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Mark
Since 20 Jun 2005
3677 Posts
I need my fix because I'm a
Naishaholic
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 Thu May 11, 06 7:05 pm Uhhhoooo trouble is coming! |
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Check this guy out! 
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2044903898525617464&q=kite
He just purchased a 19meter kite and is trying to figure out how to fly it on land!. He starts by trying to attach the leads while the kite is leading edge down in the HOT position!
Luckily there is very little wind. He has NO harness ( he says that comes tomorrow in the mail!!) So the bar / kite is fully loaded. He finally figures out how to launch by having a buddy throw the kite up in the hot position.
This is like watching a slow motion car wreck. Only he doesnt wreck, But, Darwin is waiting for him!
We will read about him in the newspaper soon.....
Mark
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boardrider
Since 05 Apr 2006
1034 Posts
Ventura, CA
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| Thu May 11, 06 7:20 pm |
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| ' I shoulda worn my f*cking cleats - I'm a retard ' - That's the reason why you read the directions - everyone knows you should wear your cleats! |
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hobbsla
Since 28 Jan 2006
389 Posts
Obsessed
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| Thu May 11, 06 8:18 pm |
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| There are SO many things wrong with this guy. Oh how I wish there would have been more wind that day.... Bye bye new kite, bye bye. Not that I'd want him or his hanging-out-in-between the lines launch buddy to get hurt but still..... dude might need a dose of reality! |
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
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| Thu May 11, 06 10:14 pm |
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Damn, I knew I shouldn't have uploaded this vid... now you guys think I'm a total retard!!! 
Totally agree with you though... He will probably die soon! Perhaps after first being lofted into the forest just downwind of him... 
As a sidenote, how did they manage to film 34 minutes of this stupid/boring bullshit? |
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Slidingby
Since 29 Mar 2006
125 Posts
Portland, OR
Stoked
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| Thu May 11, 06 11:59 pm |
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I can see adam saying to JP, "damn we should have done that to nick, lol" - like "no it's ok nick I used to practice on this" hahaha~
P.s.. video was too boring hit fstforward all the way through didn't see anyone get their arms ripped out  all those people looked like a bunch of morons though. |
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Wyo Kiter
Since 09 Mar 2006
148 Posts
In a VAN, down by the RIVER.
Stoked
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| Fri May 12, 06 5:53 am |
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I did't know that EH made a 19M LEI Trainer Kite.
Boy I sure wish i had one of those when i was first learning. So much time was spent on kite control, saftey, bystander saftey, bla bla bla......
Ha HA!!! Cleats are a good idea!!!
I am sure that kite, its owner and friends are thrashed by now.
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6548 Posts
Couve / Hood
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| Fri May 12, 06 6:17 am |
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I would be throwing stones at this guy with the rest of you, but I have to admit, when I started me and my friends tried exactly the same thing. 
Luckily it was a 12m and not a 19m, and there was even less wind. Never even got it off the ground (with what I know now, thank god for that.)
Its amazing how little respect you have for these kites when you start, and then how quickly you learn that respect! Can't wait to see this kid's first real sesh with that monster 19. |
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
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| Fri May 12, 06 9:14 am |
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That's true, Phil, but by the time most of us started on real LEI kites we had the whole steering/control combo down. They still look a little sketch as to which way to pull the bar when the kites diving towards the ground with a little power in it...  "What an IDIOT!" |
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Onad
Since 04 Mar 2005
1435 Posts
Coast<<PDX>>Gorge
XTreme Poster
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| Fri May 12, 06 12:42 pm |
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Frat Boys +  + 19m kite = |
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pjc
Since 06 Mar 2005
649 Posts
Addicted
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| Tue May 16, 06 10:38 am |
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"One time when things were, looking bright
I started to whittling on a stick one night
Who said 'Hey, that's dynamite!'?
Nobody".
Johnny Cash |
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Sol-flyer
Since 21 Mar 2006
1280 Posts
Dude, where's my Bus?
Otto Mann
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| Tue May 16, 06 11:54 am |
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| Quote: | I would be throwing stones at this guy with the rest of you, but I have to admit, when I started me and my friends tried exactly the same thing.
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yep, i used a 9m, with a small ass area(they were lil trees  )
i'm glad there's www.kitesurfingschool.org or i would problay still be in that field |
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importracer9 99
Since 27 Oct 2005
296 Posts
Obsessed
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| Tue May 16, 06 5:10 pm |
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so crazy
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