wats this nonsense of cheating at cable.

if u dont want to "cheat" run out the back to the old hills hoice and swing on that for the afternoon. it will perfect ur triple pass dangle jumps.

Yeah thanks man you got me excited too

The google shot shows the kitespot in Hooksiel / Germany.
If there?s no wind you walk over to the cable park and do your tricks there.
That?s how it should be, am I right?

Echostorm, in your calculations above you forgot that people hiring gear, doing lessons and of course you have to add a little cafe, which is often the main income of such parks. People enjoy watching beginners eating water while having a nice warm coffee or hot chips or whatever.

C?mon men, someone needs to do this!!

Friesland said...

Yeah thanks man you got me excited too

The google shot shows the kitespot in Hooksiel / Germany.
If there?s no wind you walk over to the cable park and do your tricks there.
That?s how it should be, am I right?

Echostorm, in your calculations above you forgot that people hiring gear, doing lessons and of course you have to add a little cafe, which is often the main income of such parks. People enjoy watching beginners eating water while having a nice warm coffee or hot chips or whatever.

C?mon men, someone needs to do this!!

Well I also forgot to mention the cost of buying all the gear that is hired for free like knee boards, skis, basic wakeboards, and life jackets, replacing that gear every season which people absolutly trash, replacing ropes, fixing and buying new parts for the machine, buying an entirely new cable every few years, land tax, grounds maintenence, boat and fuel costs (yes each lake needs a boat for safety and EOD maintenence, cleaners, weeks when there are far LESS then 80 customers (we had several days where we had 2 people came to the park all day), phone bills, unforseen expenses... i.e. exploding plumbing, holes in walls ect...

Yes a kiosk earns a little bit of money, its definately not where a park makes most of its money... not even close. Usually its contracted out otherwise you still need to pay the staff to operate it plus the cost of the kitchen equipment, food and supplies costs... not to mention all the staff stealing icecreams and chocolates!

flemboyant said...

hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!


sorry harrypotter, didnt think anyone would really go and check it out. ahh, next time you see me down the beach i'll shout ya a few beers for your trouble, not to mention the laughter i got at reading your story. sorry mate, but sheit, i haven't ever laughed so hard from behind a computer in my life. who is harry potter anyway? were do u ride? sorry mate.

ps. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

PSSS. SORRY MATE

Nah its all good flemboyant....... It was a really really good get we were completely sucked in. The thing is...... a few of us had been out there a few times before to watch the wakeboarding comps etc.... so when you guys mentioned that there was a new cable park out there we thought it had to be real. The place is just perfect for it.

and if you think you laughed hard from behind your computer you should have seen me on Sunday morning racing out the front of the house ( killer hangover and all ) with all my gear to put in a mates car....... phone calls back and forth to make sure the others were underway and rather embarassingly there may have even been a high five or two at the prospect of what was ahead of us.
If you had of seen us you would have split your sides with laughter.

Anyway ended up spending the rest of the arvo at the pub so a good time was still had by all.

PS: I usually kite at Altona ( during the week ), Rye backbeach, flinders, phillip island ( usually try to get in the waves and away from the crowds over the weekends ) WHENWEHAVESOMEBLOODYWIND. usually riding a green and yellow (bondi rescue style) SB3 8m or a 12m SB3 ( white and orange ) on a Mark Shinn (not many of these around so it will most likely be me ) board. If you see me around come and say g'day.

May have take you up on that beer though