Com problemas técnicos na minha barra de Kite estava a ver as minhas férias a andarem para trás e de que maneira….no Brasil (nordeste) é um granda filme para conseguir peças Slingshot…..

Mas a minha estrelinha tem estado presente….Fontaínhas aparece e cede-me uma nova barra completa…..UIffff.
Bom depois de todo este enrredo la fui eu fazer uma tripe até Paracuro e Taiba com o Joao Fontaínhas e com o Tiago Neves.

Aulas personalizadas e assistencia no Brasil pela JoaoFontainhas Kiteschool, sem comentários, coisas sem preço….

Tiago Neves, Joao Fontainhas e Eu

Paracuro - FANTASTICO! 35Nós

• The customer is never right.
• Furthermore, the customer is always wrong.
• And stupid (be sure to communicate this via disdain).
• Lie.
• If the customer shows signs of life, kill him with jargon.
• Insist the problem is their modem – that should get rid of them.
• Keep ’em on hold for half an hour – that’ll take care of the rest.
• Tell the customer Slingshot is working on it but instead of logging the call, just laugh.
• Blame Telecom.
• Lie.

For nearly two weeks, I have been lost without Internet access. It’s been a disaster. I haven’t been able to use my landline, update Deadlyjelly, check email, surf Wikipedia, buy crap on Trademe, find out the history of fleur de lis, look up Maori face tattoos, view photos of drunk strangers on Facebook, or research the reproductive cycle of the fruit fly.

On the upside, this has freed up HOURS every day; in the region of six. I have done loads of writing.

This morning, Slingshot called to tell me I was back online. ONLY KIDDING! Haha, got you there. Of course they didn’t, because that would involve a modicum of proactivity and/or basic customer care.

Instead, I fought the crushing miasma of despair and hopelessness to fire up my browser in the unlikely to improbable event Slingshot had fixed the problem. I mean, last Saturday during my bi-daily call, I was told I would be back online within 24-48 hours, but that’s one of the things they say to snuff out your will to live. Because it’s not as if I hadn’t heard it before – on no less than five occasions during the previous 12 days.

Of course Slingshot offered to recompense me for any downtime and inconvenience. ONLY KIDDING! They agreed to refund $40, which covers maybe one of the international phone calls to my mobile from Husband who is currently in Dubai – and I had to call them to request the rebate. At least I wasn’t on hold for half an hour – ONLY KIDDING! Goodness, the laughs just keep coming.

Slingshot is evil. If you are employed by Slingshot: shame on you. Why don’t you go and work for a more ethical company, like big tobacco or a munitions manufacturer?

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It’s not quite 2010, but I thought I’d start checking out what kind of calendars are out there before it’s too late.  I have been getting the Slingshot pocket organizer for at least 6 or 7 years now, so I know I’ll have that in my purse, but what else is out there?

Apple-A-Day Print - Peel the little sticker off of the apple each day of the year

Perpetual Calendar - This one will last you a lifetime!

Mark wants the Cute Overload Calendar...hard to say no to that!

Tried and True - The Slingshot Pocket Organizer

Posted by Naomi Firestone

JBC is pleased to announce that we have been named to the 2009-2010 Slingshot guide. Slingshot is a resource guide to 50 of the most creative and effective Jewish organizations and leaders across the country, all of whom offer valuable projects with different missions, perspectives and strategies. To find out more, go to www.slingshotfund.org.

In the North American Jewish community there are a few names that, when said, conjure up more than just an organization – they convey an idea. For example, mention the words Birthright or Federation and you get more than a nod of understanding of the name, you typically get a discussion (and sometimes a debate) regarding their meaning. The same is true with another word – Slingshot.  Now in its fifth edition, Slingshot has become synonymous with an idea and a movement within the Jewish world of recognizing the contributions of innovative non-profits in the Jewish community. Recognition by Slingshot not only provides exposure to the work of organizations that may otherwise be less visible, but it provides a moment for various organization, funders and partners to meet and discuss common opportunities and challenges. This year’s Slingshot Day occurred at a time when participants had both a recognition of the challenging funding environment in which they operate as well as renewed momentum upon which each organization is trying to ‘slingshot’ itself beyond that challenge (and others).

The bulk of the day’s events occurred in the Louis L’Amour Room in the Random House offices in NYC. Not being a connoisseur of western novels, one might be unaware of the impressive oeuvre of L’Amour and his centrality to the western genre.  However, one could not help but recognize that the room was an appropriate place for the Slingshot proceedings, because in a way we are all still in the wild west of the Jewish innovation movement, where new frontier is being explored and there are new forms of Jewish gold being panned in the hills.  Like any expansion into the frontier though, there often is a bit of lawlessness as well as uncertainty, until conventional forms of interaction become the norm.  New territory means new challenges and new challenges means creating new strategies and tactics.  Yes, there is a certain romance to the frontier; a romance that is rooted in reality is also often better when fictionalized. L’Amour knew that better than anybody and he sold millions of books by telling stories not just of hardship of the Wild West, by the grandeur of its experience and the conquering of its adversity.  The maturing world of Jewish entrepreneurship is no different – it is raw, it is real, but in many ways there is a romantic notion about it that captures our collective imagination of the Jewish communal frontier.

In the L’Amour room during Slingshot Day there were dozens of gunslingers and game changers, activists and entrepreneurs (and their funders) who are staking out a new frontier of Jewish life in a world that is not fiction.  Even those organizations that were five-time Slingshot finalists could not help but discuss some of the untamed aspects of Jewish organizational and financial life with which they need to contend. Certainly there were pioneers in that room, even cowboys and cowgirls so to speak, that would have fit right into the romance of a L’Amour novel. Seeing challenges, these individuals were not turning around and heading home to safer havens, they were drawing their double barrels of Jewish creativity and compassion and continuing to fight on into the frontier. They are changing the game and gaining ground.

That is not to say, however, there is not rugged terrain to cover. Even at Slingshot Day, discussions about how to define Jewish innovation and identify the ethics the Jewish entrepreneurial community were uneven and required more specific and action-oriented approaches. Moreover, the broader challenge to contend with remains communicating how big the frontier is and how we must cover so much territory when time feels so short. Sure there are a lot of Slingshot gunslingers and game changers from New York and California, but between the two there is a lot of ground to cover with Jewish innovation, literally and figuratively. And even after Slingshot Day, it is important to remember that Jewish innovation is a means to an end, not an end in and of itself.  In the words of Louis L’Amour (prominently displayed on the wall of the L’Amour room) – “Reading without thinking is nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”  With apologies to L’Amour, Jewish innovation holds to the same principle – innovating without meaning is nothing, for an entrepreneurial endeavor is less important for what it says than for what it makes you experience.  With that in mind, while there is still a wild (east and) west of Jewish innovation, we are fortunate that Jewish gunslingers and game changers don’t need to rely only on six-shooters – especially when they’ve got a Slingshot it their pocket and all of us supporting their pioneering efforts. May that continue to be the case in the future.

Nice movie of Youri Zoon, the dutch toprider sponsored by Slingshot International

Zoon on the Limits

Danilo Narcato (dboard & Slingshot) present us his latest movie with quite a nice selection of one handed moves!

RDS productions

Check out my slingshot boys doing it once again. Jeff House is a style monster and you might never known that Nate Perry can ride boat but he Can!

My little brother Andrew Gamblin is a senior at Enumclaw High School. He was nominated by his peers to be on Homecoming Court. EHS has a unique way in crowning its King and Queen. The school brings in a panel of judges, the 5 senior boys and girls have a sit down dinner with the judges. After dinner they come into the gym and walk down an aisle while their biographies are being read. As there biography comes to a close they are asked a question. Yes this is like a full on beauty pageant. Andrew carries on the tradition, well not much of one as I was Homecoming as well. My mom said, “2 Kings and No Queens.” My sisters did not win Homecoming Queen. Here is Andrew’s biography that was read at the ceremony. Thank you to Hillary for posting it on her blog so I could steal it!

Amongst the frantic and worried doctors and nurses, Andrew Gamblin barely made it into the world on December 9th 1991. The miracle baby joined the Gamblin family as the youngest of five children. And while he proved to be the easiest baby out of his five siblings, he also was the homeliest with his bald head, big ears and wrinkled face. He also had the nasty habit of drooling uncontrollably; even for a child he possessed minimal control over his saliva. An-drool – as his family calls him – still shows signs of his condition today if you get him to laugh hard enough.
Andrew’s sweet disposition as a baby continued as he grew older. His mother refers to him as her most tender hearted child because Andrew shows empathetic kindness towards others around him. Because of his kindness he was doted on by his elder siblings, teachers and friends who thought, and still think, he is the “sweetest boy”.
Family members and friends do not only love Andrew for his sweetness, but for his unique conversation skills. Andrew acquired the nick name “Captain Random” for his off-topic comments and his ability to continue conversations even when no one is listening. One of our family’s favorite stories is how while vacationing in Hawaii, he interrupted the lunch conversation to say “Mom ask me what my favorite part of Ocean’s Eleven is.” The table curiously looked at him and his mother indulged him by asking and he quickly replied “I don’t know. Let me think about it”.
Besides his peculiar conversations, Andrew also possesses a unique athletic talent which he likes to refer to “stupid human tricks”. Andrew’s body is similar to a contortionist: he can wrap his body into awkward positions and has several double jointed body parts. He dubbed his moves names such as the “sling shot”, the “barrel roll” and the “Barbie”. Andrew’s keen sense of business and opportunity led him to perform these tricks at his brothers sporting events and charge viewers a dollar.
Andrew’s body also naturally developed more quickly than his friends. He came home one afternoon in sixth grade and told his mother with pride that he was the “only sixth grader with muscles”. Thus began Andrew’s life long love affair with his body. As a sixth grader he gloried in the fact that he had a six pack. His family still sees him looking in the mirror and flexing with satisfaction.
With such a muscular body, Andrew has found a knack for playing sports. He comes from a genetic gene pool of outstanding athletes and is the third generation of Enumclaw High school sports. In his high school career he has played football, basketball and run track. Some of his greatest friendships have been formed on summer leagues and Wolverine football. His teammates enjoy the talent he brings to his team as well as his leadership skills on and off the pitch and court.
Andrew has always been an example to his peers through his kindness towards everyone, work ethic and high standards. Andrew’s upbringing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has taught him to abstain from things that could be harmful to him and those around him. Through his church he has also participated in numerous service projects – culminating into hundreds of hours of service. He is even an Eagle Scout – for his Eagle Scout Project he worked with the City of Enumclaw in furnishing apartments for transitional housing.

Here are some pictures from the evening:

Good Morning,

Last week Elena, Diane and I went down to the urban stream Deer Creek in our area and picked up litter along the stream bank for an hour and a half. Between the three of us we  each picked up one load of trash. However, since it has been raining so much recently the stream was quite swollen making it hard to get to a lot of the trash. But between the three of us, I think we did a pretty good job. We are all very glad that our Stream Team is now officially set up and our next outing for Stream Team will be 11/7/09, so mark your calendars and I hope to see you out there with us!

Anjuli Dharna

blog post by Jeff McKee

-The past two weekends I have found myself on the beaches of Southern California…wakeboarding, surfing, and attempting to catch lobsters. The first weekend was for Body Glove’s annual Lobster fest where we did a rail jam demo and somehow got thrown into the body Glove 2010 fashion show…The modeling was all Bob Soven’s fault but ended up being a solid time.

The all new very sexy Body Glove boardshorts

The next weekend as a San Diego dudes retreat with a bunch of good friends attempting to catch lobsters with our bare hands (at night). Catching a lobster while free-diving at night proved to be about as difficult as climbing a tree to catch a bird, so we tried hoop netting the lobsters instead. We caught two which were both illegal, so we threw them back and the trip morphed into a surfing safari. I caught the best waves of my life surfing “churches” just north of Cardiff, CA near camp pendleton. Despite the lack of lobster’s we had an epic time doing “Manly Things with Manimals”.

This is before we knew how hard lobstering really is...

Len10 Loop – In and out the competition area the Enfant Terrible did fly in and out the competition area doing one of his famous Megaloops….

Crazy Boy….don’t do it alone or in home!

Take a quick tour on how Proginet is bringing Managed File Transfer to the end user with  Slingshot.

Slingshot allows an end user inside or outside an enterprise to easily send and receive files of any size.  Slingshot integrates seamlessly into MS Outlook so end users have a familiar interface to transfer files.  Also, our Web Browser Application has all the functionality that is in the Outlook Plug-in, so even non Outlook users have the ability to send and receive large files.  All files are sent via HTTPS so you know your attachments are secure with Slingshot.

Kevin Hoorens Slingshot rider ripping his RPM 8m² in Bordeaux France:
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DYNAMO 5 ist nach Noble Causes der zweite Geniestreich von Jay Farber und obwohl ich die unlängst erschienene 99 Cent Issue nicht so toll fand, kann ich dem ersten Trade aus der Reihe durchaus etwas abgewinnen.

Captain Dynamo galt als der weltgrößte Superheld aller Zeiten. Als dieser eines Morgens nackt und tot in einem Hotelzimmer aufgefunden wird, schlug das somit logischerweise eine große Lücke in die Verbrechensbekämpfung. Die anderen SuperheldInnen versuchten diese zwar verantwortungsbewusst zu füllen, doch trotz ihres Engagements waren sie einfach nicht fähig alle seine Gegner zusätzlich zu ihren eigenen Aufgaben zu übernehmen.
Als seine Frau, die Ex-Star-Journalistin Maddie Warner, den Nachlass ihres verstorbenen Mannes regelt, entdeckt sie unter seinen Unterlagen eines dieser berühmten kleinen schwarzen Bücher und muss so feststellen, dass ihr Ehemann zu Lebzeiten zahlreiche Seitensprünge und Affären pflegte. Zuerst ist sie geschockt, doch begreift sie es wenig später auch als Chance die Lücke die Cap Dynamo hinterlassen hat zu schließen.

Durch ihren Computer stöbert sie 5 der Seitensprünge aus ganz Amerika die ungefähr zur Zeit ihrer Dates ein Kind bekommen hatten auf, und holt deren Kinder zu sich wo sie per “radioaktivem Energieblitz” deren Kräfte aktiviert. Überraschenderweise hat jeder der 5 eine Kraft ihres Vaters geerbt.

Reinhart Gage aka Scatterbrain – Telepathie

Ein selbstverliebter College-Football Star aus Texas, der große Chancen hat in die NFL gedraftet zu werden

Olivia „Livvie“ Lews aka Slingshot – Fliegen

Engagierte Star-Anwalts-Tochter die schon vor den Dynamo 5 Fan von Maddie Warners Artikeln gewesen ist, und sich innerhalb des Teams als wissbegierigste Schülerin und potentielle Anführerin im Feld rauskristallisiert.

Bridget Flynn aka Scrap – übermenschliche Kraft

Wäre gerne Schauspielerin, hat es aber in Hollywood bisher auf Grund ihrer wenigen Kontakte nur hinter die Kinokasse geschafft

Hector Chang aka Visionary – Heat-Vision und X-Ray Vision

Etwas schüchterner Junge, der an seiner Schule von einem Bully gemobbt wird und dem, laut seiner Mutter, ein väterliches Vorbild fehlt.

Spencer Bridge aka Myriad – Shapeshifting

Der unbeschwerte Lebenskünstler im Team. Wechselt seine Jobs so oft wie seine Beziehungen.

Maddie Warner tritt als Ausbildnerin und Leiterin des Teams auf, die die Missionen über ihren Computer begleitet und die Einsätze koordiniert. Allerdings stellt sich schon schnell heraus dass sie neben ihrer Arbeit als Journalistin auch noch anderen Tätigkeiten nachging…

Es gibt auch noch eine Reihen von Nebencharakteren von denen Maddies rauer Charme versprühender  Kumpel Auggie Ford (ein Agent von F.L.A.G.) der wohl  wichtigste ist.

Mir gefällt das alle Team-Mitglieder nicht nur private Entwicklungen durchmachen sondern ihre Kräfte und auch ihre Fähigkeiten damit umzugehen sich ständig weiterentwickeln. Dies bemerkt man im ersten Trade besonders an Scatterbrain.

Wie das Team an sich haben auch die Gegner mit allerlei Problemen zu kämpfen. So leidet ein Ex-Schurke an Demenz, ein Partner von Cap Dynamo leidet unter psychischen Problemen und muss Medikamente nehmen und als dann noch Gerüchte um die Rückkehr von Captain Dynamo die Runde machen, scheint auch Maddie in eine Depression zu versinken.

Im Nachhinein – genauer gesagt nach dem zweiten Mal lesen – finde ich dies alles zwar fabelhaft, doch wenn ich ehrlich bin muss ich zugeben dass dieser Zugang von Jay Faerber mir am Anfang doch etwas langweilig erschien und das nach einem hervorragenden Beginn die Kapitel 2 und 3 sich auch wirklich etwas schleppend lasen.

Erst gegen Mitte des Trades (viertes Heft) dringt Jay Farber mehr in das Privatleben des Teams ein und macht die Serie zu dem was es eigentlich sein soll: Ein familiäres Teenage-Comic. Alle Mitglieder zeigen hier das ein oder andere private Problemchen mit ihren Familien (nicht zuletzt wegen Captain Dynamo), und beginnen, nach anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten, in ihren Team-Kollegen neue Freunde – ja, eben Brüder und Schwestern zu finden.

Mir gefällt wie sich Faerber auf den familiären Background seiner Helden konzentriert und sich hier auch bemüht neue Wege zu gehen. So haben sich Scraps Eltern zum Beispiel getrennt weil sie sich nicht mehr lieben. Keine Affäre, kein Alkohol nicht mal ein großer Streit. Sie lieben sich einfach nicht mehr. Aber auch Scatterbrains heimische Probleme sind interessant zu lesen.

Besonders die Charaktere sind wirklich fabelhaft gestaltet und man merkt, dass sich Jay Faerber wirklich bemüht hat keinen Team Leader zu basteln sondern jedes der 5 Team-Mitglieder gleichermaßen mit interessanten Facetten auszustatten.

Ausgeglichenheit ist auch in multi-kultureller Hinsicht ein Thema. Von den Dynamo 5 sind 2 Team-Mitglieder schwarze, 1 asiatisch und 2 weis. Auch die Frauenquote ist mit 2 von 5 gut erfüllt. Also was das angeht gibt’s bei Faerber absolut nichts zu meckern.

Jay Farber geht aber hier noch einen Schritt weiter als andere Autoren und gibt einer Frau die offensive übermenschliche Kraft und dem muskulösen Football-Spieler die defensive Telepathie. Traut sich auch nicht jeder, funktioniert hier aber hervorragend.

Um einen Grund zu finden das eigentliche Story-Writing zu loben, braucht man nur die erste Ausgabe zur Hand nehmen.

Das erste Heft ist betreffend eines flotten Einstiegs beispielhaft. Mittels Flashbacks wird der private, soziale Background des Teams wie auch das wichtigste über Captain Dynamo preisgegeben. Gleichzeitig kann man das noch ungeübte Team bei einem Kampf bewundern bei dem nicht nur das Teamwork noch nicht richtig funktioniert, sondern sie auch noch nicht richtig zu wissen scheinen wie und wann sie ihre Kräfte am Besten focusieren.

Was ich hingegen etwas schwach finde ist, dass die Leser nur wenig über die Ausbildung der angehenden Superhelden erfahren. So scheinen sie alle samt kein Training im Nahkampf erhalten zu haben (speziell Hector, der auch während seiner Mitgliedschaft bei den Dynamo 5 noch an seiner Schule von einem Bully getriezt wird) Trotzdem werden sie von Maddie Warner sofort in den Krieg geschickt.

Auch ihre Ausrüstung wird nicht zur Gänze erklärt, wodurch sich Farber einen bescheuerten Deus Ex-Machina Moment offen hält:

Die 5 besitzen jeweils einen Armband Kommunikator der ihnen nicht nur die Kommunikation untereinander ermöglicht, sondern auch die Kleidung wechseln lässt. Am Ende des Trades wird aber auch noch erklärt, dass sie sich mit den Armbändern auch in ihre Kommando-Zentrale teleportieren können und von dort weg dann praktisch überall hin weiter. Da stellt man sich dann schon die Frage wieso sie diese Möglichkeit nicht schon vorher genutzt haben. Z.b. kurz bevor sie mal in Gefangenschaft des Agenten Teams F.L.A.G. geraten.

Die F.L.A.G. sind vielleicht auch Thema bei der die meisten wieder laut aufschreien werden da dieses Team zu offensichtlich an S.H.I.E.L.D. erinnert. NaJa, kennt ihr die South Park Folge bei der Professor Chaos nichts einfallt was nicht schon die Simpsons vor ihm gemacht haben? Genau dieses Problem haben auch die Comic Autoren die neue Teams oder Helden für andere Verlags-Universen kreieren wollen. Wenn die Konkurrenz auf eine so lange Geschichte zurückblicken kann, ist es schwer etwas zu finden was nicht schon mal in irgendeiner Form verwendet wurde. Besonders wenn man sich im so eng bebauten Superhelden-Genre befindet. Aber wen juckt es, dass Dynamo 5 mit seinem Familien-Thema an die F4 erinnert? Und wenn stört es, dass F.L.A.G. doch sehr S.H.I.E.L.D. ähnelt? In beiden Fällen ist wirklich nur das Grundkonzept das gleiche, die Ausführung ist eine gänzlich andere.

Da stören schon mehr ein paar andere Albernheiten die im Heft vorkommen. Von dem Komminkator-Problem abgesehen fällt mir hier speziell eine Aktion des Superschurken Veil ein:

The Veil, ein größenwahnsinniger, maskierter Schurke, droht Maddie Warner nach seiner Gefangennahme mit seinem Anwalt! Ist das wirklich ernst gemeint, dass ein maskierter (!!!) Schurke der gerade mit riesigen Robotern und einer Armee von ebenfalls maskierten Agenten die Stadt überlaufen hat, eine Klage gegen die Superhelden einreichen will die ihn dabei gestoppt haben? Ach komm, sagt mir bitte das Jay Faerber das nicht ernst gemeint hat…

Ansonsten hat das Heft aber Hand und Fuß. Die Story ist interessant zu lesen, die Charakter sympathisch und ihre Taten nachvollziehbar.

Bis auf das der Asiate nicht immer asiatisch aussieht, leistet Mahmud A. Asrar beim Artwork solide Arbeit. Es ist zwar jetzt nichts dabei dass mir vor staunen die Kinnlade offen stehen lassen würde, doch zu meckern gibt’s hier auch nichts. Es ist kein besonders detailierter Stil, aber er passt zu Dynamo 5. Ich weiß nich warum, aber mir kommt vor dass besonders Scrap gut von ihm getroffen wird.

Ja, ich muss sagen dass Dynamo 5 seinen guten Ruf zu Recht genießt. Besonders gegen Mitte kommt der Trade richtig ins Laufen und nach dem Lesen des ersten Trades haben mich die Charaktere und ihr Universum schon für sich gewonnen. Ich liebe den Grundgedanken dieser Serie und finde jeden der Charaktere auf die ein oder andere Art interessant.

Auch wenn sich viele vielleicht denken, dass sie bei diesem familiären Thema auch gleich bei den Fantastic Four bleiben könnten, würde ich euch trotzdem nahe legen diesen Trade doch mal eine Chance zu geben. Diese hat sich die Serie mit Sicherheit auch verdient.

4/5

Dynamo 5, Vol. 1 (Trade Paper Back)

Image Comics, Oktober 2007

Dynamo 5 #1-7

Et voici le test des toutes dernieres ailes de chez Slingshot:  Fuel 2010 et  l’octane 2010.

 Concernant le shape de la fuel 2010 il s’agit du même que le model 2009. Le C-shape est donc conservé et donc adapté pour un programme Freestyle voir même new school. L’aile est stable et saine, elle se comporte très bien en déhooké et possède un très bon pop. Elle est toujours aussi puissante et radicale. Cette aile vas encore enthousiasmer tout les freestylers.

Le gros changement de l’année est la barre qui a été revue. Un nouveau chicken loop avec un nouveau largueur. Puis un émerillon a été placé sur la patte d’oie a été mis en place avec un écartement assez large afin de dévriller automatiquement vos lignes rien qu’avec la tension des lignes.

Concernant l’Octane, il s’agit de la suite des REV. Son programe est toujours basé freeride.

The official version of the 10 Bft 2 weeks ago. In other words; the kitecinema version You can watch the Vimeo version below but better go to http://www.mysticboarding.com/ to see the high res. version on the front page!

Ben WILSON checking out hte new 2010 Slingshot boards shaped by Aviso.

New movie of the Slingshot Octane 2010 on the Gorge with Ben Wilson and Erik Volpe!

New slingshot kite machine!!!