Kite testing session: Zian

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craggers
craggers
WA
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3 Jun 2012 11:31am
This guy is a dickhead...



NoBS
NoBS
WA
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WA, 908 posts
3 Jun 2012 12:24pm

He's gotta be from Rockingham or a Bali local
mitch88
mitch88
NSW
271 posts
NSW, 271 posts
3 Jun 2012 2:42pm
He must work out!
TurtleHunter
TurtleHunter
WA
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WA, 1675 posts
3 Jun 2012 12:45pm
It could of been the start of a good add for a new kite brand. He might want to get a bit better at kiting to make it work though.
Rob S
Rob S
VIC
391 posts
VIC, 391 posts
3 Jun 2012 4:46pm
Hello Craig,

I think they missed the joke.

Anyway. Mawfee gave the Zian a good workout and so did Roger. Good reports.
I wish I had tried it too. I'm looking for a new 11m now.

Looks like 35 kt SSE here tomorrow. But don't rush to come home. Cold 14 degrees forecast.

Rob
kiteboy dave
kiteboy dave
QLD
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QLD, 6525 posts
3 Jun 2012 6:51pm
Didn't come across as a dickhead to me, just trying to be entertaining.

craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
WA, 475 posts
3 Jun 2012 5:01pm
A rocking bali local. What gave it away? i grew out my mullet....
Dont worry Rob, this is seabreeze. Insult is the only accepted form of communication. As long as you understand it your ok.
Im guessing i need an Ego-pro though.
Then i can take it home and look into my own crazed eyes halfway through a Figjam 540' and tell myself that its ok, i cant kite good but i make up for it with my venom green V8 ute that BHP bought me.
craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
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3 Jun 2012 5:03pm
mitch88 said...

He must work out!


Twice a day. 2 hours in the morning on 8 metre, and 3 hours in the afternoon on 7 metre.
Puetz
Puetz
NT
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3 Jun 2012 7:31pm
... what a legend, brilliant vid, big green thumb from me!!!
KSSALTONA
KSSALTONA
VIC
207 posts
VIC, 207 posts
3 Jun 2012 8:24pm
I met him in Sri Lanka, nice guy!
Luckly he was just stuffing around in the vid.

The kites fly well though.
Stewart25
Stewart25
WA
56 posts
WA, 56 posts
3 Jun 2012 11:32pm
Good to see u having a ball craggers! Hopefully u r still at the camp kite next year so I can b crashing my kite and getting in your way. It's pretty funny seeing some of the posts. There's always someone bigger and better hey... Peanuts
craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
WA, 475 posts
4 Jun 2012 12:02am
Could easily have got this guy (below) to give us some flying footage... ho hum... just like every other kite brand out there. BUT How many kite makers rock up at a beach and hand out demo models to average punters without even asking what level of kiter they are????? something about that says 'confidence in product' to me.



ps. i am unassociated to the guy (who dropped these off at the beach) or his brand, but am seriously considering asking about an aussie distributorship.
Plummet
Plummet
4862 posts
4862 posts
4 Jun 2012 6:41am
i think all kite companies would get average punters to test their kites. Pros can fly any peice of shiit and make it look good. its the yunters that will find the flaws in the product that good guys might miss.
pro merc
pro merc
NSW
300 posts
NSW, 300 posts
4 Jun 2012 4:59pm
hilarious!

should have been some more riding in there though.
craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
WA, 475 posts
4 Jun 2012 11:18pm
Rob S
Rob S
VIC
391 posts
VIC, 391 posts
5 Jun 2012 11:42am
It's time for you to come home and get back to work.
Saffer
Saffer
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4501 posts
VIC, 4501 posts
6 Jun 2012 12:06am
Your replacement may be a better kiter but can he drink a bottle of tequila and walk on a ledge 9 floors up?
craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
WA, 475 posts
6 Jun 2012 11:13pm
hmm maybe not.

but he did repeatedly boost over the bloody bonfire during moonlight kiting last night (windy + flames... not good) despite the sparks getting far too close to his kite...
Puetz
Puetz
NT
2186 posts
NT, 2186 posts
7 Jun 2012 11:43am
craggers said...

hmm maybe not.

but he did repeatedly boost over the bloody bonfire during moonlight kiting last night (windy + flames... not good) despite the sparks getting far too close to his kite...


... hey Craggers, are you gunna make more vids? You got a talent you know, more entertaining than just the usual flicky flicky ones!
craggers
craggers
WA
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WA, 475 posts
7 Jun 2012 11:43am
craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
WA, 475 posts
7 Jun 2012 1:04pm
Puetz said...

got about 50 on youtube ( search 'theRealCraggers'). most are just for laughs, but these ones are kiting related:

EGYPT:



COSTA RICA, BAHIA SALINAS:



KIPEPO BEACH, DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA:



ZANZIBAR:

Puetz
Puetz
NT
2186 posts
NT, 2186 posts
8 Jun 2012 12:06pm
... cool as craggers, I'll have to wait til I'm home to watch'em, work interweb blocks youtube :(

cheers,

Robbie
Puetz
Puetz
NT
2186 posts
NT, 2186 posts
8 Jun 2012 11:51pm
Hey craggers what happened in zanzibar, nice ding!
craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
WA, 475 posts
9 Jun 2012 3:01pm
Puetz said...

Hey craggers what happened in zanzibar, nice ding!



I did an s-bend. My board did half.
Puetz
Puetz
NT
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10 Jun 2012 9:59am
craggers said...

Puetz said...

Hey craggers what happened in zanzibar, nice ding!



I did an s-bend. My board did half.



... dude,,,, that looked sooo painful
craggers
craggers
WA
475 posts
WA, 475 posts
1 Jul 2012 12:12am

craggers
craggers
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7 Jul 2012 10:05pm
Morfil Khan, places #3 in Red Bull Island Hopping race Sri Lanka, then WINS the upwind race... on a 9 metre Zian Kima.
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