Haydn24 said..
Once there was a man

named RPM

which stood for Redthumb Producing Man.

He didn't like launching kites

He laughed and laughed and laughed

You see Haydn,

If you had finished here, ^^^

that could have been an awesome haiku poem.

You lost me at the dykes on bikes bit.

but I still love your work.

lol.

waveslave said..

Haydn24 said..
Once there was a man

named RPM

which stood for Redthumb Producing Man.

He didn't like launching kites

He laughed and laughed and laughed

You see Haydn,

If you had finished here, ^^^

that could have been an awesome haiku poem.

You lost me at the dykes on bikes bit.

but I still love your work.

lol.

Are you japanese or something?

Whats haiku?

Dykes on bikes are what RPM thinks about at the beach

It's an integral part of the story

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Cabrinha-riders-consistent-short-tacking/

I've met this type before. It was around 3 yrs ago in a popular learning spot In Sydney.

I made the mistake if asking a guy for a launch just when he was connecting his pigtails. Of course common sense and being polite with the words "when your ready mate" you would expect a sure give me a sec. Nope I was met with a "Yea I'll finish rigging my f@rking kite"

Oh alright then.....waited all of 20 seconds and he finishes rigging then walks over to my kite. Done this routine loads of times before so I'm relaxed in the right position to the wind and ready for my launch. He picks kite up and holds it right at the wing tip not in the middle!! He watches me struggle as I fight to even the lines with him now pulling against me then before Ive given the thumbs up he tosses the kite down wind sending it rolling over people.

RPM do yourself a favour and someone elses; make a point to help (correctly) launch someone in the new year!

At Horrocks we mostly self launch and land through necessity, but man its so nice when someone is there to launch or catch your kite. Am always happy to help anyone really.

RPM said..
Keep it coming!!!

This thread has turned into comedy gold!

awkward attempt to backpedal

Why has nobody posted the kitelauncher videos yet?

When I arrive at the beach it's usually a race to pump, lines, launch and ride ASAP.

Asking somebody to launch you kite, ain't knowbody got time for that.

Hey bro, can you pump my kite....

RPM is just trolling.

But i often self launch and land personally.

Any safety concerns can be mitigated by doing it unhooked.

HighzaKite said..

doonut said..
Launching and landing someones kite is just not being a jackass, it takes 30 seconds. On another topic did they ever do a shelf launch / land video for c kites Vegas in particular?

Is that the one that involves standing it vertically upright then shoveling a whole lot of sand on the wingtip half burying the kite into the sand, when I saw that as a noob I thought that's a very innovative way of self-launching. lol.

used this method for a long while, you need a good understanding of wind direction to do it properly, also folding the wingtip was my preferred method, hard going on compact sand, but you can use your board as a shovel

RPM said..
Why do noobs have a knack of asking you to launch them when you are smack bang in the middle of setting your gear up? Sure the wind is pumping and I want to get out on the water just as much as you but how about learning self land/launch?? It's not that difficult.. Why can't they pick someone else who isn't busy and is just sitting around.?? Sure they are 30 meters away but WTF people..

My New Years resolution is not to launch anyone at my local spot and ask them if they would like to learn self launch for 5 mins instead. This way I'm doing my part and not encouraging them to be babies who need to rely on everyone else to launch their kite.

I would like to see everyone adopt this also as it seems like people are frightened to be a self sufficient kiter or are too lazy to learn self land/launch

This attitude gets people killed. I hope you retire from this sport.

Olly84 said..
I've met this type before. It was around 3 yrs ago in a popular learning spot In Sydney.

I made the mistake if asking a guy for a launch just when he was connecting his pigtails. Of course common sense and being polite with the words "when your ready mate" you would expect a sure give me a sec. Nope I was met with a "Yea I'll finish rigging my f@rking kite"

Oh alright then.....waited all of 20 seconds and he finishes rigging then walks over to my kite. Done this routine loads of times before so I'm relaxed in the right position to the wind and ready for my launch. He picks kite up and holds it right at the wing tip not in the middle!! He watches me struggle as I fight to even the lines with him now pulling against me then before Ive given the thumbs up he tosses the kite down wind sending it rolling over people.

RPM do yourself a favour and someone elses; make a point to help (correctly) launch someone in the new year!

i see we have meet before senuoir

Are yous getting married allready?

Its Christmas -I think someone needs a hug xx

I met a guy with a similar attitude to the above mentioned at Brighton (Qld, Australia Earth S1 G1) who I asked to launch my kite. Could have turned out really bad. I didn't realise he was an instructor and I couldn't convince him to launch my kite from where I thought it should be. The prick kept walking further up wind, so I started walking upwind as well. He gets the ****s with me and just lets my kite go. Well fuc$, the kite rips back at a rate of knots to where I was trying to get him to launch it from. Ahh Brighton (when the tides in), full of rocks, trees and power lines, picnic tables, cars and kiddies. I just wish he had of put the kite back down if he didn't want to help launch it or even winge about it on a forum. Yes the student were all paying attention!!!