Hey guys. just wondered how much you guys paid for your repairs on your kites(pics would be good to relate to size of mine).
i ripped my rev last week and need a quote on how much it will cost to fix. its probably about 70cm long. right next to the middle strut.

cheers

can you say where it will some what be. under 100 bucks for example.

Did anyone think he might actually NEED a quote or a ballpark figure? Insurance, someone elses kite, ask mummy for the money etc etc.

having said that, pay what they ask, it's money well spent usually.

I've had two kite repairs from different places.

one was $115. it was a rip from LE to TE and a bit along the LE where it connects to the canopy.

the other was a V shaped tear about 70cm total. not running directly along a connecting surface. $80.

There's a good ball park figure for ya.

Jacky, you weren't the guy who dropped his rev on my mate as he cruised by in kalbarri were you?

Understood, I was chating to him about it after, the reason he didn't react was 1, the sun was setting and therefore right in his face so he couldn't see the kite coming from above him and upwind (not a common place to look while trying to handle ones own kite in gusty conditions). 2 it was so bloody windy he and I could hardly hear each other while shouting from 5m away sitting in the water let alone while moving along from 30m away. I saw the whole incident and both his hands were on the bar as the kite hit.

I dont know why he did not go and chat to you about it, that was bad form IMO, regardless of who was at fault.

We actually offered to kite drag your mate across with the canoe to get the stuff back but he told us he was okay. ???

And yes, sorry for not sticking around to talk afterwards, but we needed to pick up my car which had broken down earlier. Since your friend was happy swimming across without out our help and there is no crime in kiting in a straight line and having a kite fall on your head, we left. I hope you can trust me that had he felt at fault he would not have backed down from fixing the kite in any way.

We were all kiting in a small area in gusty conditions, such an event is more likely to occur in this situation and as bad luck would have it, it did. I'm sorry for your loss and hope you get back on the water soon.

on the topic of your original question, the last kite repair I had cost me $50 for a straigh LE to TE rip 30cm from the center strut of a 10m. The repair guys are much happier if the kite is washed, dry and sand free too.

buy a new one, neil charges like so much it's not worth even going into his shop cus you will get billed for the air you breath whilst there...

NIEL IS INCREDIBLY CHEAP, I'M TRYING TO ANNOY JACK AS HE SCRATCHED MY BOARD

jacky said...

David, sorry, i mean kitecrazzy, get over the board you got it for free and i very much doubt its going to sell when its sitting in the corner of the store.

p.s how'd your mocks go

im with jacky, go eat some concrete bo(kitecrazzy).