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jperry
Since 07 Nov 2008
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krazedkiter
Since 08 Jun 2009
183 Posts
Florida
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| FlyDunes wrote: | | krazedkiter wrote: | All you haters (and liars).
Would you buy the same kite you have now if it only came in black or grey? Most probably not. Thats why whenever a new kite line or year is launced all we do is bitch about the graphics first, then we talk performance.
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Are you kidding? Typically I don't even know or care what color kites I've bought until I pull one out of the bag to pump it up. Florida must be a very different place where style is more important than function? |
HaHa
Hating on Florida now are ya. Let me take a piece of pie from your home town. Ruben is matching awfully well in this video dont you think?
http://vimeo.com/7986220
Fashion is part of the kiting scene wether you like it (or agree with it) or not. The big brim baseball caps. The jersey hanging over the harness. The long board shorts (with or without wetsuit). If your saying that there is no influence with what you wear or how your kite looks with what you wear then..............
Send an email to your own kite company and ask how much budget is invested in their graphics department. Point is, the board shorts thing has nothing to do with hiding your junk or not (or does it??) so its most lielly a fashion thing.
And yes I agree this thread ranks up their with why are pump bases flat......
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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| pkh wrote: | | I think if your doing wakestyle or wearing a shorty they make sense... in the ocean with a longsuit, nah |
Basically, Phil's trying to say that if you ride with style you should wear them.
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
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PNW
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| Sun Mar 18, 12 2:31 pm |
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| Wind Slither wrote: | Go with a kilt or assless chaps or both.  |
Great idea! Will those kilts have pockets to place a pair of gloves and or a sea spec glasses?...sometimes I have to take off my glasses as they fog up due to the temperature differential of ocean water to air temp. Not going to use a pair of croakies to keep the glasses around my neck when they get fogged up as I have lost numerous pair this way getting munched in the waves.
Until the chaps or kilt come out w/a pocket, I'll stick with board shorts, but I'll be sure to check the racks of Cleanline, 2nd Wind, and Gorge Preformance next time I'm in one of these awesome stores.
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windmtnpete
Since 13 Sep 2009
46 Posts
Home Valley
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The important thing is that board shorts should always be "Coast Guard Approved".... cuz if they ain't "Coast Guard Approved", they should be banned and a $300 penalty + imprisonment of up to 50 years should always apply.
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DangleMaster123
Since 01 Aug 2010
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thanks for the input guys
i think for now i'm just going to stick with boardshorts and NO wetsuit because my wetsuit has been giving me a very irritating inner thigh rash
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WindLogik
Since 09 Feb 2009
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I don't like wearing them! Sometimes they sag, and then it restricts the motion of my legs. Also, it makes swimming and body dragging harder (more drag).
Funny, you go up to the hatch and you'll never see a windsurfer wearing board shorts.
I don't care if people see the knuckle. It's just a bunch of dudes anyway, who cares. Why is everyone so self conscious about it. One guy said he wore shorts to protect his wetsuit from the sand. What a bunch of BS. I've never seen anyone dragging around in the sand.
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quenyaistar
Since 21 Oct 2011
416 Posts
Cougar, WA
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| Sun Mar 18, 12 7:48 pm |
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Hey, if Sean White thinks its cool to wear tight pants snowboarding, its cool to wear a wet suit without shorts 
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
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kiterbiker
Since 12 Jun 2010
65 Posts
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| Mon Mar 19, 12 10:48 am |
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| No way. Just one more thing to get snagged up in when *^$# hits the fan, slow you down if you have to swim and make body dragging upwind slower and less effective.
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TheKerrKid
Since 02 Jul 2009
226 Posts
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| Mon Mar 19, 12 12:54 pm |
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| Loneski wrote: | P.S. why do basketball players wear a black sleeve?
Loggers suspenders? Dreadlocks, bandannas, surfpants etc.....? STYLE! |
i think the black sleves are for inappropriate tatoo's may be wrong though
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Wind Slither
Since 04 Mar 2005
2623 Posts
The 503
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| Mon Mar 19, 12 1:54 pm |
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| krazedkiter wrote: |
Would you buy the same kite you have now if it only came in black or grey? |
Yes! As long as it's ALL black or ALL grey. Kite makers, if you can't find a dye that sticks, please give us some mono-chromatic options. Here in the wet NW, the color bleed is killing our resale value! 
Rant over...back to boardshorts...
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Windian
Since 28 Apr 2008
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Newport, OR
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| Mon Mar 19, 12 5:14 pm |
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This is the greatest kite controversy of all time!!
I can't help to return to my surf roots since it was surfers that invented and developed wetsuits for boardsports long before kiteboarding came around. If you were found surfing at any number of spots around the world wearing boardshorts over your wetsuit, then the consequences would range from verbal humiliation at the low end to an outright beatdown at the high end. When I talk to many of my nonkiter surf friends, most will make some derogatory remark as to why many kiters look like rodeo clowns in the surf with their boardshorts over their wetsuits.
As I said before it is a bad fashion statement that will eventually fad away, just give it time.
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barfly
Since 31 Mar 2005
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Portland
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| Tue Mar 20, 12 8:56 am |
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Here's a picture from an early 60's surf contest at Cannon. It appears regardless of deciding to even wear a wetsuit, the boardshorts were a requirement. Times change though and they must have decided boardshorts over the wetsuit was not cool or that one guy hit a hot tub time machine and is actually a kiter.
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holly
Since 09 Jul 2006
440 Posts
Hood River
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| Tue Mar 20, 12 9:11 pm |
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| If you have a nice ass then show that shit off.. no need to hide what your momma gave you... embrace it!
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marybear
Since 06 Aug 2007
75 Posts
thehood
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| Wed Mar 21, 12 5:26 am what about booty shorts for women |
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all this talk of loose fitting shorts for males whats the opinion on booty shorts over wetsuit for girls ?!   
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Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
1417 Posts
Hood River
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| Wed Mar 21, 12 9:19 am Re: what about booty shorts for women |
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| marybear wrote: | | all this talk of loose fitting shorts for males whats the opinion on booty shorts over wetsuit for girls ?! |
Mary J, do u even have to ask?
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