Sunday, March 15, 2009

I Discovered the Secret of the Half-Axel

Date: 3/15/09
Place: Cosmo Park, Columbia, MO
Kites: E2 on 85' lines
Wind: 4 - 8 mph
Weather: Partly sunny/cloudy, 62º

Both yesterday and today were T-shirt-wearing flying weather.

I've found that with my E2 the half-axel only seems to work if the the 1st input is a top-wing push, before the top-wing axel-pull. If I do any kind of input to the bottom wing (other than giving some slack) the half-axel doesn't work at all. I'm not sure if this is true for other kites, too.

Today had some nice back-flips, axel-fade, slides, a little flic-flac progress, and some fades that were more under control.

A very fun day!

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