AKSonline said...
Hi peeps,
Just going through my old office having a major cleanup and came across a pricelist from 2002 from Auswind and was interesting to note that prices have stayed pretty much the same or come down.
Airush Lift 15.5 in 2002 was $2250
Airush Lift Pro 15.5 in 2002 was $2450
Airush boards ie Switch, Directionals and Mutants were all $1295
Airush Bar and lines $450
Flying Objects Board Bags $90
The quality of gear available today as opposed to back then is light years ahead and in most cases, a bit cheaper. Kite wind ranges back then were small so most people needed at least 3 kites to cover the whole wind range In 2002 I had a set of Lift Pro's 19.5, 15.5, and 11.5 and two Switch Pro boards 37 and 33.
FYI,
DM
There will be a lot of things coming into play here:
*Exchange rates (AUD high now so cheaper to import)
*Inflation ($1 today is worth less than $1 was back then)
*Demand for kites (much higher demand for kites brings prices up)
*Supply of kites (much higher supply for kites brings prices back down)
*Raw materials costs
*Suppliers achieving economies of scale (it's cheaper on a per unit basis to build 5,000kites p.a. than it was back then to build 500 p.a.)
*Etc
To put it simply if the prices now are the same dollar value as they were back then, then kite-things are actually cheaper relative to what people earn, because noone is on the same salary they were in 2002.
Whatever they cost, make sure you find somewhere that it blows 30++ knots, and SEND IT.
(and yell out "BOOOOOOOOOOOST"
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I think you're in the wrong occupation Herb!
- not blindly 
