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lex123

NSW

511 posts

lex123

NSW, 511 posts

14 Jun 2007 7:11pm

ok , thats enough from u elizabeth, ur crushing my state pride haha jk, u won fair and square im just a little sore cos i had to work during it.

Seems to be a large ammount of mountain bikers on here,, kudos to u guys bi*chin sport, cept it costs 3x more than kiting and involves more injury time.

Tom Harrison

25 posts

Tom Harrison

WA, 25 posts

14 Jun 2007 6:50pm

Name: Tom

Age: Nearly 21

Sex: Pretty rare at the moment

Location: Australind

Occupation: Electrical Instrumentation Apprentice

Number of kites: 3

Number of boards: 2 kite and a heap of surfboards

Favorite brand: Slingshot kites, Liquid Force boards

Prefered kiting style: Wake

Years in the sport: 0.5

Other hobbies, sports or interests: Surfing, Wakeboarding, Playing Footy, Drinking beer, Watching live music, Laughing...

kite boy

354 posts

kite boy

WA, 354 posts

14 Jun 2007 8:43pm

Name:RATTLES

Age:LEGAL

Sex:M

Location:SPOT - E

Occupation: DUMB FU69 ducty

Number of kites:DUNNO ASK WOK KITES ARE TO EXPENSIVE

Number of boards:AS ABOVE

Favorite brand: 5 LINE C

Prefered kiting style: WAKEBOARDING

Years in the sport: 1 AND A BIT

Other hobbies, sports or interests: WAKEBOARDING SURFING MOTOR BIKE AND

silviu

VIC

663 posts

silviu

VIC, 663 posts

14 Jun 2007 11:25pm

Name:Silviu

Age: 55

Sex:M

Location: Melbourne

Occupation: Once a good engineer, now manager

Number of kites: 2 for kitesurfing + over 100 stunt kites

Number of boards: 1 Stonker, 2 - Silviu's design and make

Favorite brand: Peter Lynn, Cabrinha, the kites I make

Prefered kiting style: cruising

Years in the sport: 47 in kiting

, 7 in kitesurfing

Other hobbies, sports or interests: cycling, swiming, mountain biking, motorcycling, bush walking, getting in trouble (accidents)

RDL

59 posts

RDL

SA, 59 posts

14 Jun 2007 11:42pm

Name:Rdiddy

Age: 35

Sex:Mmm remember that

Location: ADEL

Occupation: Coastal manager (bureaucrat)

Number of kites: 3, 2 x 12m & 10m

Number of boards: 1 Underground, 1 hm made plus surfboards

Favorite brand: currrently ride airrush lift, naish raven & Best neme

Prefered kiting style: with panache ,grace and elegance

Years in the sport: 2yrs 3months

Other hobbies: dad, surfing

greenleader

QLD

5283 posts

greenleader

QLD, 5283 posts

15 Jun 2007 12:38am

good idea lex,shame about origin hey.

Name: ian greenleaf

Age: 43

Sex: male

Location: gold coast queensland

Occupation: surfing goods retailer

Number of kites: unlimited

Number of boards: as above

Favorite brand: the product that feels the best at the time and exudes quality.

Prefered kiting style: carving a bit and lofty jumps.

Years in the sport: 7 ish

Other hobbies, sports or interests: windsurfing, flyfishing (they are all noble sports! flyfishing works best with no wind, perfect opposite to the other two

)

youngbull

QLD

826 posts

youngbull

QLD, 826 posts

15 Jun 2007 2:02am

Name:Andrew Keasey

Age:27

Sex:Male

Location:Brisbane

Occupation:aeronautical engineer

Number of kites:2 Naish

Number of boards:1 M8

Favorite brand:Naish + Fone

Prefered kiting style:Wake

Years in the sport:8Mths

Other hobbies, sports or interests:Road/Trail bikes, Wakeboarding, Sailing and And annoying people who speak garbage

Slack

685 posts

Slack

WA, 685 posts

15 Jun 2007 9:40am

Name: Slack

Age:46

Sex: Male

Location: Perth

Occupation: Computing – Mineral Exploration

Number of kites: 1 North Rebel

Number of boards: 1 North Dragon

Favourite brand: North is all I have ridden

Preferred kiting style; Above sea level

Years in the sport: <2 Months

Other hobbies, sports or interests: Being dragged through the water, along the beach and/or through the trees, either feet or head first I dont have a real preference yet. Not so patiently waiting.

Skwinty

164 posts

Skwinty

WA, 164 posts

15 Jun 2007 11:17am

Name: Skwinty

Age: 28

Sex: Male

Location: Geraldton WA

Occupation: Designer/ Account Manager

Number of kites: 3

Number of boards: 2

Favorite brand: BEST

Prefered kiting style: Wake

Years in the sport: 1

Other hobbies, sports or interests: Surfing, art/design

cRAZY Canuk

NSW

2528 posts

cRAZY Canuk

NSW, 2528 posts

15 Jun 2007 2:22pm

Name: Chris Spalding

Age: 25

Sex: Male

Location: Manly NSW

Occupation: Draughtsman

Number of kites: 4

Number of boards: 1

Favorite brand: North

Prefered kiting style: Fun

Years in the sport: 2.5

Other hobbies, sports or interests:[/red] surfing, Mountain Biking, Sailing, snowboarding

havox

148 posts

havox

WA, 148 posts

15 Jun 2007 1:15pm

Name: ben gerick

Age: 25

Sex: dont have it it causes babies.. i know frmo experience

Location: perth WA

Occupation: Personal Trainer / want to be kite intructor

Number of kites: 2.5 .. i share one :)

Number of boards: 1

Favorite brand: cabhrina

Prefered kiting style: not dying

Years in the sport: 6 months

Other hobbies, wanting wind

snoopy

NSW

116 posts

snoopy

NSW, 116 posts

15 Jun 2007 4:03pm

Name: Shannon

Age: 26

Sex: M

Location: Sydney, Cronulla, NSW

Occupation: CNC Machinery / IT

Number of kites: 1

Number of boards: 1

Favorite brand: cabhrina / Underground

Prefered kiting style: Any

Years in the sport: 4 Months

Other hobbies, sports or interests: Snowboarding, GYM, Drinking Beer.

ryan78

QLD

53 posts

ryan78

QLD, 53 posts

15 Jun 2007 4:27pm

Name:Ryan Mcgovern

Age:29

Sex:m

Location:Shoal Point

Occupation:Boilermaker

Number of kites:2

Number of boards:2

Favorite brand:F-ONE

Prefered kiting style:Wave

Years in the sport:2

Other hobbies, sports or interests:Wake,B.B.q's

not here

20 posts

not here

20 posts

15 Jun 2007 6:36pm

Name:Bruce

Age:37

Sex:m

Location:China

Occupation:sorcing agent

Number of kites:1

Number of boards:1

Favorite brand:North/Takoon

Prefered kiting style:

Years in the sport:5months

Other hobbies, sports or interests:

Windsurfing,skiing

windpig

QLD

113 posts

windpig

QLD, 113 posts

15 Jun 2007 9:17pm

quote:
Originally posted by lex123

Ok a generall post to see what the Australian kiting community is made up of. You can leave parts blank if u wish. I have done survey like this in one of my mountain biking forums and it proved very handy to myself (industrial design student) and to many people within the industry as an outline of the marketplace.

Name:Jeff

Age:50+

Sex:male

Location:sun shine coast

Occupation:boat builder

Number of kites:3

Number of boards:1

Favorite brand:Peter Lynn

Prefered kiting style:free style/wave

Years in the sport:6

Other hobbies, sports or interests:Multihull sailing.

demus

42 posts

demus

WA, 42 posts

15 Jun 2007 7:57pm

Name: Nicholas Veitch
Age: 22
Sex: M
Location: Tazzy
Occupation: Accountant/Aquaculture -student
Number of kites: 2 new ozones, 2 retired fuels
Number of boards: 1 wake, 3 surf
Favorite brand: Ozone, Liquid Force, Mystic, Obsidian skis
Prefered kiting style: Surf/Wake
Years in the sport: 2.5
Other hobbies, sports or interests: Boats, Skiing, Surf, Photo

Cuboid

QLD

11 posts

Cuboid

QLD, 11 posts

16 Jun 2007 9:21am

Name: Mark

Age: 29

Sex: Male

Location: Brisbane Qld

Occupation: Podiatrist

Number of kites: 1

Number of boards: 1

Favorite brand: Liquid force

Prefered kiting style: ?

Years in the sport: 2 months

Other hobbies, sports or interests: Windsurfing, Sea Kayaking

bigman

QLD

233 posts

bigman

QLD, 233 posts

19 Jun 2007 12:00am

Name:Dean Marshall

Age:47

Sex:Male

Location:Gold Coast Aus.

Occupation:Builder/Project Manager

Number of kites:1 Cabrinah Omega HD 12m

Number of boards:2 Stew Martin 5 6", Gaastra Sky Pro 136

Favorite brand: Whatever goes and looks good and whatever Greeny or Browny recomend

prefered kiting style:Wave, floaty jumps and long cruises

Years in sport:About 7 years

Other hobbies,sports or interests:Fishing, but not on the Gold Coast as there isnt any fish

Caelah

319 posts

Caelah

WA, 319 posts

19 Jun 2007 11:28am

Name: Caela Hanson

Age: Actual 33, Mental Age in the teens!

Sex: Female

Location: Sydney NSW

Occupation: Event Organiser

Number of kites: 3 (2 x Cabrinah, 1x Ozone Samurai)

Number of boards: 2 (1 x North, 1 x Underground)

Favorite brand: Don't have one

Prefered kiting style: Whatever I end up doing

Years in the sport: 4

Other hobbies, sports or interests: Mountainbiking, Landboarding, Wakeboarding, Rock Climbing, Surfing.....

Falkor

NSW

1 posts

Falkor

NSW, 1 posts

19 Jun 2007 2:05pm

Name: Lenny

Age: 20

Sex: questionable

Location: Sydney NSW

Occupation: Professional douche bag

Number of kites: 1

Number of boards: 0.5

Favorite brand:

Prefered kiting style: Poser

Years in the sport: month

Other hobbies, sports or interests: I think lex 123 is well Hectic and i can only aspire to be as awesome as he is at almost everything icluding flying planes and driving manual.

Way to leave urself loged in on my lappy lenny!. You douche.

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