this is starting to get to me- ride what you want to ride, tell everyone how much you enjoy it, don't make ridiculous claims, wear what you want to wear, don't rag on other peoples choices in kites-fashion-food-lifestyle etc....

For my last say on this topic- the ones who come off the water smiling are the winners, they don't care if you think their reel leash looks dorky, or their raley was performed with their kite at lunch, they don't even care if they're using backless bindings or footstraps, they are just stoked on life and having a good time...

sorry to hear that this sandpit is bagging your favorite kite lover -but as it looks like the Vic episode was a from another team so that's one for your side, and you now have your own sandpit anyway.

luv
Istt

Jax said...

Cabrinha bashing. Awesome! I bought a Cabrinha to learn on and it kept falling out of the sky. I could not manage to put on my board. Now I've got a Slingshot and guess what, within no time I had my board on my feet! It's so easy to keep in the air. Ups, I still need to sell my stupid Cabrinha..

Are you sure it was windy enough when you wrote it off?
I think I met you at dolls point one day with your 8 or 10m convert?, it was 8-12knots, I could barely fly my 12m, I was just keen as mustard.
Looked like a nice new one...when its 20knots that kite will be awesome, give it another go.

wishy said...

Jax said...

Cabrinha bashing. Awesome! I bought a Cabrinha to learn on and it kept falling out of the sky. I could not manage to put on my board. Now I've got a Slingshot and guess what, within no time I had my board on my feet! It's so easy to keep in the air. Ups, I still need to sell my stupid Cabrinha..

Are you sure it was windy enough when you wrote it off?
I think I met you at dolls point one day with your 8 or 10m convert?, it was 8-12knots, I could barely fly my 12m, I was just keen as mustard.
Looked like a nice new one...when its 20knots that kite will be awesome, give it another go.

I once lent a newbie my (awesome) Rhino V, a kite that I thought couldn't be luffed, hindenburged or anything really. For me it was the perfect kite.
Then I watched in amazement as she hindenburged it straight away. I couldn't work out how she did it, I even ran under the kite and watched it simply fall back and power up again.

Moral : Don't judge a kite until you can fly it

Yes they are.

IDS = Incredibly Dumb Safety

Now you can shell out $95 for the Pro Incredibly Dumb upgrade

Only Cabrinha !

It's probably because it's a Cabrinha, flying one is like having a "Unit" sticker on your car, it just advertises the fact that your a kook.

Apples to Oranges.

Hey THREADJACKER.....i call BS..........

From a friend, a survivalist, ex green beret, specialist in the field of camoflage who risked life and limb to get this photo of team cab in training for the summer season.
While they tried to conduct this training session covertly, the boardies over the coveralls was a dead giveaway. Our "friend" overheard a conversation about a lightweight carbon fibre cab cherry picker with quick release system for next season.....

when i was a windsurfer (!) i used to love the fact that me and my brother would rock up to the beach in last years hand-me-downs bought cheap off the cool kids, and enjoy the scornful looks they cast our way as much as we enjoyed their dropped jaws when the 'kooks' went and trashed the cr#p out of the gear which was a) cheap enough to attempt death-loop-copter-crashes b)actually only a graphic design different to the new season stuff anyway. the coolest kids were then the ones having the most fun.

unfortunately kite gear is progressing quickly and old gear, is, actually, old gear.
it took me a long while to get past the 'try-hard-moto-cross' married with some kind of 80's Hang Ten look that the kite style had. i really did think the whole sport looked like a bunch of t0ssers. now it was my turn to challenge my scorn.
in the end the actual fun and enjoyment of the sport won me over and i took it on.

yes, to a large slice of the public it is a thrilling looking sport. however, to a lot of people in other watersports or thrill sports, we actually look a bit lamo with our flouro and skull logos and pirate symbols and all that other stuff i used to draw on my books in school.

if your in it to look cool, well good on you... it only proves your a kn0b.

if your having fun, then forget about what all the posers think, you will still be having fun kiting, when SUP boarding with a hot air balloon is the new cool and the t0ssers have moved on.

...hmmm. SUP with airballoon. that just might work...

Shh no one disturb the cabrihna in it's natural habitat.

JAX you must be retarded if you couldn't get going on your cab. Yes you definately are retarded if you brought a slingshot instead

A tropical species, the Blue Switchblade displaying nesting behaviour.