Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 19:33:18 -1000 From: danr@crash.cts.com (Dan Rubesh) Message-Id: <1993Nov27.213319.3916@crash> Organization: CTS Network Services (CTSNET/crash), San Diego, CA Subject: Questions from spectators... I'm sure we all get some rather interesting (and dumb) commentary / questions from the non-kiting spectators from time to time.. Today I had probably one of the least intelligent questions asked.. The wind the past couple of days has been Santa Anas, out of the East, 10-14 with occaisional gusts to 18-20.. I felt in the mood for some power so I put up the Force-10 on about a 160 ft. line set, and was enjoying some outrageous butt-skiing along the grass.. As I finished a pass, parked the kite overhead and walked it back to the start point, a lady came over and asked, "Was the kite _really_ pulling you along, or were you just doing that?" (Yeah, like I'm able to levitate my butt a fraction of an inch above the ground and propel myself somehow..) I think I showed a good deal of tactfulness by not tossing out some of the smart-assed answers that popped into mind, and instead explained power-kiting.. -- Good Winds and Tight Lines! Dan Rubesh AKA Member/Merchant Wind Wizard, Purveyor of UUCP: {ucsd, nosc}!crash!danr GO Stunt Kites & Accessories ARPA: crash!danr@nosc.mil FLY A P.O. Box 5747 INET: danr@crash.cts.com STUNT Ventura, CA 93005 (805) 659-5654 KITE! Member: Kite Trade Assn. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = From: Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 10:34:59 -1000 From: Brian Johnsen@eskimo.com (Brian Johnsen) Message-Id: Organization: Captain Pugets Roadside Taco Stand Subject: Re: Questions from spectators... In article <1993Nov27.213319.3916@crash>, Dan Rubesh wrote: [ ] > were you just doing that?" (Yeah, like I'm >able to levitate my butt a fraction of an inch above the ground and propel >myself somehow..) I think I showed a good deal of tactfulness... Beans. -- Brian Johnsen johnsen@eskimo.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 19:59:09 -1000 From: steveth@netcom.com (Steve Thomas) Message-Id: Organization: VisionAire, San Francisco, CA Subject: Re: Questions from spectators... In article <1993Nov27.213319.3916@crash> danr@crash.cts.com (Dan Rubesh) writes: [Dumb question from non-flyer specator deleted] When I did the Kite Show at Pier 39, San Francisco, I had a list (in the order of most frequently asked) of all the questions I got. Just for some background, I had to fly a six-pack of Trlbys on a field that was about 20 feet wide and about 100 feet long. The field had trees on one side, and lamp posts on the other. I had to take off and land on this field and fly over the billions of people that swarmed around the front area of the Pier where street vendors and performers would reside. Here is the list: 1. "Ever hit anybody?" (See Above) 2. "Does that thing have a motor on it?" (You know all the noise Trlbys make...) 3. "Don't your lines get tangled?" (Yeah sure, see the big mess I'm making!). 4. "Are you making it do all of those things?" (No, the wind makes the kite fly perfect squares, diamonds, and loops!). 5. "Where do you buy those/how much?" (Kite store liked this one) 6. "Are you allowed to be doing this here?" (No, but the beach or the Marina Green aren't challenging enough!). 7. "Can I try?" (No, but the guy down the way might let you juggle his chain saws...). 8. "Does that require years of training?" (Various answers). 9. "How do you that?" (Like this...). 10. "Ever get pulled away?" (Yeah, sure, all the time... [I'd get more of these when I would fly the 12 pack of Trlbys...]) There were others, but that's most of them... -- _______ Steve Thomas steveth@netcom.com "I'm doing just fine. I took stock in a Mace company right before society crumbled." -- Selma/Simpson's = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =