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bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
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 Mon Jul 07, 08 2:32 am Freak on a leash at the E.S. on 7/5/2008.WTF? |
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http://forums.ikitesurf.com/viewtopic.php?t=10877
Yep I saw the guy and took some pics too. This guy set off the kook alarm the minute I heard him dragging his board. I actually ran back to my rig and picked up my camera to record this once in lifetime opportunity.
This is some funny stuff!!! Check out the people to the left gawking at this guy as he walks to the spit. He was actually causing some folks to stop and just look.
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kt
Since 16 Mar 2005
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Portland, Or
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| Mon Jul 07, 08 5:51 am |
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this MUST be a joke! if so, the guy pulled it off excellent. if not, i am never going to the sandbar again.
kt
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registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
1319 Posts
tsunami
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| Mon Jul 07, 08 6:02 am |
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good pic...
its fun to have a look back in time to the days of when you used a board leash isn't it. 
he must have learned before the new policy...
IKO's new program: no more board leashes! or hes an instructor holding on to the old ways..... 
did anyone tell him he was supposed to be riding a SLE. 
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kite-pimp
Since 01 Jul 2008
10 Posts
where there is wind
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| Mon Jul 07, 08 6:08 am |
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now i know what i am missing............ the orange impact vest i like his.
i wonder where he got it....
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registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
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tsunami
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| Mon Jul 07, 08 6:23 am |
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I wish I had that vest yesterday when I swam in from far out after my bulky safe chicken loop deployed automatically... I need to ditch that POS.
big waves and shitty gear designs are no good.
his two liner is simple and safe  if it wasn't so old
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kite-pimp
Since 01 Jul 2008
10 Posts
where there is wind
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| Mon Jul 07, 08 6:30 am |
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| i have a 2m 2 line kite that converts to a 4 line and its not that old. my 7 year old son uses it for body drags..
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richshunter
Since 22 Jun 2008
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St. Louis, MO
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| Mon Jul 07, 08 7:45 am |
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I think he is pulling everyone's leg. If you look carefully, he is saying the greatest challenge to learning kiting anymore, with the new rider comfort kite designs and proven safe kite launching locations, is conforming to current kiter attire. The second greatest challenge is avoiding other kiters at crowded sites.
Or he's demonstrating what its like to kite at a place where you kite alone, and there are not hundreds of other kiters and windsurfers capable of helping retrieve a board if you loose it, (or onshore waves don't push it in for you, or the water is only 2' or 3' deep and you can walk back to it, or the water isn't 33 degrees just before or after the lake freezes), and the winds are so gusty at dicey wind shadowed launches, that one needs both hands on the bar at all times while self-launching, until one is 100 yards out into the water.
If he is not kidding you, it won't take too long for him to realize he should buy new kites. However, he should demo many kites, and in the process, break old over-steering and depowering habits, and re-adjust to each unfamiliar characteristic of each demo, until he purchases one and finally gets a chance to get intimately familiar with it.
OK, give me hell for my frankness and defensiveness. That's not me in the picture, by the way.
Rich
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When something is difficult to learn, places aren't so crowded. Take tennis courts, for instance.
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
Windward
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| Mon Jul 07, 08 7:48 am |
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hey my one time shot at the gay bar
and you guys all make fun?
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