Good on ya mate-Way to befuddle and entice!

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Because it's science!!

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Then why'd you vote for it?

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Video doesn't seem to play for me.

This heroin doesn't seem to get me off. Then why did you shoot up?
Why do you use a fork to eat your gelatin? It glows better that way.
Why do you scratch your dog's back instead of his ears? Because he's hungry for Kittenchow.

Why respond to a statement eliciting simple, human interaction with a smart-ass question?

In reply to this comment by xxovercastxx:
Then why'd you vote for it?

In reply to this comment by ant:
Video doesn't seem to play for me.

Because it's science!!

In reply to this comment by xxovercastxx:
Then why'd you vote for it?

In reply to this comment by ant:
Video doesn't seem to play for me.

Then why'd you vote for it?

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Video doesn't seem to play for me.

Just one small kite can generate 10kW. Imagine what a whole fleet of them could do.

Blot out the sun?

(Then we shall die in the shade.)

High as a kite..

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at first i thought "Damn, some of those landings are brutal. I wonder if he sticks any?" then i WATCHED THE REST OF THE VIDEO and he did stick a few. and i can't imagine what it must take to hold onto that kite in those kinds of winds (aside from a few redbulls) on a surfboard and NOT crack your skull open, let alone stick even a few landings.... and i liked the "music". <IMG class=smiley src="http://static1.videosift.com/cdm/emoticon/tongue.gif">
i thought it was beautifully shot too, kudos to the camera guy.


Exactly. There's actually ONE landing where he doesn't crash or the video cuts away. Still i stick to my opinion that this isn't impressive. But hey, this is a free Siftworld :-)

at first i thought "Damn, some of those landings are brutal. I wonder if he sticks any?" then i WATCHED THE REST OF THE VIDEO and he did stick a few. and i can't imagine what it must take to hold onto that kite in those kinds of winds (aside from a few redbulls) on a surfboard and NOT crack your skull open, let alone stick even a few landings.... and i liked the "music".
i thought it was beautifully shot too, kudos to the camera guy.

I was just waiting for him to keep floating up and up and up. Does he ever bail the kite so he isn't flown into space? I wasn't paying that close of attention.

Someone should tell him the story of Ben Franklin and why you don't fly kites in thunder storms.

He's taking the sport to a new level? What's the current level? "Falling face first into water from a medium height"?

I gave up after a couple of minutes, but it looks to me like all he's doing is falling into water while being totally rad and extreme, dude! If I strapped on a kite in super-stormy weather, I'd probably land face first in the ocean, too, at some point. I'd probably die in the process, so points should be awarded to him for avoiding any Darwin Award scenarios, but I'd be more impressed if he actually stuck a landing or two and did some cool tricks while in the air.

But he doesn't. Half of the time he crashes and half of the time the "landing" is edited out, presumably because he crashes there as well. Meh.

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Those programs do not cover those uninsured. Try again. And the private industry has completely fucked our system, I don't see how government, in light of all the advanced nations who have such plans, can do worse at all.

Private industry "fucks the system" whenever the government enables it through price controls and favoritism which reduces competition and incentives.

Real reform that benefits consumers involves booting business out of the government nest and the other way around. Obamacare socialism will cement crony capitalism even further.

Government is fully capable of totally destroying once-thriving industries and beyond that, entire nations. What will it take for liberals to realize this already gigantic government is not under their control? This misplaced idealism is a leash of kite string on an 900lb gorilla.

Thank you, Joe Wilson, for the first honest, unvague statement heard during an Obama speech.

This calls for a celebration lol. Kite night tonight perhaps.