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Old 09-08-2010, 03:52 PM
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Are you kidding me? Incredible Kite "flying"
This is just wild-hard to know where to post it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSsKAzyKzhc
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Old 09-08-2010, 04:02 PM
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Impressive. I'll bet it's loads of fun if he misjudges and digs the front of that board into the sand....
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Old 09-08-2010, 04:12 PM
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Did you notice how he reconfigures the kite just before touchdown on the water-you said it: impressive!
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Wonderful, I love it! What a great control of the kite (sail? wing? paraglider?) that guy has, and what precision! Thanks for the great video, Doug!
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That reminds me of an incredible thing called Wingsuit Base Jumping.

I'm really only on boat forums, so I don't have anywhere to say, "hey, check this out!"

In the same spirit as the first YouTube video, here are guys jumping off mountains and FLYING to the bottom!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4U6T_BB1N8
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