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Mocean
Since 21 Sep 2005
343 Posts
Newport
Obsessed
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 Wed May 24, 06 8:11 pm Things People Say |
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Here's an entertaining topic for a doldrum day - How about all the things that those goofy people say or ask you on the beach? Here's a few that I can recall:
What do you call that?
Are you going paragliding?
Ever go up to Hood River?
Were you out windsurfing? We watched you for quite a while.
Setting up a sun shade?
How fast do you get going?
Is that easy to learn?
How do you get back to the beach?
Don't you get tired out there?
Does that take a lot of strength?
And the ever popular question:
How much does that cost? |
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registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
1319 Posts
tsunami
Sandbagger
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| Wed May 24, 06 8:16 pm |
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Where do you sit in that thing?  .
And after answering they (most still don't get it ) say have fun windsurfing. To which I say no no its tangle-surfin'. I am going to Astoria should be there by dark if a shark doesn't get me going past sea-lion caves. |
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Mark
Since 20 Jun 2005
3677 Posts
I need my fix because I'm a
Naishaholic
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| Wed May 24, 06 8:17 pm |
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Did u rent that?
Where can I rent one?
Dont u need a boat?
_________________
Cleverly disguised as an adult...
www.naishkites.com |
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Project_Flightning
Since 10 Oct 2005
47 Posts
Sea-Town & South Beach
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| Wed May 24, 06 10:45 pm |
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I think mocean covered most of all the ones I've heard.
However I get the simple:
Is it hard?
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Can I try?
While the  side of me thinks sure just sign here along with a $1000 deposit. All the while video tape=profit. |
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3753 Posts
Los Angeles, CA
Videographer
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| Wed May 24, 06 10:56 pm |
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haha, I haven't had the "can I try" one yet, but it is fun watching peeps that have no kite experience start out on a real C kite.
JP and I used to (I'm talking like 4 years ago) let our friends fly his '02 Wipika Airblast 8.4 (in standard A/R ~12m). And granted that kite wasn't as fast/powerful as kites nowadays (even in 20kts), we'd still get a kick out of watching our buddies superman down the beach, out of control, unhooked, and without a harness. You just knew they were thinking, "Ooooooh shiet, I can't let go of the bar/kite or they'll kill me!"
Never did get any of it on film though. SHIT!  |
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6548 Posts
Couve / Hood
Site Lackey
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| Thu May 25, 06 8:37 am |
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Definitely the two most popular for me are:
How hard is it?
& How much does it cost?
Which I guess is just another way of saying: "I want to do it, can I?"
People seem most facinated by it when conditions are warm and winds are light, when its nuking wind and cold weather then people just shake their heads as if to say "Why?" or "Crazy."
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4907 Posts
Portland
Unstrapped
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| Thu May 25, 06 8:45 am |
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I like the:
Setting up a sun shade?
Got that pumping up my 19m with my helmut on.
Told em
"Thats extreme sun shade" |
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Sol-flyer
Since 21 Mar 2006
1280 Posts
Dude, where's my Bus?
Otto Mann
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| Thu May 25, 06 8:55 am |
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two days ago i was doin some landboard'n on a dirt road(in a field) when a guy pulls up to watch and asks,..
am i in you way?
i'm think'n to myself,...no buddy lemme just jump over your ride. |
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shastadogs2
Since 28 Mar 2005
336 Posts
Obsessed
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| Sun May 28, 06 8:22 pm |
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| "Looks like a lot of work." |
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Tue May 30, 06 8:39 am |
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I swear to god I was at rooster last winter and it was cold, raining, and just super nasty in general. I ended up getting worked on the rabid bulldog (aka 03 torque 10meter).
I finally get to shore, its raining and nasty, I slog up the steps and there is a guy standing at the top and he says...
"anybody every drown doing that?"
"not today" I said. |
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