Date:	Sat, 5 Aug 1995 03:20:12 -1000
From:	A.G.Lomas@reading.ac.uk (Andy)
Message-Id: <807628812.16323@enty.demon.co.uk>
Organization: University of Reading
Subject: Balck Holes !

Is anybody out there doing Black holes ?

There seems to be a lot of confusion as to exactly what moves makes up 
this trick.

Can anybdy shed some light on this.

Who Invented it ?
When was it first done?
What kites are capable ?
What are the moves ?

I would appreciate some comments, it is one of the few tricks I am 
currently not doing.

Cheers,
Andy.



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Date:	Sat, 5 Aug 1995 23:59:43 -1000
From:	steveth@mindnet.com (Steve R. Thomas)
Message-Id: <4023no$jj6@news1.best.com>
Organization: NetMind Media
Subject: Re: Balck Holes !

A.G.Lomas@reading.ac.uk(Andy) wrote:

>Is anybody out there doing Black holes ?

>There seems to be a lot of confusion as to exactly what moves makes up 
>this trick.

At risk of getting this move mixed up with another I have in mind...
(Kobi, where are you?)...

>Can anybdy shed some light on this.

>Who Invented it ?

Miguel.

>When was it first done?

I'd say about two years ago...

>What kites are capable ?

Well, there's Miguel's kite, the California Wasp, which invented the
move.  Other than that, there's The Other Berkeley Kite (XTC), and any
other sport kite that likes radical stall moves...

>What are the moves ?

The move consists of a tight spin about (fifteen) feet from the
ground, and then a hatchet-like stall at the very last rotation which
stalls the kite and points one of the tips straight into the ground.

When done correctly, the kite looks like it goes into a spin and then
gets sucked into the ground from (way up) in the air.  The higher the
better (I used fifteen feet [5m] as an example).


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steveth@mindnet.com



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