I laugh to myself too when I see guy's out and on the beach in summer with...

Weties, PFD's,rashies,helmets, electric pumps, wind meter's,reel leashes,hats,sunnies,mobile phone's, hook knifes,gloves,booties, heel straps,modified saftey set ups,sand bags for self launching and landing.

I dont know how the hell they get out of the garage let allone down to the beach! im flat out remebering to grab my pump let allone all the above,

Whatever rocks your boat I geuss...or sinks it!

Luke

KiteAction said...
I see guy's out and on the beach in summer with...

Weties, ... rashies

Who's putting their hand up to be the first HTFU'd full time naked kiter?

Wow perfect time to discuss this bazar act today on the water. Was doing a down winder on the goldy today in pretty hairy 30knot winds about 100 metres behind is a guy who was on a massive ozone kite (severly over powered) he couldn't even stand up as the kite was at 12 and just dragging him down wind. Anyway my brother who was kiting with me stopped next to him and asked if he will need help landing the thing but the guy claimed he was just writing a text to his mate WTF. Trying to kite in 30knot winds and typing a text at the same time. Think he just didn't want to admit he was in some kind of trouble. Thought u kite to get away from phones etc. :)

My kit:

Helmet, zinc, vest (with knife), long rashy, Blue Eye Squid sunnies.. note: no real leash anymore.

Sure I'd like to be less cluttered and quicker in/out of the H2O but each item except the knife has been super handy and essential on at least every second session.

Each to their own, if you want to get cancer, eye probs, busted ribs or scrambled grey matter; go for gold sunshine.. At least it may thin the crowds out a bit if the HTFU brigade are getting grafts from the area adjacent to their sphiny stuck on their face/arms etc

Aside from overpowered numbnuts texting mates, why are so many of the HTFU brigade worried about what others are wearing??? Worried you may be missing something?? How about HTFU and pay attention to what YOU are doing.

Er?

I wasn't exactly directing any comments at you mate, more the HTFU (usually with their boardies over their wetty - crikey here we go again!!) brigade who would rather look cool than be around still kiting in a decade or so. Boy they will look funny with their freckle transplanted on their forehead!!

No huff, no puff and no guff... all good

hey doc might be time to get your eyes checked; if you read his post it says everything except the knife

Charl dv said...



next thing you know there will be auto rigging kites with autopilot self land and launch etc...

Woow Charl, with marketing ideas like that a young fella like you could have a bright future in the kite industry

I pack away peoples kites for them...

I also use them for 10 minutes before hand during my ride home from UWA (not that i go there... just sit in the library perving)

Kiters are more suseptible to "PTYRIGIUM" damage (google it!)
Than any over sport.
How often do you look @ yer kite
with the sun next to it???????????????
PTYRIGIUM PEOPLE BEWARE!!!!
Only cure is surgery!!
Or wear sunnies or not???

getfunky said...

quicker in/out of the H2O

You would probably be quicker in and out of the water if you didn't faff around so much!

For all those in need of the meaning of HTFU...

"maybe his on call for work and not on the dole like most kiters"

That's a bit uncalled for Scrotum.. Have you had a bad day or something

I don't know many kiters that don't work, it's not a cheap sport

And I think you meant He's or he is

My son said something that cracked me up the other day,His mate was surfing with his mp3 player an said it was cool surfing to the music.my son quickly said,Must be pretty crap music then if thats how it makes you surf....ha ha

sunnies hat an zinc is only common sense here on sunnycoast some days, if you dont wanna be a statistic, 2 to 3 hr downwinders in the middle of the day without the protection WILL stuff you up pretty quickly and that is NOT COOL U FOOL.....

Kook is cool