Spencer Watson AKA Open Individual Indoor Unlimited competition
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- The 12th Annual Windless Kite Festival, January 18, 19, and 20 2013. AKA Open Individual Indoor Unlimited competition with Spencer Watson. Thank you to The World Kite Museum for putting on this event.
Reposted with permission from KiteLife.com
Roughly 20 competitors, a dozen or so recreational fliers and a few hundred spectators attended the 2013 Windless Kite Festival in Long Beach WA during January of this year… During the event, MTP Studios (Matt Cyphert and friends) were on hand to film the event and went on to post those videos on TH-cam on January 26th.
Just a couple days later, Spence Watson posted a link to his Windless routine on Reddit where it gained over 2600 “up votes” and over 900 comments… From there, things have gone crazy viral.
As of today and as far as we can tell, the video has now drawn more recorded views than any other TH-cam kite video in history with a truly mind-blowing 1,002,498 views (yes - over a million) after a mere 73 days online!
Needless to say, the exposure for kiting is fantastic - probably one of the largest possible media outreaches we’ve seen.
I think this reinforces a valuable lesson about simple promotion using social media… A video on TH-cam, a single post on Reddit, and people ran with it - even bringing the video to the attention of news sources that have republished the video on various TV shows and websites… Very little work actually applied, just a lot of passion and some key placement.
Many of our readers have seen this video before, but it’s such a noteworthy accomplishment that I wanted to be sure we documented it somewhere in the magazine as a standalone item for easy reference.
Go fly, go film, tell the world!
John Barresi
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Dang I will honestly say that was the coolest kite thing I've ever watched.
Easily the best indoor kite flying video I have ever seen.
OMG...best indoor Rev. Ballet, I ever seen by now !
You are an artistic pilot :-)
Thank's for the show!
I never realised this was a thing... Nor would I have deemed it possible. Amazing what skills and manually created airflows can do to, an otherwise, lifeless kite. Simply incredible.
I thought I'd only watch the first 20 or 30 seconds -- just to see what indoor kiting was. Ended up watching the whole thing because of the complete dedication and sincerity this guy has for his craft.
"Why yes, I am flying a kite indoors synched to an orchestral version of Paint it Black."
That's pretty sweet. I can't fly a kite on a windy day, let alone indoors! Good job.
I didn't even know such competitions existed, but the whole 4 minutes I was completely breathless. MAD SKILLZ YOU GOT THERE.
Wow that was really awesome!! The way he moved the kite made it look alive plus the epic soundtrack paint it black :)
Nailed it. Never seen a kite flying indoors but you deserved your 1st place for sure!!
I've always wanted to get into indoor kite, I used to do indoor and outdoor guard along with tons of ballet so I'd probably enjoy it. You however, are incredible at it, don't ever stop flying.
Great job Napoleon. Pedro is crying tears of happiness.
Bwaaaaa! AWESOME!!! I have never seen a competition like this and I would love to learn how to do it.
this is awesome !
so much hard work, time, dedication ! i hope you won
brought a tear to my eye! great flying and awesome music
Glad you know him personally, however I doubt he would appreciate you sharing this with us.
Never thought I'd hear Paint It Black in an indoor kite flying competition, then again, I never thought I'd be watching an indoor kite flying competition.
This is the last video I thought I would see a Starcraft reference. Well done!
How did I not know this existed! That was awesome!!
i did not know that existed, have no idea how hard it is to do what you have done there, but it's awesome!
Awesome Job, Spence!!! Keep rockin' it, mister!
Thank you!
If a man enjoys what he does well, then who am I to judge? Awesome job man!!
The thing that takes the performance to the next level is the amazing musical piece.
I never realized Apocolyptica did a cover. Thank you very much :)
The most amazing video i've seen in a while. A wonderful ballet.
Awesome! It's amazing what people can do when they put their dedication into it.
I didn't even know kites still existed, let alone had cool events like this. Awesome routine.
who knew indoor kite flying could be so awesome.
There's no worse feeling than showing up at the rec center to play some ball only to find there's a windless indoor kite competition happening.
this made me cry... tears of joy
Beautiful. Thank you for posting.
thanks for coming out. i know your parents might not understand but good for you.
I just want to point out that dislike does not mean do not like. In other words, if you are indifferent to this video, you do not dislike it. You merely do not like it. Dislike means to detest whereas do not like does not imply any amount of loathing.
Great. I'm watching indoor kite completions on TH-cam. I'm going to die alone.
How cool! I had no idea what to expect. This is actually quite impressive!
Excellent job, Spencer.
This was strangely fascinating to watch.
Really graceful! That was pretty cool.
Very talented, thanks for the video.
He did a great job. I enjoyed the video.
I never realized that my cousin was so awesome. I didn't see this when it came out initially. Making a kite fly without wind is pretty cool. :P
That was so totally awesome!!!
I loved the instrumental version of "Paint it Black," and awesome job with the kite!
I must say, I've never heard of anything like this, but this was spectacular! Very impressive :)
This is one of the most inspirational videos I have seen, striving to surpass Spencer is my motivation this year. Scratch all my previous new years resolutions as I now have one and that is to use my currently being delivered kite to beat nay destroy Mr Watson in the sport he has made self-conscious discomfit to the performance I will deliver.
I listen to AC/DC while I watch this. Gets me SO PUMPED UP!
Very Nice!
Your timing is really good. I like the touches to the floor on the creschendos.
I've flown quad line, outdoor kites, they're challenging enough with wind, I can imagine the practice it take to go windless.
4 minutes of my life I will never get back.
Must admit, that was pretty cool. Great job, mate
I didn't know this existed.. Well done.
The magical wonders of a boy and his kite.
For all of those looking for the song it is by Apocalyptica - "paint it black".
Originally a Rolling Stones song with the same title.
That's awesome! I didn't know this even existed!
Wow! For everyone who has something negative to say, go do that better than he did then! Good for you Spencer! That was amazing!!
yes, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The album is called Classic Rock
Great job Spence!!! Theresa looks so proud! Its adorable!!!
Great. I always liked windless kites.
Totally awesome! Who knew??
Most excellent! I'll have to watch one of these events if they come around to my part of the country as this video was A LOT of fun to watch.
He's fantastic, but I enjoyed listening to the orchestral Paint It Black even more :)
That was sick actually... nice work
This is cool, I've never seen anything like it before.
Proud to have Spencer as a teammate on iQuad (see his shirt), try a search for "iQuad Bohemian Lincoln City" or take a look on the Team iQuad website for more info about Spencer "Watty" Watson. ;)
This would be AWESOME to see in WGI!
This is a lot cooler to me than it probably should be..
I never knew this event existed. I presume the kites are made of ultra light weight materials so the walking speed stays low enough to keep them in the air right? That was fun to watch!
I found this completely hilarious for some reason.
I was expecting the kid to pull off a double back flip over the kite. Then I would have been stunned!
Amazing hand/eye/body control!
that was amazing the kite had a personality
Wow. Bravo, sir.
An editor here... I saw no problem with the edit, there were not that many cuts... easy to watch :)
the cargo pants was really the cherry on top
This needs to be a Olympic sports
Outstanding!!!!!
The clapping is actually encouraged. Part of the score is based on entertainment value. The clapping aids the overall score, so the audience is encouraged to clap if they see something they like.
Okay... wait... WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?!? That was stunning. Very few people in this world can translate music into motion, and this guy is one. Wicked song choice too, I think I like it better than the original.
Thoroughly impressed
I didn't even know this was a thing. Pretty cool!
This is kinda awesome! Well done dude!
This is the first time I actually see this. So I have nothing to compare with. But I think this is very good and he must be a pro. :)
this is badass, and i have no idea whats going on. this kid put a lot of time and effort into this and he is very talented
"Whatever you are, be a good one"...Awesome show, never knew this existed.
He's so talented. I think he's ready for the big stage.
Interesting video, had me mesmerized.
Stunning and technical. Love it.
So wait. That whole time as a child I been flying kites in near storms because I thought I needed wind? MY MIND HURTS.
Gee son, I'm sorry I couldn't make it to your kite ballet thing....you do!
seriously lacking a sparkly leotard, but still i dig it.
wow, people needs to stop hating on this guy. just because they know they cant do it THIS well !
This is a beautiful thing.
That was incredible! I've always thought windless kites were awesome.
Spencer, good luck fighting off the swarms of indoor kite groupies.
officially over a million views. this is what mtp studios does.
The event consists of more than just this competition. It is the Windless Kite Festival after all.
That looks amazing
Iam so proud of my Grandson doing this , Love ya Grampa
This particular video was taken from the Windless Kite Festival in Long Beach, WA. There are a few events in the Pacific NorthWest, and a couple on the east coast that I am aware of. All US competition is sanctioned through the AKA, and you should be able to find more info at kite dot org.