 04, 10 12:49 pm |
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I took my 3m practice kite out in 30kt winds and I did snap a line. I didn' think it would spin so much on just one line. Now I put real kite lines on it. Be careful. Luckily I was only a foot off the ground when mine snapped. 
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fredf
Since 10 Jan 2009
80 Posts
Eugene. Or
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| Mon Apr 05, 10 10:05 am |
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A 3m trainer is pretty safe so a 1.5m should be a cakewalk, no?
Yesterday I was out at a soccer field in predicted 18-24 southerlies for some mountainboarding, launched my 4m Scout but decided it was a bit too gusty (it is not depowerable) so without even a qualm I resorted to my teenie tiny 2 line 1.5m trainer. It has no leash attachment point to flag the kite but no problem as one could not possibly get hurt flying a handkerchief, right? Long story short, with the leash hooked to one bar end, after about 10 minutes of seemingly ok conditions, without warning, I was yanked off my board, managed to unhook but was dragged uncontrollably by the spinning kite and my leash a couple hundred feet along the ground until a fence stopped the kite. Scary! Yes I could have released the kite from the leash but that didn't seem like a necessary thing to do at the time, although in retrospect, waiting to take decisive protective steps is a receipe for disaster.
I am now going to rig some line extensions at the bar ends to attach my leash farther up the line so the kite will fully flag-out. And hopefully I'll not forget the potential force of even the smallest of kites in big gusts.
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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
760 Posts
In Ft. Stevens, OR
Opinionated
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| Mon Apr 05, 10 10:12 am |
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I can't help but laugh at the oh shit look face in this pic..  Its the same look my kid made launching the 1st time this weekend on his trainer.....classic.
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