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spot1
spot1
WA
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9 Nov 2008 8:44pm
Today after see this bloke with a phone in a bag with ear phones LOL take the call in a back roll
A bottle of air LOL
Sunnies NO POINT
PFD ok if you are on a outter reef
Reel leash no no
Gath hat what you going to hit water
AND THE LIST GO ON

What ever happened to a kite a bar a board and harness
hoskoau
hoskoau
NSW
100 posts
NSW, 100 posts
9 Nov 2008 10:49pm
What's your point about wearing sunnies?
Skid
Skid
QLD
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9 Nov 2008 10:00pm
spot1 said...


PDF ok if you are on a outter reef

What ever happened to a kite a bar a board and harness



I think you may mean PFD (although you could be a member of the DNA 'National Dyslexics Association).
Anyway, if you have ever busted any ribs from smacking the water after a kite loop gone wrong, you may appreciate that some PFDs can offer some protection (for us oldies)
spot1
spot1
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9 Nov 2008 9:39pm
hoskoau said...

What's your point about wearing sunnies?


1st bit of spray and you dont have clear vision
spot1
spot1
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9 Nov 2008 10:12pm
Skid said...

spot1 said...


PDF ok if you are on a outter reef

What ever happened to a kite a bar a board and harness



I think you may mean PFD (although you could be a member of the DNA 'National Dyslexics Association).
Anyway, if you have ever busted any ribs from smacking the water after a kite loop gone wrong, you may appreciate that some PFDs can offer some protection (for us oldies)



good to see the spelling police are on the job
poor relative
poor relative
WA
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9 Nov 2008 10:22pm
I carry concrete and a fax
Saved my ass many a time
hoskoau
hoskoau
NSW
100 posts
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10 Nov 2008 1:21am
spot1 said...

hoskoau said...

What's your point about wearing sunnies?


1st bit of spray and you dont have clear vision


You need some better designed sunnies then.
lostinlondon
lostinlondon
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10 Nov 2008 3:11am
hoskoau said...

spot1 said...

hoskoau said...

What's your point about wearing sunnies?


1st bit of spray and you dont have clear vision


You need some better designed sunnies then.


Better than getting sprayed in the eyeball with salty water. Then you really can't see anything! The seabreeze sunnies look pretty good, similar to the Seaspecs I have
phrase
phrase
WA
228 posts
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10 Nov 2008 2:08am
Sunnies BIG POINT. I can actually see when I`m looking towards the sun. Protects the eyes from harmful rays, that`s why we wear them at other times.
Don`t wear the sunnies you bought at the petrol station, get a pair designed to be used on water.
You right, I don`t even bother taking my phone down the beach, always gets lost.
Bottle of air??? What the! Don`t understand?
Reel leash, now that`s asking for trouble.
Mr float
Mr float
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3452 posts
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10 Nov 2008 8:28am
spot1 said...

Today after see this bloke with a phone in a bag with ear phones LOL take the call in a back roll
A bottle of air LOL
Sunnies NO POINT
PFD ok if you are on a outter reef
Reel leash no no
Gath hat what you going to hit water
AND THE LIST GO ON

What ever happened to a kite a bar a board and harness



you can add scuba diving tanks now

echostorm
echostorm
QLD
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10 Nov 2008 7:32am
Considering my PFD saved my life, then I am in the other corner to anyone who says that they are gay, and I am sure many kitesurfers dont want to go blind from cataracts. Everything else... happiness comes from simplicity, aint kitesurfing enough fun without the gadgets?
rossouwe
rossouwe
VIC
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10 Nov 2008 9:57am
I have prescritions, therefore, sunnies a must, otherwise I will endangour everyone's lives!
Also good to protect those eyes from the sun!
Jimmyz
Jimmyz
NSW
446 posts
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10 Nov 2008 10:02am
I'm slightly guilty of always taking too much gear - two kites, two boards, two sets of bars/lines + harness and pump, I almost always take it all down onto the beach... just incase.
cabstar
cabstar
VIC
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10 Nov 2008 10:10am
i couldnt sea for 2 days after not wearing sunnies cause it was when i was learning i was constanly look up into the sun to see my kite and kept getting dunk it hurt like hell[}:)]
NSW, 4382 posts
10 Nov 2008 12:20pm
poor relative said...

I carry concrete and a fax
Saved my ass many a time


Its well know that you carry your concrete internally PR, but is it the same with the fax?
I needs to know? And where will the paper come out if you do?

Regards

Steve MCGullible
getfunky
getfunky
WA
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10 Nov 2008 11:48am
spot1 said...

Today after see this bloke with a phone in a bag with ear phones LOL take the call in a back roll
A bottle of air LOL
Sunnies NO POINT
PFD ok if you are on a outter reef
Reel leash no no
Gath hat what you going to hit water
AND THE LIST GO ON

What ever happened to a kite a bar a board and harness




Ya great banana!


The $80 I spent on sunnies was the best $$ in kiting yet. Before I used sunnies, after a 2 hr session my eyes were in stinging so bad my vision was waaaayyyy worse that a bit of spray on the sunnies impedes. Plus I don't get that lovely feeling of salt and flotsum slamming in under my eyelids and felling like it's gonna take my eye outta it's socket..



As for the vest and helmet, well I guess you don't go hard enough, or don't value being injury free in body or mind?


Silly monkey.



Although..

Today after see this bloke with a phone in a bag with ear phones LOL take the call in a back roll

Maybe he was ordering a nice decaf, with a twist of lemon, soy-latte from the cafe at the end of the downwinder.

webby7
webby7
QLD
145 posts
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10 Nov 2008 12:54pm
whats a reel leash???
Buell
Buell
SA
89 posts
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10 Nov 2008 1:27pm

Read the skin cancer post, melanoma in the eye is fatal within months, buy good sunnies and use them.
getfunky
getfunky
WA
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10 Nov 2008 12:06pm
webby7 said...

whats a reel leash???


Something that causes perfectly rational and relaxed folks to totally loose it and go on an inertnet forum and become a poison spewing, hate seething flammer..


Strap yaself in Webby, it's gonna get messy!!
Cut
Cut
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10 Nov 2008 3:43pm

Ya great banana!


The $80 I spent on sunnies was the best $$ in kiting yet. Before I used sunnies, after a 2 hr session my eyes were in stinging so bad my vision was waaaayyyy worse that a bit of spray on the sunnies impedes. Plus I don't get that lovely feeling of salt and flotsum slamming in under my eyelids and felling like it's gonna take my eye outta it's socket..



As for the vest and helmet, well I guess you don't go hard enough, or don't value being injury free in body or mind?


Silly monkey.




Sunnies were the best thing I've bought so far

I'm thinking of getting a vest after copping a bit of a knock. Saw some guy with a combo vest/harness the other day. Has anyone used one before that has an opinion ? It looked pretty sweet.

Poida
Poida
WA
1922 posts
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10 Nov 2008 3:54pm
now I know why you need the boardshorts over ya wetty, its to put the battery pack in ya back pocket to run the fax, PDA and ipod. Maybe for a portable internet browser to check the wind
kitecrazzzy
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WA
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10 Nov 2008 4:04pm
sunnies are needed. my cousin makes fake eye balls for people who have had cancers in their eyes and has instilled the message onto me
spot1
spot1
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10 Nov 2008 4:28pm
Poida said...

now I know why you need the boardshorts over ya wetty, its to put the battery pack in ya back pocket to run the fax, PDA and ipod. Maybe for a portable internet browser to check the wind



i only did to try and fit in

fuzel
fuzel
WA
8 posts
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10 Nov 2008 5:33pm
What's with sunnies when you crash hard on the face?

Well i know you shouldn't but sometimes it happens doesn't it? (missed danglepasses etc....)

Are there special ones (the watersports ones mentioned earlier) that will not hurt/break/get lost?

Cheers
hosko
hosko
WA
393 posts
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10 Nov 2008 5:36pm
hoskoau: we're not related are we???

hoskoau said...

spot1 said...

hoskoau said...

What's your point about wearing sunnies?


1st bit of spray and you dont have clear vision


You need some better designed sunnies then.


user
user
WA
1140 posts
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10 Nov 2008 7:06pm
Jimmyz said...

I'm slightly guilty of always taking too much gear - two kites, two boards, two sets of bars/lines + harness and pump, I almost always take it all down onto the beach... just incase.


Perfectly normal and sensible.
cwamit
cwamit
WA
1194 posts
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10 Nov 2008 7:11pm
Jimmyz said...

I'm slightly guilty of always taking too much gear - two kites, two boards, two sets of bars/lines + harness and pump, I almost always take it all down onto the beach... just incase.



and usually every time i don't pack that larger kite.. its an under powered session
kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
WA
2184 posts
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10 Nov 2008 7:33pm
I have taken the liberty of putting your post into google translator, it even recognised the language to be "uneducated" and converted it to "English". Neat huh

"Kiters and all THEIR accessories, an exercise in complication"
Today, after I SAW A bloke with a phone in a bag with ear phones coming from it, I had to laugh. The thought of him accepting a call during a back roll was something I found comical. Other things that make me feel this way are; air tanks to fill your kite from, sun glasses to which I see no point, reel leashes that are more a danger than aid and helmets. I can think of other accessories which brings me to the point of my poorly grammatical post; what has happened to the fundamentally basic principle of Kite+bar+board+harness=kitesurfing.
lostinlondon
lostinlondon
VIC
1159 posts
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10 Nov 2008 9:42pm
Jimmyz said...

I'm slightly guilty of always taking too much gear - two kites, two boards, two sets of bars/lines + harness and pump, I almost always take it all down onto the beach... just incase.


Yeah, you do it because you can.
I bet half of it stays in the boot of your car. I got into Kiteboarding because you can, if needed carry all your gear on your back and catch the tram. You don't need a trailer, or a roof rack, or a membership at a club to do it, and the gear weighs what, 10 kilos all up?
cwamit
cwamit
WA
1194 posts
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10 Nov 2008 7:50pm
kitecrazzzy said...

I have taken the liberty of putting your post into google translator, it even recognised the language to be "uneducated" and converted it to "English". Neat huh

"Kiters and all THEIR accessories, an exercise in complication"
Today, after I SAW A bloke with a phone in a bag with ear phones coming from it, I had to laugh. The thought of him accepting a call during a back roll was something I found comical. Other things that make me feel this way are; air tanks to fill your kite from, sun glasses to which I see no point, reel leashes that are more a danger than aid and helmets. I can think of other accessories which brings me to the point of my poorly grammatical post; what has happened to the fundamentally basic principle of Kite+bar+board+harness=kitesurfing.



thanks for the clarification, i thought it was something about hair gel products
poor relative
poor relative
WA
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10 Nov 2008 8:09pm
Kitepower Australia said...
where will the paper come out if you do?

Regards

Steve MCGullible



It flies out my ass.
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