Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 13:54:14 -1000 From: Girbo@aol.com Message-Id: <9405171954.tn216905@aol.com> Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: ECSKC Indoor Competition The indoor competition has been RESCHEDULED to take place on Sunday night at the awards banquet. A competition area will be marked off within the banquet hall; flyers will be required to remain within the boundaries. Both dual-line and quad-line kites are acceptable; the event will be judged using the AKA rules for Individual Ballet. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 06:10:24 -1000 From: uspehmev@ibmmail.COM Message-Id: Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: ECSKC Indoor Competition ----------------------- Mail item text follows --------------- I was proud and excited to be part of the first indoor competition on the East Coast. The competition was won by Dave Barresi using a flexifoil for a very exciting and beautiful ballet. Rec.kiters Dean Jordan lead the delta entries with his X-1 finishing in 2nd and Dave Arnold lead the quad liners with a REV 1 to finish in third. Another re.kiter, Jeff Burka, also flew brilliantly with one of his REV 2s, coming very close to matching Dave Brittan's indoor style. I'm not sure of the order past the top three. The other competitors were (in no particular order) Bill Benecker flying his Howdy XL UL, Michael Moore flying a Jordan X-1, Mark ? (sorry, don't know last name) creator of Synergy Deca flying one, Gilbert Velazquez flying a Trixter (with a 1 or 2 wrap Advantage frame, I believe), Ed Schenck flying one of his El Dorado kites, Chuck Connor with an Ultra, and me flying a Big Easy Featherweight. Some of the flyers like Gil, Ed and me had never flown indoors before. Aside from Bill and me, the competition was fierce and serious and most finished their ballets. Bill did one of the first nose down window slides with a dual line kite that I have ever seen. (Unfortunately, his ground crew, Joel Brown, was holding the kite at the time) Not all took advantage of the field director, Gary Engval. I was the only flyer to check the wind window and ask for a wind check. I was lucky to be last, because I learned quite a bit from watching the other flyers. Otherwise, I never would have lasted as long as I did. Dean showed that an axel was a quick way of changing direction. 360 leading edge and wingtip slides were also popular with deltas. (Usually one leading to the other) Dave's flexi really floated well. He said it was important when the kite stalled overhead to move yourself rather than to try to move the kite, and then fly when the lines are taut. Congratulations to the winners & looking foward to more indoor competitions, Mark Virgilio (uspehmev@ibmmail.com) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =