Corpus Christi video (kiteloop accident)

This video shows some cool stuff.
It has Julian in it breaking his lower leg (shin bone) on a kite loop.
He looks a lot different now than in high school.
That part starts at 3:25.

After seeing that, I think I am going to reconsider continuing doing megaloops.

http://www.kiteforum.tv/index.php?op...d=2314&Itemid=

NOTE - you HAVE to save the file and then rename it or add a .MP4 extension to it. Don't know why they screwed it up so bad.
Save it to your desktop, then just rename it by adding .mp4 to the end of it to view it.
Corpus looks pretty awesome.

[CrazyJay]

Scott,
U CANNOT STOP DOING KITELOOPS!!!!!!!!!!

We were all very proud watching you from the beach 2day. Sick Sick
I heard several people saying...... "holy sh*t!.... is that Fears???
Plus, you're only a trick or two away from losing the namesake "3 trick Scott"
Maybe we can call you "6 trick FEARLESS"

Funny. I don't have a problem with 3 tricks personally (I think I have 4).
BTW, after you left I landed 2 big ones by sheeting in on the way down like you said.

Donna saw my best one. That's good enough for me for awhile.

After seeing Julian break his leg on that size of a loop, I can't for the life of me figure out how someone like Ruben doesn't just break his entire body in half on his super mega loops. He must be made out of rubber.

Holy @#$%

Dude doing kiteloops like that on a 2006 WAROO is ASKING for a broken leg. I landed so hard trying loops like that (looping low without jumping first) I broke two boards and I'm glad I didn't break my leg.

Thought it was just me until I bought a new kite and realized it was because of the kite.

That kite sucks for kite loops.

[inferno]

hey scott, you were getting a little less horizontal pull then that guy, but you definately got higher a few times then him......

notice how when he landed (if you want to call it that) his kite was still out in front of him.... thats why his leg broke...

if you watch lentens loops, hes mostly high enough to swing under his kite with out hitting the water, then redirect it infront of him as he lands....

your loops are sort of in the middle of the two.... i bet if you rode with 20-22m lines you'd be sticking them all day long.....

definately looking good out there, giving tom a run for his money

Yikes. That's sort of depressing in a way.
Julian's loops are sick because he is looping before he gets much air and the loop itself provides much of his lift. He is really getting yanked horizontally at first, as a result. I was trying to hit about 12 feet (on the way up to what I thought would be 20) before looping, so that I wojld still have the kite out in front of me a ways and get yanked horizontally.
I was hoping I was at least 20 feet on my good ones. It sure felt like 20 plus on a several of them. If it wasn't, that's pretty lame.

I would put Julian at only 12 feet up (max) on most of his. Again, his goal isn't height, I don't believe. I think he is just going for flat out "shot from cannon" take offs and 12 feet of lift do to a kiteloop is sick!

It's been interesting experimenting with loops at different heights and at different stages in the jump the last few times out.
I have come to the conclusion that if you don't see the guy get horizontally yanked, the loop was "wimpy".

I can't figure out how RL10 hasn't died on one of his mega loops yet. His seem to be by far the most insane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMHam...eature=related

The jump over the tree island at 40 seconds is just insane.
I mean, wtf?!, seriously. How he is landing going 30 mph and dropping like a rock like at the 2:25 mark?
I just don't get it.