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[*] posted on 29-12-2014 at 08:17 PM


They come with them. I wasn't expecting them to but they did. I assume they still do but you might check. When Steffen emails the invoice to you, it should have the bag listed as included.
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[*] posted on 29-12-2014 at 08:27 PM


It'll be a minute... Got some kites to sell first



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[*] posted on 30-12-2014 at 09:42 AM


I took my new born-kite streetkite bar with 5 meter lines for a spin today on a compacted gravel lot. Gravel is my favorite surface so far. My grass fields have thick grass and asphalt can be a little too fast for my liking. If your having trouble learning landboard, try and find a surface with little resistance. I'm getting much more comfortable and can finally relax and tack back and forth with little effort in the right wind. I was feeling pretty good about myself so I thought I would give toeside a try. Evidently I'm not ready for that yet. :) It's really a lot of fun and I like using the bar because you can easily control the kite with one hand in the middle. The streetkite bar is very different than the 3 line bar and is not quite as simple as it looks. The SIA adjuster allows you to set the depower at the desired level and the same mechanism allows you to adjust the length of the third line for the different size kites so there is not a lot of excess flopping around. The bar and the lines have knot sleeves which are very handy to eliminate bridle tangles. The third line is above the bar and linked to the main leaders on either side. The third line runs through a little peice of metal hardware and back down to where it started effectively creating a pulley. If you have a kite killer attached to it, that allows for the third line to be pulled for adjustment or if you let go it will collapse the nose.
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[*] posted on 30-12-2014 at 09:56 AM


Saw that on one of Steffan's vids... looks kinda cool. What made you want to try the street kite bar over the depow bar on shorty lines? just curious.



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[*] posted on 30-12-2014 at 10:02 AM


The depower bar works fine as well, but I wanted to have a dedicated short line bar and a dedicated long line bar so I wouldn't have to swap lines. I got the streetkite bar as the short line bar mainly because it's much much cheaper.
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[*] posted on 30-12-2014 at 04:29 PM


You'll really appreciate the operation of the 3 line depower bar Spencer! Of course when I first unpackaged mine, it was prompt call to Sean. I was scratching my head at first saying "whatha......" LOL

I went ahead and picked up another bar and line set. My intentions are to make the 5.5 and 7m rtf. I can tell they are going to be my most used sizes. It is comforting knowing I have an extra bar incase something was to happen for some unforeseen reason. All components are high quality and are just as durable as any other kite gear.

The bar option of being hooked in or strong arm to achieve the same results really seals the deal IMHO. If you are hooked in, simply pinch the depower ball between your fingers for easy operation (like I WASNT doing) as in John's video, or simply push/pull the bar in strong arm mode :thumbup:. This feature lets YOU control the amount of daredevil :evil:. Hooking in, and unhooking is all done on the fly like a strop on FB handles. No chicken finger to fool with.





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[*] posted on 30-12-2014 at 05:20 PM


FYI, the SIA on the street kite bar stands for steuer-impuls adapter which translated means tax pulse adapter. I don't know how I didn't guess that, it makes perfect sense now :puzzled::lol:
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[*] posted on 30-12-2014 at 05:23 PM


Exactly Sean!!!! It didn't help I was trying to figure out the whole bar thing in German! I felt like a tot trying to fit a square peg into a round hole LMAO



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[*] posted on 14-1-2015 at 12:41 PM


Check out the wild looking custom nasa star 2's in this recent video. Specifically the one at 1:22



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[*] posted on 14-1-2015 at 01:43 PM


Good pick up! Looked very cruisy too.



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[*] posted on 14-1-2015 at 01:48 PM


Great find Sean!!! Good Lord I really like the NASA Stars!!! My kinda cruzin'.



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