Who's going to KITEJAM in Safety Bay this weekend???

From what i've heard its going to be the BEST Freestyle event of the season here in WA! The Jam format of last years event was wicked and i know they are keeping it the exact same! I've heard rumors of what is going to be setup at the event and i can't wait to see what the organizers have in store!

One thing I'm really looking forward to is the kite swap meet that's going to happen before the event; i've got a few kites that need a new home and i would like to pick up a surf board!

Hope to see you all there!!!

This Saturday, Jan 10, starting around 11:00am....early for the kite swap meet

www.kitejamwa.com/

Oh great, that time already for the kite looping brigade to pay a visit is it

Looks like you can leave the 5 and 7m at home this year boys.

Also remember to not forget your shark shields. Because it's his ocean and his environment blah blah blah, we just have to come to terms with it that he/she like the area and has decided to call it home from now on. Well for a few months a year anyway.

in one of the old videos i remember a south african guy got attacked by a shark while riding a downwind race. His board got a big chunk taaken out of the back of it, they later caught the shark, he now has board and shark jaw on his wall.

I am in if my guts have healed. Yesterday I banged a mega loop at Woodmans and tanked the landing on my chest. Driving home I began to fall asleep, pulled over and had to throw up.

The adrenalin wore off and off to Royal Perth I go. The pain was excruciating and I had a tennis ball swelling under my rib cage. Blood, Urine and Xrays came out clear so I am stoked out on pain killers taking it easy.

Fingers crossed I am good for the JAM! Does anyone have an impact vest I can borrow ;)

I'm pretty sure this topic needs to stay near the top....

Hi all,

I guess its no surprise by looking at the forecast for Saturday that KiteJam is on!!

It should be a great day to come down and check it out, not only for the top kiting action on display, but for the Bring n' Buy, the barbeque, refreshments and to view the new Kitelife on the big screen. Plenty of shade, shelter and picnic areas, or a walk out to the point to watch some of the countries best riders cut loose with some great freestyle riding conditions.

Any interest in the bring n' buy out there? Its a new idea thats been suggested and we're keen to try it out. i think it would be great to have a collection of second hand gear all in one easy location to browse through.

Any positive feedback welcome,

see you there!

yep charl the kicker n slider will be there...
i wont be riding, will be way to hungover/drunk to ride properly... but i'll see if i can borrow bo's slr and get some snaps for u all...
see u tehre

all i have to say that can resolve the tension between poledancers and kiters is to tell the dancing fairies to stop sittin in the middle of the pond, or to ride in as fast as they can to carve and stop then just sit there and have little tea parties right smack dab in the middle of the pond. its so anoying riding out of the super shallow bit getting ready to load up just to see there are 4 polies sitting in the middle having a tea break and a discussion, FFS if you want to sit around move off onto the beach instead of clogging up the pond, clogging just leads to congestion, and also WATCH WHERE YOU TRY UR SUPER COOL TRICK CALLED A GYBE TO FACEPLANT! on monday i was almost run into 4 times by polies trying to gybe around me when we are both riding to the left, instead of slowing down they try gybe around infront and then plant it meaning i have to send my kite and rapidly change direction, if they did that to a kook the kook will probably end up jumping and or hurting themselves or others.

knowing them they would probably come back just that day to be anoying

didnt see any swapmeet? lugged my kite down and asked one of the event staff peeps who told us that there wasnt any kite swap meet???

Apologies Little foot, and anyone else who was expecting the swap-meet, I thought it was a great idea to provide a place at a busy kiteboarding event for the bring n' buy. We were set and ready to accomodate it, but by midday there was no 'bring' so definately no buy opportunities.

Pity, I thought it was a great idea, and looking at the used gear buy and sell pages, (and the amount of quality 2nd hand gear on offer) I thought it would be a popular feature...

It was a new idea, so it could have gone either way, unfortunately it went south!

Also apologies if anyone was misled by the advanced publicity to expect Kitelife on the big screen and live competition footage etc etc... Again we were prepared and ready to provide this, but due to factors beyond my control- we could not provide it on the day.

OK, apologies and negativity over, stay tuned for news and results coming soon!