Saw a guy pumping up his North rebel 2008 furiously for about 10mins. He was pissed off as he thought his 2nd hand kite he just bought was stuffed. After I put the dump valve in for him he was stoked. He said thanks and how did you know. I told him I did the same thing myself, twice.

Saw another guy pumping with a Cabrinha for 3 mins, to no avail. He told me his pump was stuffed as its not going up and getting harder to pump. I took his hose off and put it on on the inflate side, again stoked. P.S. why the hell do kite pumps have a deflate????

Was asked for a launch from a tourist who took 25 mins to set up a 12m F-one C kite mabe 2005-2006 at Woodies beach 1 when I was over-powered on my 8 last season, I politely refused, he was not happy. As I was going out again I saw his girlfriend hot-launch him. Needless to say he was lofted and skull-dragged into the dunes. After that he packed up??

theDoctor said...



I once saw someone in a bear suit riding a unicycle down king st in newtown... that was kinda silly

.... maybe it was a real bear riding a unicycle down king st in newtown... in which case, that's kinda funny

Whoa I saw the same thing

No wait, it was a bear in a suit, riding Stephane King, the new town unicycle

Couple of guys I know, you know who you are, tried to blow their kite up with their mouths and then asked "can you get pumps for these things?"

Watching a hot launch and then bum / face run into the dunes is far more satisfying.

dave...... said...

P.S. why the hell do kite pumps have a deflate????

Ever tried to pack 3 kites into your travel bag that's specced for 1 board and 2 kites?

I also love seeing girlfriends trying to help launch a kite from the trailing edge.... Kite Blanket