Gotta ask the question - as the majority of kiters I see are "older" and kiting is just such an amazing sport... (cant grasp the word I am looking for here) why is it that so many of our products have such crappy graphics? [}:)] (And no I am not a relgious in any way)

I just bought a Toxic Wave - and it rides soooo good in the surf, but I personally am not a fan of the skulls... and if you have ever seen one of these boards I think it actually has more than 1000 skulls on it!! I am going to respray it soon...

I have a LF Havoc with a Skull on it, the new Cabrinha Xbow has one... just curious on the motivation of it as personally I think it detracts from the sport... just sends the wrong message - I probably should have been around in the hippy era...

there's nothing more beautiful then skulls and flames if you have a problem with the board graphics why dont you buy an australian made board like cardboard where you can choose your own graphics at no extra charge.

skulls and flames 4 ever

Something to do with pirates.

nah dude your right its f>uckin lame they need to get over it, pretty much every brand ethier has flames, skulls or both. pretty freakin gay if you ask me, bet their designers get top dollar to think up such "original" graphic schemes to.

get nemo to design ya something, they have pretty wack designs...citys bleeding and dogs on fire and the like

www.nemolution.com

Parafrazing someone:

Skulls are evil.
Flames are from hell.
Kitesurfing is devine.

Contrast is the spirit.
Opposed ends are atracted to each other.

I think I have to go in bed, I am.... tormented, and I did not have anything to drink yet.

Cheers

skulls and flames are cool but yeah overdone.

my favoorite kite is the Waroo but the logo's and fish on it suck a$$ IMO.

i think the Naish kites are some of the best looking in regards to graphic design.

maybe they need to do something different like....franjapani's????

at least NORTH are coming up with their skate? graphics..WTF

geez you guys are harsh!

i agree the north kites are nice as well!

I ride Airush Flows and you know how graphically outstanding they are...

I was just curious where kiters stand in the heirachy of man... as we seem to have adopted the graphics nature of skating yet I dont see that reflected in the social sense - just a disconnect that I see being new to the sport.

Regardless of graphics there is wind on the way and its going to be awesome this weekend... whoo hooo

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Originally posted by lancekenny

I... as we seem to have adopted the graphics nature of skating yet I dont see that reflected in the social sense - just a disconnect that I see being new to the sport.

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there is plenty of skater/wake mentality to go with those skulls mate, how else do you explain wearing boardies over the top of a wetsuit?

after the sculls and flames...maybe they'll go for the naked female sillhuette?....then we can really call that advanced graphics ......wait..wait....then we can have great big Steer/ Bull horns across our gear.....oh....sh!t i'm having a brain wave....then we'll transcend into words like "badboy" and "hardcore".....

I'm brilliant.I want a designers job!. Imagine what ideas i'd come up with if i spent more time on it?!!

The underground boards are the most original i've seen.

bite me!

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Originally posted by lancekenny

...why do kiters wear boardshorts on the outside of their wetsuits.. is there any point to it...

superman with their jocks or budgie smugglers on the outside

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I keep my car key in there, i don't have a spot on the harness.

Great idea

looking at the amount of people that have Borat as an avatar... does anyone do the borat thong... not really sure if I want to know actually let alone see that...

There was a guy doing it at the Tour de France - so maybe its the universal cool thing to do this summer?

to see a bulge ...or to disguise a complete lack of bulge!!

I wear boardies for the latter reason.....hey , yes it's small but it always pleases me!

nibble me!

yes i wear boardies as i feel it is rude to advertise when your not in the market!

lets start a new thread, boardy riders v's non boardy riders. now that will end in a massive flame war!