Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 07:41:22 -1000 From: Bill Fitz <71033.3662@CompuServe.COM> Message-Id: <4equ02$ijr$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> Organization: none-set Subject: "What's Kite Jumping?" Could some one explain or define "Kite Jumping"??? /exit = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 22:13:20 -1000 From: john_kites Message-Id: <199602020813.AA13348@BlackBird.MultiNET.DE> Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: Re: "What's Kite Jumping?" > > Could some one explain or define "Kite Jumping"??? /exit > Kite Jumping: Another way to destroy your body. Surf'n the Sky, John Mitchell = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 03:11:28 -1000 From: neitzke@elk.bayer.com (Bob Neitzke) Message-Id: Organization: Bayer Corporation Subject: Re: "What's Kite Jumping?" In article <4equ02$ijr$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com>, Bill Fitz <71033.3662@CompuServe.COM> wrote: >Could some one explain or define "Kite Jumping"??? /exit > The preferred kiters methodology versus the Dr. Kevorkian Connection As with Dr K. ... you're on your on here ! Best Regards Bob Bob Neitzke birdofplay@aol.com http://members.aol.com/birdofplay "To put your life in danger from time to time breeds a saneness in dealing with day to day trivialities" Stay outa da treez = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 04:02:50 -1000 From: sc5@prism.gatech.edu (SPC) Message-Id: <4et5ia$t79@acmex.gatech.edu> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Subject: Re: "What's Kite Jumping?" In article <199602020813.AA13348@BlackBird.MultiNET.DE>, john_kites wrote: No snappy answer here.... ') >> Could some one explain or define "Kite Jumping"??? /exit >> >Kite Jumping: Another way to destroy your body. Kite jumping is a form of power kiting where you use stacks of kites or a very large kite to lift the flier from terra firma. The take-off normally is accomplished by jumping upwards, then the power of the kites do the rest. The variants on this theme are thethered jumping where the flier is anchored to the ground via a rope, or free flight jumping where there is no connection to the ground.. Very dangerous. Very unadvisable. Can be very trilling. But then again, so can bungee jumping and I wouldn't do that. Actually, bungee jumping is probably safer, and we all know how many accidents/deaths there have been with that. Steve ************************ aoxomoxoa ************************ * I'm not a participant in any organized hobby... * * I'm a kiteflier! * * (with appologies to Will Rogers) * http://server1.admin.gatech.edu/fac/steve/kiting/kiting.htm = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:49:26 -1000 From: miel@knoware.nl (Emiel Stroeve) Message-Id: <4etpeu$l0p@news.euro.net> Organization: Euronet Internet Subject: Re: "What's Kite Jumping?" Bill Fitz <71033.3662@CompuServe.COM> wrote: >Could some one explain or define "Kite Jumping"??? /exit ehhhhhhhh, kite jumping...... doesn't that ring a bell ? I think it's got something to do with highly intelligent kites, who after they've been *beemed up* by Scotty live a live on their own. They actually have a pair of little feet on wich they jump nicely up and down. Really a grazy sight on kite fests these days. No serious, kite jumping is something you do when you *really* know what can happen when the kite pulls you. Believe me, you hardly ever know what a kite *can* do you next to breaking every bone in your body. jump on a buggy, it's much safer ;-) see you up there, emiel Emiel Stroeve The Netherlands miel@knoware.nl --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <<< *** http://www.euronet.nl/users/mielse/index.html *** >>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 15:18:24 -1000 From: bforest@interramp.com (Bruce Forest) Message-Id: Organization: Tunes, VRML and Fine Cheeses... Subject: Re: "What's Kite Jumping?" In article <4equ02$ijr$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com>, Bill Fitz <71033.3662@CompuServe.COM> wrote: > Could some one explain or define "Kite Jumping"??? /exit It's when you lie in a trench at the business end of three ten foot Flexis in a 30mph wind, and get yanked off the ground and redeposited forty yards away in a broken bloody heap. The you get to spend the summer in traction. Sounds fun, eh? -- Bruce Forest... bforest@futuris.net bforest@interramp.com bforest@bliss.demon.co.uk droopus@aol.com PGP key on http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html "Throw back the little ones, and pan fry the big ones.. Use tact, poise and reason, and gently squeeze them." Becker/Fagen 'Katy Lied' = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =