In seeing the brunotti game that Tatkins posted..

I was wondering if their clever enough to bring out a Pc Xbox or nintendo Super version before some other brand gets an idea

to mass market their kite/board brand on on the ingame graphics to millions of kids teens and adults who have never even seen a real one - let alone think about it.

It would certainly burst the small world bubble that the kite marketing/retailers live in !!!

Look what the kite jump over the Pier did for kiteing and it wasnt even a big jump!!! marketing made it a BIG ARSE JUMP

They could have their beginner kites in the learner section etc (just like the car games) and even have a danger updraft area if too close to shore where you automaticlly get boosted into a tree if its a Cab'

ideas from boredom

Here you go boys;

this one is kind of a game:
www.flysim.com/kitesim/kitesim_features.html

this one is a wii game, looks, interesting...
www.surfertoday.com/kiteboarding

^^
Yeah I think I will change my strategy as well this season.. If some enthusiastic noob is approaching you with ever the same questions, like "is it very difficult", or "do you have to be very strong", it is somehow tempting to act modest.
Now I will go like "Yeah it is doable, after going to the gym 5 times a week I finally managed to hold on to that high performance extreme sport device. Those muscles also help to absorb the nasty impacts."

In the long run, more kiters and more cash flow should benefit the R&D process.. but with all the mess in Altona, I am gonna buy shortterm.