That's gold

mattkennedy said..
Who is Alex Sanz? & whats that got to do with kiteboarding? Sorry mate have i missed something here ha ha

Just search youtube for Alex Sanz

Lol! It has been a while since that clip was filmed!

For the uninitiated, Alex was one of the pioneers of kitesurfing and landboarding in Australia, and among the first to start in the deep dark scary ages of kites. He has a strong and "unique" personality that doesn't agree with everyone, and if you have ever met him then you would remember.

Quite the celebrity it seems, I have never met George Negus!

http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/future/Transcripts/s1092694.htm

I remember when first got into kiting, back in 2004, I met him over in Altona - super psyched dude driving a sick biodiesel Oka truck.
Heaps at St Kilda kitebeach too.

One of the first characters i met in kiteboarding.
I'm pretty sure Alex enjoys life more than most!

Hope he's still rocking out!

Banned on seabreeze as well.

I really think he should be allowed back in, if you banned all the butt-heads there will be no one left on seabreeze.

This comes around every few years.

Alex is for sure a character, one of the most real people you will ever meet, he just does what he wants and doesn't give a ****. Sometimes he does some silly/stupid stuff and that rubs people the wrong way. I guarantee though the majority of people that don't like him haven't done close to half as much for getting people into kiting and making them stoked on flying kites... So for that I tip my hat to him.

p.s. He was actually the only reason I first got to start flying kites. He would let people/kids fly his trainer kites on the beach when you would otherwise have no chance to try a kite. I know Ewan Jaspan got into the sport the exact same way.