I pity the fool that tries to learn with a 12m ARX, here's an old thread about them:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Naish-ARX/


http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mountain-creek/surfing/kite-surfing-equipment/1051950822

Yeah I've stopped a few in my time - like the dude with the 12m in gusty frontal 25kts with his mate hot launching him dead downwind. I sprinted a long way to stop that happening. Bar rigged all in reverse. He listened for 10 minutes, waited till I turned my back, launched anyway. Dragged about 100m on his belly on the sand, pulled safety, went home bleeding, never showed again.

More recently the 2 guys way out at low tide with the 18m kite that wouldn't launch. I'm watching thinking something's really wrong there. I wandered over that time, watched them walking on the kite while trying to launch it, only half pumped so it's flopping everywhere and they're walking up and down on it. Get there and they've got a 2 line bar on a 4 line kite, only attached to front pigtails. He's wearing a weight lifting belt with the bar tied to it. Good thing it never launched, tied to a 18m with no release and no steering. That coulda been fun.

that board looks pretty funky

kiteboy dave said..
I pity the fool that tries to learn with a 12m ARX, here's an old thread about them:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Naish-ARX/


http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mountain-creek/surfing/kite-surfing-equipment/1051950822

Why is everyone paying out on my kite for sale add?

How about you come have a crack on it and see the level of awesomeness it can provide.

Kite still for sale.. This kite is perfect for a backpacker with little commonsense or coordination. It will fly itself if given a chance.

Main selling points.

No Safety
Must have extreme Manly grip- no ladies soft hands for this kite req
Pulls to the left (on purpose)
Self deflating (usually around 2km off shore)
POWERFULL (did I say powerfull- yep I did)

HOLD ON AND SHRED.. TAKE YOUR KITING TO THE NEXT LEVEL (LAND KITING THROUGH THE DUNES BACKWARDS)

Robbo2099 said..
Report it to Gumtree. If enough people send reports, they'll be compelled to take it down.

oh shut up robbo you funbuster!

Daniel1973 said..
The worst thing is a newbie who doesn't know better will probably buy this set up and there'll be another storey on the news

wow.... 2 storey news. Must have a view.

Word.

Mark _australia said...

Daniel1973 said..
The worst thing is a newbie who doesn't know better will probably buy this set up and there'll be another storey on the news

wow.... 2 storey news. Must have a view.

Word.

Oops, I meant 'story'.
I can't remember but it may have been auto correct that spelt that one for me?

Don't you think it would be great if there was an 'auto attitude detector' as well as just an auto correct Mark? Or perhaps a 'auto detect the guy who trolls around forums looking for spelling mistakes detector'?

Probably best there isn't as I'm sure your phone or computer would blow up in your hands. I'm actually tearing up thinking about a world without you in it Mark. When that fateful day comes that you will leave this earth (and let's hope it's a long way off) I have an idea of what you should have written on your tombstone:

"Who's the world going to revolve around now?"

What a bunch of Pussy's !! What year kites do you think people learnt on before 2008??? It was good enough to learn on 2 line kites at the beginning of our sport, so why not now?? The softcock generation has spoken out...wow.