Date: Sun, 6 Mar 1994 08:58:39 -1000 From: steveth@netcom.com (Steve Thomas) Message-Id: Organization: VisionAire, San Francisco, CA Subject: Defining Radical (Re: My Favorite Radical) In article <2lc090$q2q@umd5.umd.edu> jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) writes: >In article <9403052003.tn272819@aol.com> ahclem0013@aol.com writes: > > I've been meaning to respond to Steve's post... I've been doing >what basically amounts to an axle with my Pro and something that's much >weirder than an axle with my 3/4 Tracer since *long* before I'd ever heard >of a move called the "Axle" or hear descriptions of how it was done. >Reference the thread in which I talked about a "helicopter" which involved >a counter-intuitive opposite-hand snap. Actually, Ron Reich did what we call a "Jurraxle" (word-root, "Jurassic") a *long* time ago (long before I was into sport kites). This consisted of a pushing move in the middle of a turn on the edge of the window. This made the kite effectively spin in place, in a somewhat flat posture. It was done with a Spin-Off... > >(I am in no way trying to take credit for Steve's radical moves; he was >doing them before me, and probably does them better. But I did come up >with some of the same stuff with completely different kites. [cut] Well, let me put it this way: there is a lot of factors that make "your move" known widely, and, as a consequence, known as "your move". I spent a lot of time making this move look like something besides a mistake, and after that, showing other flyers this move--viz. "promoting" the move. Showing people how to do a move requires not only knowing how to do it, *but knowing how you are doing it when you do it*. This way, you can actually show/tell somebody exactly how the move is done. It's a lot of work, actually--it harkens back to what Thomas Edison said about invention--10 423936nspiration, and 90perspiration... >[unCut] I merely take >exception to the idea that the XTC "defines radical.") Several kites, like the Cal Wasp, and Jordan Aire kites do this. What I meant by this is that the XTC is a "bleading edge" kite in the sense that it is a kite that pushes the envelope of flying. This title is about half kite, and half flyer who tends to fly the kite, viz. Miguel Rodriguez (Cal Wasp), Dean Jordan (JordanAire), and Peter Werba (Buena Vista). > >Jeff >(who will remind Dean that it's a good idea for a manufacturer to include a >disclaimer when singing the praises of their own product. Jeff, on the >other hand, is completely unrelated to Jordan Air, and thus can rave about >the Pro all he wants...) Disclaimer: I'm a sponsored flyer of Buena Vista Kite Co., San Francisco. :-). -- _______ Steve Thomas steveth@netcom.com "I'm doing just fine. I took stock in a Mace company right before society crumbled." -- Selma/Simpson's = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =