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Ron Kramer Artist, photographer,
computer geek and web site designer. Prism Designs Inc. is one of my favorite accounts, I do much of their layout/design
artwork and shoot most of their photography & video subjects. I'm also their
webmaster and created and maintain their current website.
My
hobbies are, scuba diving, digital photography, target archery,
computers, astronomy and of course sport kiting. I started stunt kiting in January of 1998 - and as luck
would have it, after I bought my first kite In Florida there was NO WIND! - so upon
returning back to Michigan, I joined the M2S2 kite club and first learned to fly INDOORS!
The rest is history... enjoy my kite pages!
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What Is Stunt Kiting |
Stunt kiting Is a fast growing sport where
you use (usually 2) lines to control a performance kite which can reach speeds of
80-100mph. But the goal isn't speed, but rather control and tricking the kite into
different positions and maneuvers. Stunt kites can sell for as little as $20.00 but can
cost upwards of $400.00 each.
And power kites can run around $800.00 and more.
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My
flying spot - Grand Haven Michigan |
A Panorama of
where I fly most often. Grand Haven and Muskegon Beach.
Our friends Bill and Ruth are flying their home made quad line kites.
Mine rests on the beach.
<CLICK
HERE>
TO VIEW THE PANORAMA
Of
kites on the beach - flying at Grand Haven
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TRV900 Digital Video Camera |
Reeds lake Ice
fly some
photos taken at the recent (2/12/00) Reeds lake Ice fly. Hosted by
Mackinaw Kite shop and Rosie's. Perfect weather, good friends and
super kites! - click the link for photos, see below for video clip.Click here
to view Reeds Lake photos.
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TRV900 Digital Video Camera |
All pictures On this site taken with a Sony TRV900 digital video camera,
click this link to view more information and more sample images regarding this wonderful
piece of equipment. Click here for demo pics and more info.
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Indoor Kiting |
Kiting indoors? How is is done? tips,
photos and video clips! Learn to fly indoors....
Click
here to view more pics and info.
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Shopping
for a new Prism kite?
but no dealer in
your area?
As Prism webmaster
I get paid in kites, and often have NEW ones to sell!
Email Me! For
a quote!
rojoyinc@attbi.com
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SOLD
IT = ( |
 The
BIRD
I
saw Craig Rogerson's bird at the recent Flint festival and really dug
it. After hearing it was a quad or dual line kite - (can be flown
either way) I had to have one! But Craig said he has only 1 of the 2
in the country! He said the kite is made by Peter DeJong in the
Netherlands. I found Peter to be a really great guy... and he
recently sent this pic of the final kite he made for me! I'm awaiting
it's arrival from Europe!!! If you want a bird, contact him on this
website by clicking the link below.
Click
here to link to Peter's site.
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My Kite Bag |
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My Kites
Need
to clean out some kites...
Email me your offers!
those in red I'm interested in
selling
orange will sell
if leg is twisted
white - not for sale!
DUAL
LINE
Prism Illusion
Vent/all mylar 1 of a kind! from
my...
PRIVATE COLLECTION SOLD/Carlo
HATED TO SEE THIS "ONE OF A KIND" CUSTOM ILLUSION
GO...
BUT
SEEING CARLO'S SMILE MADE IT ALL WORTH WHILE!
(Carlo in Luxemburg/Europe)
Just in! Carlo emailed that he brought his new Vented Illusion
to his area's "indoor fly" to show it off and he and a friend
flew it indoors! Impossible????? Apparently not. But maybe
insane. = )
Prism 3D
Prism SUL Eclipse
Prism Total Eclipse (MINT) SOLD/Adam
(U.S.)
Prism Vapor (Red/white)
SOLD/Kaspar (Switzerland)
Prism Prophecy (custom Yellow/White/Purple)
Prism Prophecy (custom CLEAR! all mylar)
Prism Prophecy
(cust. prple/Grn/Ylw)
SOLD/Kaspar (Switzerland
Kaspar
with HUGE grin as the new proud owner of my used
Custom Prophecy in Switzerland! He also got one of my Vapors and one of
my Ozones.
Click
here to see Kaspars site...
Prism Ozone (Green/yellow)
SOLD/Kaspar (Switzerland)
Prism Alien
(3 tiny rips 1/2 inch/patched)
SOLD
Prism Stylus 1.8
Prism
Elixirs ( 2 ) no mylar!, black/rainbow! only 2 in the world.
Prism
Eclipse
STD. (literally NEW) SOLD/Adam
(U.S)
Adam
- who purchased my 2 Eclipses listed above,
just sent in this digital photo of himself with my... Ahem, his total and std Eclipse's
Enjoy Adam! That big "total Eclipse" was a favorite of mine
too!
Prism
92 RADIAN found new at Prism shop. (collector)
Prism
MICRON/TIE-DIE - see it! click the link to the right
Prism
Vapor 99 model - Gray/Bright Orange tips
Prism
FlashLight
(final prototype)
SOLD/Woody (U.S.)
Prism
Quad prototype foil. (won't be produced) only one!
Prism
Stylus 2.8 prototype "WHITE" like a big cloud!
Prism
Legacy "HP"
(light vers.)
SOLD
FlashBack
(flown once) SOLD
( 2 above on lay a way - D Cramer paid 150.00 so far.)
Prism Legacy (color B) with extra sail - make an offer
Ozone
3 shades of blue - very pretty
Prism Stylus 2.8 (1)
Prism
Vapor Custom Rainbow!!!
Prism Illusion 2000 (proto for testing with 2/frames)
Alien custom all Mylar - with pinstripe
Progressive line's 'DIRECTOR'
really nice kite!
Outer Space
(Orange/Black/slate SOLD
Dan Wozniak built Indoor kite (Silver) great indoor kite
Dan Wozniak made "Aura" UL (blue/pink)
Dan Wozniak made "Aura" (voodoo looking sail)
Voodoo UL (Black/Gold/Pink/Green)
Pro Wren
(plum/black/gold) SOLD/Miguel (Spain)
Miguel
(in Spain) who purchased my Pro Wren and Wren
sent me this shot of him and his buddy with his new kites!
I love seeing my kites in distance lands! It's really exciting.
Thanks of the pictures Miguel!
Wren clone (face) (deco with cool cat in corner)
Aerie Air F/X UL
Hal (/sold)
Utopia - Blue/Purple (received in trade) FOR
SALE NOW
AWESOME new Custom Alien! click link to the right to see it
Benson Gemini Blue no mylar
Benson Gemini
Orange/Red
SOLD Keith G. (Alabama)
Pro Jam
on Lay-a-way
Tim/Ruth (sold/delivered)
PBSK - Wild-Child
Blue/purple/white
SOLD
finally! Brian M.
PBSK - Wind-Whip
black
rainbow (SOLD)
Prism RARE ELIXIR RAINBOW!
- click link on the right to view
Prism I2K (blue mylar) One of my favorites
Prism I2K (yel/gren/purple non mylar)
(Sold Carlo/shipped)
QUAD LINE:
Prism Quad line foil proto-type (blue) only 1 around
Synergy Great Deca (White) awesome quad line kite
Revolution 1 VENTED (Hot Pink/Blk) got in trade
from Phil K.
Revolution 1 UL (Pink/Teal)
Revolution 2 (Pink/Yellow)
Revolution 1.5 UL (Pink/Gold/Navy)
Rev clone 1.5 (Purple/Yellow\Navy)
Rev clone 1.5 VENTED (Pink/Yellow/Navy)
3 more Rev 1.5's (pink/gold/navy) to keep
them stacked.
Picked
up a Rev "INDOOR" at the KTAI show!
Click the link to the right to see a photo!
Rev Indoor
Traded Tom for Wren - Sold
Wren Miguel (Spain)
Steve LaPorte's "Spirit"
SOLD / Peter (here in Michigan)
SINGLE LINE:
Shark - (13 ft I think)
PRYO - (Ghost)
SOLD for 350.00
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Pyro
Vapor and 3D
Great Deca
Click here
to view
MORE PHOTOS
of some of my kites
Spirit
Prophecy
Utopia
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Power Kiting |
Power kiting! My first experience with power kites... Brian Siegel from the M2S2
club gave me some hands on training with his quad line "Quadrifoil".Click
here to view more pics and info.
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Great Lakes Sport Kite
Championships '99 |
Grand Haven Is the location where
the annual GLSKC are held. If you want to see kites and learn more about them, this is the
place to go. Held around the 3rd weekend in May.Click here to view more pics
and info.
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Some
of my KTAI 2000 snapshots! |
KTAI
2000 This
year was held in New Orleans, and what an experience of fun it was.
Click the link below to see some of my snapshots. We all had
incredible time!Click here to view more pics
and info.
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Kite Videos For Your Computer
AVI/MPG Format |
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Right Click On a movie to download it.
BIG THANKS
TO MY BUDDY PHIL KALENOWSKI
for sharing some of his server space to hold these videos! Phil's a
huge Rev fan - view his site at: http://www.kitesplus.com
To SAVE a movie to your hard drive...
Select "SAVE AS"
enter a filename of choice with a .AVI extender. When complete - just double click on the downloaded
file to view it.
If you have problems viewing the movie files, simply rename them from filename.AVI to
filename.MPG "OR" filename.MVP and try clicking on the file again. You must have a
m-peg compatible viewer to
play these movies. Media player that comes with windows 98 works great.
If
you need a Mpeg player, click this icon to download one FREE
MPEG
PLAYER - FREE!
If you have problems getting this file, get it at...
http://www.xingtech.com
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Featured Movies
NEW!
2/00 Flying 'Rev indoor'
I'm very new
to flying quad line kites indoors. I've had a bit of experience with
the Great Deca. But this is my first night of flying a Rev.
Testing the new "Revolution Indoor"
28.8 est. download: 30 min.
5.8 mb - 2 min. run time.
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10/99 Great
Deca Indoor flying
My first attempt at flying quad line
indoors. Trying my Great Deca
for the first time inside!
only 1 mb
28.8 est. download: 8 min.
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NEW!
3/00 Snap
Reverse trick
I demonstrate the Snap
reverse trick with the Rev indoor. I first saw this done by Lam at
the GHSKC indoor competition. Only 1.6mb
28.8 est. download time 13 min. |
NEW!
4/00 Prism
3D indoors
Tom and I fly his 3D
indoors. After tweaking the bridle just right... we get some awesome
performance out of this little kite. Tom does 360 degree side slide, I
do pancake to fade, backspins and more. Only 3.5 mb
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1/99 Casual Kiting in Fl.
I fly a "Aura"
which has a
voodoo looking sail. On the beach at sunset.
1-mph breeze.
5.5 mb
28.8 est. download: 35 min.
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2/00 Ron's
Rev Stack of 3
Reeds Lake
Ice fly 2/12/00
I fly
my stack of 3 Rev quad line kites. On a Iced over lake, on a beautiful
day. 8.2 mb
28.8 est. download 45 min.
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2/99 Making of a Prophecy
A video created for Prism.
Also shown at KTAI '99. shows the building of a Prism Prophecy from start to finish.
24 mb
28.8 est. download 2 hrs
6 minute run time
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10/98 Indoor flying demo
I fly a Wren & Pro Wren indoors 8.5mb
28.8 est. download: 45 min.
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I enjoy hearing
your comments
Link
to PRISM KITES web-site
LOTS of great instructional
information there.
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