Music to enhance the session

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yeehaa
yeehaa
QLD
123 posts
QLD, 123 posts
16 Feb 2010 8:18pm
Hey guys I was thinking about getting some tunes while on the water I rekon it would do a world of good and probably produce some good hard riding Problem is there are a few waterproof cases for iPods on the market and I've heard mixed reviews saying some of them fail after a while, costing big bucks for new iPods etc. Even some of the earphones can play up. Anyone got a good setup that you can recomend or got stories of problems? I am an intermediate rider starting to unhook and kiteloop so i guess hard landings are on there way
Morg
Morg
QLD
129 posts
QLD, 129 posts
16 Feb 2010 9:52pm
Ebay, water proof mp3 players for about 12 bucks. who cares if it only lasts a season.
kitecrazy
kitecrazy
QLD
70 posts
QLD, 70 posts
16 Feb 2010 9:57pm
got one of these if you are interested. have loaded some music on but have never used. I think it cost about $200 18 months ago. comes with waterproof and normal earplugs and a arm band.
make a offer if interested.
kitecrazy
kitecrazy
QLD
70 posts
QLD, 70 posts
16 Feb 2010 10:01pm
forgot to include pic


greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
QLD, 5283 posts
16 Feb 2010 11:45pm
if you think for one second that your riding will improve by listening to music while you go through the moves.

then good luck to ya.
jquigley
jquigley
WA
205 posts
WA, 205 posts
17 Feb 2010 7:54am
Hey Yeehaa, I was only thinking this the other day.

A friend of mine got some video of me (kiting) recently and seeing it edited with the soundtrack made me think; how good would it be, to be carving it up to the beat of some fast and furious tunes?

I've seen lap swimmers with earphones in so figure there must be some options out there.

J-P
superlizard
superlizard
VIC
702 posts
VIC, 702 posts
17 Feb 2010 11:25am
the only problem is he'll have the wax coming out afterwards, not just snots...
waxman
waxman
SA
1390 posts
SA, 1390 posts
17 Feb 2010 2:53pm

music while riding will help keep you focused. It used to be great at the skate parks when they had the tunes cranking everyone seems to push that bit harder.

But as far as kiting and crashing hard normal earplugs can cause damage to your eardrums. I got a set of earplugs to keep water out of the ear while kiting and was told that they need to have a air bleed hole in them to prevent presure from building up in a big crash. So i asume that headphones could cause the same injury.
prea
prea
QLD
184 posts
QLD, 184 posts
17 Feb 2010 3:54pm
Edith Piaf
mmmmmmm. sweet
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
WA, 6277 posts
17 Feb 2010 2:19pm
Often the only way you know there's someone upwind of you is hearing the clatter of their board... music would make people even more oblivious to people upwind of them than usual.

I doubt "focused" is a word I'd use to describe someone with earplugs, more like "distracted".
tgladman
tgladman
WA
500 posts
WA, 500 posts
17 Feb 2010 4:51pm
if u choose to go for the w/proof case option i'm pretty sure normal ipod earphones are w/proof, i've had mine thru the washin machine many times.
Big eeeZeee
Big eeeZeee
NSW
1100 posts
NSW, 1100 posts
17 Feb 2010 9:01pm
helmet with inbuilt headphones. look it up
chronic
chronic
NSW
318 posts
NSW, 318 posts
17 Feb 2010 9:17pm
to actually be able to hear whats happening on the water might serve you better in the long run
djdojo
djdojo
VIC
1614 posts
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
WA, 9106 posts
18 Feb 2010 10:18am
I dunno i never understood music when kiting.
I like the sound of waves breaking wind blowing and mates hooting.
Music is better in the car on the way home.
airhead
airhead
WA
814 posts
WA, 814 posts
18 Feb 2010 2:11pm
Was kiting at Pt Walter a few years back. There was a dude jumping the spit whilst listening to tunes on his water proof player.

On one run he nearly collected a family with this lines as he powered up for take-off.

We were all yelling at him to pull his head in as he rode off blissfully unware of what had just gone down
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