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C Johnson
Since 17 Apr 2009
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sromano1995
Since 22 May 2013
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Portland
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 Mon May 11, 15 12:56 pm |
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| Nice sequence! How do you like the FX? |
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C Johnson
Since 17 Apr 2009
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Seattle
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Windstoked
Since 21 May 2013
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| Tue May 12, 15 2:12 pm |
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| It looks like a double backroll with a kiteloop to me, not a downloop. |
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C Johnson
Since 17 Apr 2009
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Seattle
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| Tue May 12, 15 2:15 pm |
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I thought it was called a downloop if you landed it with the kite at the bottom of the loop. Maybe my trick terminology is off.
call it whatever you want, its fun! 
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airon^
Since 07 Aug 2013
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Durango
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| Tue May 12, 15 5:10 pm wise words |
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| call it whatever you want, its fun! |
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Windstoked
Since 21 May 2013
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| Tue May 12, 15 8:02 pm |
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| C Johnson wrote: | I thought it was called a downloop if you landed it with the kite at the bottom of the loop. Maybe my trick terminology is off.
call it whatever you want, its fun! |
No criticism intended, it's a great move I love to do also. I was just curious to see the frontloop variation.
I guess there is some difference in definition of terms commonly used. I've always used downloop for a loop forward in the direction of travel and a kiteloop reverses the kite direction. Years ago some people called a kiteloop a loop either direction that was initiated on the way up and a downloop any loop initiated after starting to descend. |
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DownStream
Since 18 Apr 2007
381 Posts
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| Wed May 13, 15 9:07 am |
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nice riding,
true about the terminology being off, not that it matters much but:
downloops are initiated with front hand, kite turned down first then looped back through powerzone, those are regular kiteloops swinging the kite upwards first then around through powerzone
great post
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
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PNW
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| Wed May 13, 15 9:20 am |
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| C Johnson wrote: | | . . . call it whatever you want, its fun! |
Sweet move!
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C Johnson
Since 17 Apr 2009
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Seattle
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| Wed May 13, 15 11:17 am |
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| Sasquatch wrote: | | C Johnson wrote: | | . . . call it whatever you want, its fun! |
Sweet move!
Fueled and made possible by broken-down, ingested plastics. |
Totally! they made me dumb enough to try and fail many many times 
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Windstoked
Since 21 May 2013
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| Wed May 13, 15 3:21 pm |
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| The double backroll kiteloop actually makes for a sweet transition move also, adding flair to a single backroll kiteloop transition like CJ threw at the beginning of the clip. Why do a regular boring transition when you can add a little pizazz to it? |
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sromano1995
Since 22 May 2013
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Portland
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| Thu May 14, 15 9:48 am |
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@Winstoked and @Downstream: thanks for the clarification on the downloop terminology!
Also throwing a backflip instead of a backroll at the transition point makes for a fun variation... Not sure what it is called when you do it, but it's actually not that difficult.
@CJ - barely tried the FX for 20 min in marginal conditions. Not enough to form an opinion. |
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C Johnson
Since 17 Apr 2009
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Seattle
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| Thu May 14, 15 12:06 pm |
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next step is to try and make the first rotation laid out with the 2nd rotation inverted with an indy grab for extra pizzaz
oh yeah and to take it bigger 
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