SammyJ said...

Anyway moving on...

Out of interest, if Alex isn't right about being the pioneer of kite surfing who is??.

I know that's going to open a can of worm's, but it does interest me. Purely from what I read on this forum Darren and Steve would be up there.

Has anyone come across websites/info on the development and progress of kiting in Australia

If its any help there was a group of us here in Newcastle that were into buggying and mountainboarding in the mid/late 90's. We started sandboarding from one end of nobby's and dicko to the other and would do long body drags and jump off the waves with our land kites along the bar - merewether stretch ,pack up and do it again.One of the guys came in with an edition of 'Inside sport" with a photo of Elliot Leboe with a wipi classic and we just had to find out more .Tracked down the photographer in Hawaii (would you believe his name was Peter Sterling ) who put us in touch with wipi and Mat colefax turned up a few weeks later .The rest is history and yes Alex was getting into it with his pants and other crazy things like his 'bouncy shoes " from Sweeden pretty early on .
Kane Hartil from Christchurch was an inspiration but we just couldn't figure out how the NZ crew managed to kite (let alone kitesurf ) with C quads .(figured it out when we visited christchurch ,you can stand up most of the time in the poo pond estuary crashing a cquad wasn't so much of an issue.) Ran the first kitesurf event at Anna bay Birubi (the love in ) where just about anyone in kiting turned up . Dave ( speed man now),Dale torriero(that guy rips in the waves)and James from Melbourne Steve from kitepower ,Mat from Wipi ,Alex from Stonker , Youngie from Perth made the trip (and paid out on our crap wind .i'm with ya there Ian just took a while to figure it out and thanks for the downwinder idea what a blast) Ben Merk nearly fried my fourby in the dunes doing the chase (he was suffering from one of many of his kite injuries) plus a cast of many other early die hards (please insert names ) and yes EUROPANTS WAS THERE with his super 8 camera
One of the things that helped make it a blast was that 'oh so dangerous" land kiting in the light or crap winds

SammyJ said...

Anyway moving on...

Out of interest, if Alex isn't right about being the pioneer of kite surfing who is??.

The French [}:)]

I would say they are unique, you're right that far.

Na we love ya Alex it's only those ****y euro hot pants you wear around we hate.
Do yourself a favour GO AND BUY SOME BOARDIES it will do you the world of good and then I'm sure Steve will send lessons your way.
He told me he did not want to send lessons your way because of those ****y little hot pants you wear the student's will turn and run the other way I know I would.

Also stop eating those chorizo's they give you bad breath.
But apart from that you are the man you are the pioneer and you are the reason we are all kitesurfing LOL

Sandy are you a viginadecliner?

basically Alex is a better kiter than the groper and the groper is throwing the dummy out the pram. At least Mr Sans does not hide behind his RSVP.com.au codename.

Ima gunna buuurrrnn me a withchypoo!!


Sheesh the sheep love to flock to a thread bashin like blowies ona grogan!

Get a life and stop bashing groper and Mr Sanz the lot of you kids. You are acting pretty much in the same way as you are criticising groper for.


BTW should the line "like blowies ona grogan!" - discuss, be used on the Oztraya test?

Have a bunny good easter all.

Dave ( speed man now),Dale torriero(that guy rips in the waves)and James from Melbourne Steve from kitepower ,Mat from Wipi ,Alex from Stonker , Youngie from Perth


Real pleased these guys got a mention, apart from being great ambasdors for the sport, in the early days, their still ripping it up.

In ten or twety years from now,only then will we no if this sanzy dood is a pioneer of the sport of kite,his out there in the wild doin his thing and his up for gettin verbal,but his doin something that he feels just, sandy has a point to question his ethics,but to ban his visions,your avin a laugh groper dood.

waveslave said...

Alex sanz said...

I never said I was the only pioneer, I said I was a pioneer.

when I bough my first power kite steve didn't even own a kite shop.

I gave a lot of my time and energy to get the sport where it is today. Not that anyone cares anymore. Helped dolls develope and Melbourne as well as Byron, thats years helping the local shops.
I have not sold an inflatable for over 6 years. Yet I do at least 10 lessons a week. already most of my customers have bought gear from steve and yet he still hates me ?? same thing happened with SHQ and RPS and they hate me as well. I don't get It!!! and they never throw lessons my way. the opposite actually happens.

Very dissapointed the way it has turned out.

Did lots of TV and News papers and now I have all that kite content to share with who ever wants to see it.

AM I SO BAD?????

This is what I like about forums. ^^^
Sometimes all the layers are stripped clean and the raw fresh is revealed and allowed to bleed.
I love the ego-tripping, the claiming, the praising of oneself....
the list of sacrifices made,
the bitterness,
the twistedness,
the demand for respect....
rightly or wrongly,
the begging for sympathy,
the cry of poverty,
the self-loathing,
the irony,
the injustice,
and best of all......
all the regret and disappointment.
You're not bad, man....
you're too good.
lol.

dont forget the rants about death leashes!

Kim smallman the first kite surfer to open my eyes to something that seemed unreal at the time in oz, fark that dod was out there ,all home made gear that was ahead of its time,up north ,down south ,that boy was not afraid to give it a go,watchin him do floaters in front of me was fkn unbelievable at the time .NoW its just the norm,keep it movin boyz

ahhh, the young and the restless, my favorite show

Lol this thread is classic.

Don't let it ever be said that this forum is boring...

surfingboye said...

I feel like everyone has bashed the sh!t out of your name.

post the video Alex. you stand up to Steve, buddy.

I have so many videos!! I don't really care about steve or anyone else, It's all a storm in a tea cup. to me

I'm still having fun and out kiting everyday all day. I had a great lesson today in only 2 knots. Happy days

Mr float said...

SammyJ said...

Anyway moving on...

Out of interest, if Alex isn't right about being the pioneer of kite surfing who is??.

I know that's going to open a can of worm's, but it does interest me. Purely from what I read on this forum Darren and Steve would be up there.

Has anyone come across websites/info on the development and progress of kiting in Australia

If its any help there was a group of us here in Newcastle that were into buggying and mountainboarding in the mid/late 90's. We started sandboarding from one end of nobby's and dicko to the other and would do long body drags and jump off the waves with our land kites along the bar - merewether stretch ,pack up and do it again.One of the guys came in with an edition of 'Inside sport" with a photo of Elliot Leboe with a wipi classic and we just had to find out more .Tracked down the photographer in Hawaii (would you believe his name was Peter Sterling ) who put us in touch with wipi and Mat colefax turned up a few weeks later .The rest is history and yes Alex was getting into it with his pants and other crazy things like his 'bouncy shoes " from Sweeden pretty early on .
Kane Hartil from Christchurch was an inspiration but we just couldn't figure out how the NZ crew managed to kite (let alone kitesurf ) with C quads .(figured it out when we visited christchurch ,you can stand up most of the time in the poo pond estuary crashing a cquad wasn't so much of an issue.) Ran the first kitesurf event at Anna bay Birubi (the love in ) where just about anyone in kiting turned up . Dave ( speed man now),Dale torriero(that guy rips in the waves)and James from Melbourne Steve from kitepower ,Mat from Wipi ,Alex from Stonker , Youngie from Perth made the trip (and paid out on our crap wind .i'm with ya there Ian just took a while to figure it out and thanks for the downwinder idea what a blast) Ben Merk nearly fried my fourby in the dunes doing the chase (he was suffering from one of many of his kite injuries) plus a cast of many other early die hards (please insert names ) and yes EUROPANTS WAS THERE with his super 8 camera
One of the things that helped make it a blast was that 'oh so dangerous" land kiting in the light or crap winds

I have that day on video and "AIR" was the first video clip australia saw on kitesurfing. not a bad video clip !!