Hi All,
My son and I left 2 Cabrinha kitebags 12m 2011 pale green and 8m 2008 black on the beach near the fence at the chicken shop on Sunday 4pm ish, (yesterday) We did some long downwinders and when we returned at 8pm the bags were gone-one with car keys etc in it. Hoping that a well meaning kiting community member has rescued them. Please contact Peter on 0412403664. Thanks.

Thanks Cat-we left them there too late-Hao is dropping them over soon
what a great kiting community
cheers and thanks
Peter and Oliver

glad to see there are some that have a good attitude towards people within the kiting community, l have been abused over the forum over a kite pump that l ended up with, lost pump post onboard demo day, got called all sort's of **** on and off the forum and accused of stealing, 49 years young and never confronted with that **** before? shoud have tossed it in the sea...

Yeah that sux Pete, must have been someones time of the months! Dont let that deter u mate, there is always 1 bad egg in the bunch but 99% of the kiting community here in Adelaide are absolute legands. Its just about sharing the stoke!

hi Peter. Don't let this tool give the impression that this is how the community is. If you have a look back at the post where your son is Santa you can see how many red thumbs are on his posts and how many green ones are on your post. It's just like the pub on a Friday night, plenty of nice people just out to have a good time but there is always one spanner in the mix

yeah thats funny,
you grab a pump off a beach -that still has kiters on it, so not deserted then it takes you 3 fekkin months to return it- only after something is said.
red thumb away you d1ckhead

My thoughts would be that if you can afford to put 10c worth of tape around your pump/bag etc, write your name and number on it like mum used to do, then you would stand a pretty good chance of seeing it come back especially if someone has picked it up with the right intentions.

Even being a good samaritan, it is a pain in the arse to try and track down who ever lost their gear in the first place and then to organise to get it back to them so try and make it easier on the finder.

If you don't get it back after doing that, then I guess you can assume that a dingo got it!

Hey Danny, how is the search for the 7m Trigger going?

p.s, thanks to the guy from KI for the lend of your pump last night.... greatly appreciated.

Sorry mate, my last post was not directed specifically at you, it was more of a general opinion and something I think I would try to encorporate when I get my new gear.

In your case I would tend to agree that it would have been a bit strange that if saksa was around, people on the water etc. that someone would pick up gear on the beach.

Atleast it could have been returned to the saksa tent so it could be retrived from there.

Ahh well, at least you got your pump back in the end.

I would like to think that is the main goal of anyone who finds equipment on the beach (to get it back to its owner) and I have seen a lot more success stories of equipment getting back to people on seabreeze than people losing stuff.

Cheers.

Sean from SAKA correct, glad you mentioned that? was he the person l was dealing with, and communicating with and trying to arrange a place to catch up and return the pump, unfortunatley he was away alot of the time and we crossed path's,many phone call's and emails on my behalf trying to arrange something, correct, all of this time l was thinking that the Pump was Seans, in the end l said l would Post it to him at my cost, at the end of the day l had no ldea it was yours ,and if l was a random pump sneak trying to add to my collection in my santa bag, why would l have responded to the lost pump post? simple as that say what you like, sounds like communication is your issue here, along with verbal abuse over the forum is that allowed?

PWILD said...

Sean from SAKA correct, glad you mentioned that? was he the person l was dealing with, and communicating with and trying to arrange a place to catch up and return the pump, unfortunatley he was away alot of the time and we crossed path's,many phone call's and emails on my behalf trying to arrange something, correct, all of this time l was thinking that the Pump was Seans, in the end l said l would Post it to him at my cost, at the end of the day l had no ldea it was yours ,and if l was a random pump sneak trying to add to my collection in my santa bag, why would l have responded to the lost pump post? simple as that say what you like, sounds like communication is your issue here, along with verbal abuse over the forum is that allowed?

now it's Sean s fault? My fault for communication?
Sean stated on the original post that he would get it back to the owner.
Thank you Sean, who is one of the most giving people in this kite community and don't feel like his rep should be tarnished by this. The onus is on you not him.
Not 'saying what I like' just going by the details which are- pump put on beach- pump taken from beach - pump admitted taken - 2 months later pump still taken - 2 1/2 months phil is fed up and has a drunken rant, 3 months later pump finally delivered.
Actually looking at this I think it is my fault and should have got drunk sooner, sorry about that, hope santa will forgive me, will have to be special good for the rest of the year and get drunk quicker.
How about taking ownership - did you end up with my pump by divine intervention? Your apparent lack of urgency in this matter got up my nose, sorry if offended, but really, leave peoples stuff alone, unless your'e helping - and then actually be a help.
Sorry that you feel that you should have thrown it in the sea, but instead you sent it back at your cost - how magnanimous of you.
I'm over this, got it back - would have been handy to have earlier, gave it back to the owner who looked at me like I should have just brought him a new one instead of dicking him around.

SpawnofFossl said...

the truth said...

yeah thats funny,
you grab a pump off a beach -that still has kiters on it, so not deserted then it takes you 3 fekkin months to return it- only after something is said.
red thumb away you d1ckhead

Ok I'll bite as I am pretty bored at the moment.

Here's the difference - One person is posting as a real person and explained in response to your previous post with this:

on unloading we realised that the pump was not ours as we also have a slingshot pump that looks the same.
We responded to the lost property Post and this is what you get? Santa is my son Justin he wanted me to post the pic for a bit of fun, say no more? have a great new year and some good kiteing. Peter.

The other person posts with the name Phil Mckracken and posts like this:

don't leave any gear where santa can see it because he will steal it- he has from me

luv
istt

hey santa i was a good boy all year, can i please have a slingshot pump- the one you stole from me will do

Hey Santa claus you ****!
Where's me ****ing pump?
I've unwrapped all this other junk and there's nothing that I like.

Just going with whats printed in black and white.

I'm sure you're a lovely guy as long as you don't think I have stolen something from you.

Sorry for not being a real person -just seems needed for more credibility on the internet. Not really hiding, just tongue n cheek persona that has been there for a long time.
I have given and loaned much stuff in my 36 years of kiting, but it does irritate me when gear gets taken.
If my finger offends thee then don't cause it to rise.
And really, my pump was taken, by hook or crook and was not returned until i was finally fed up, wrote the pump off, and vented.(my apologies to Kevin bloody Wilson)

Kite traction has been around a long time - google George Pocock had a 4 line kite before the 1900's.
I have been a crash test dummy for many ideas in this field and the term de-power still makes me smile.

Wow??? done and dusted.. had my say, you had yours..let's Kite...if you ever need a pump come and see me l have bag loads, Joke ..