Wednesday with Steve-O

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

windy at stevenson last night... swell was huuuge.... i was able to surf it a little on my little twin tip and a 7... fun stuff....

lesson learned about towing people in... a 7 is too small for two people. Shocked

pacifichigh · Since 11 May 2005 1004 Posts ATX Texan

Thanks for the botched tow in yesterday Elvis.

Blowing your LE in the middle of the river @ Stevenson sux!!

kss · Since 24 Apr 2006 613 Posts pdx Addicted

what happened to flexy shay?? should have rode sauvies where that LE will hold up a little longer. ha. serves you right for passing up on PBR and topher sending out that little dog to pee on all our gear!

no but seriously bummer dude. you patching it up for another today??

Speedo · Since 07 May 2007 262 Posts Obsessed

pacifichigh · Since 11 May 2005 1004 Posts ATX Texan

My kite crashed hard LE down and one of the tubes that goes from the LE to the strut (for one pump) failed at the nipple on the LE.

She is all back together already, but I had to use a shop vac to get all the H2O out of the bladder.

shredjim · Since 07 Jun 2006 186 Posts Stoked

I saw a guy riding a Fuel 5 in Brazil in 40 knots and when he crashed it REAL hard it blew the leading edge bladder. When another kiter brought it to shore, we saw that the Italian guy who owned it was lucky. It appears that when you slam SS kites extra hard into the water it blows a strut connector tube off instead of breaking a hole in the LE bladder and kite material like what happens to most other kites - what a cool safety feature. Sure you have to swim back to the beach, but it beats having to pay Airtime about $150 to repair your kite. The Italian guy was out the next day with the same kite and a huge smile on his face.