She who must be obeyed didn't go for that idea.

Great trip, great place, brilliant people up here.

Get amongst it.

How good is that! I loved snow skiing with my daughters, thats as close as I can get.

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eppo said..
Nothing better .... (last session in dongora today )









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Oh for Awesome!

father son bonding at its best, no better gift for your kids

Hey epstein,I know its a bit late to contribute.Anyhow ,if thats you up there,is that a new example of Helicopter Parenting ? Go the antman..his got a big future.

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3.5 hrs on a 2003 airush trax board (remember those), no rocker, zero flex in dongora chop 16-20 knots. Fell
Asleep at 7pm, didn't get though his dinner. 730am blood shot eyes he's back at the beach surfing.

DAD has his ankle, wrist and knee in braces, hocked up on voltaren. The wind doesn't fckn stop here!! Hate getting old.

Got the inevitable question... "dad, do you unhook?" As he fell asleep. Dear me it's not long now before he finds out I'm a hooked in old school washed out kook...lol.

Time I got him up the pond so Jason and mark's sons (killing it now) can show him the ropes while dad tries to learn to foilboard... far out

Call out to Tristan and Nathan ... fancy taking on a young ripper in the making ??

Haha this one is so classic, reminds me or "dad what did you do during the war?"

I had the privilege of watching this young fella progress all Summer. Eppo Snr spending hours standing in the shallows, on a folding chair in the shade or shallow water, showing incredible patience. Ants progress was rapid and impressive. Classic watching him learning how to jump in only inches of water. Clearly no fear like his old man...
My partner actually used the young tacker for motivation with the theory "that if he can, I can" and it sped up her progression too.

Haven't seen him kite for a couple of months now as its been pretty fickle down our way but can only assume he's already overtaken my generally poor skill level.

Go the Ant man!

Surfing and footy season for him now as well as competitive club swimming.

He will have a grom axis board from westoz next season so he can't wait.

The way my injury is progressing I might be still sitting on a chair watching simsat.

... Eppo Jnr launching Eppo Snr ...

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Puetz said..
... Eppo Jnr launching Eppo Snr ...






Mmmmmmmmm sanur, 6 more weeks and out of this 13 c water and 10 c weather , thanks Robbie ??

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eppo said..
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That photo boosting above Jnr is gold.

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Surfer62 said..

Puetz said..
... Eppo Jnr launching Eppo Snr ...








Mmmmmmmmm sanur, 6 more weeks and out of this 13 c water and 10 c weather , thanks Robbie ??

...they've had a bit of wind there lately too which is good to hear.

See you there!!!!

Starting early so he can become an expert on everything in the forums like his old man

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mowingthelawn said..
Starting early so he can become an expert on everything in the forums like his old man

Married?
kids?

or some lonely f....er that
sits at home wishing he had

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cauncy said..

mowingthelawn said..
Starting early so he can become an expert on everything in the forums like his old man

Married?
kids?

or some lonely f....er that
sits at home wishing he had

Nah I usually pass the time by posting screenshots of the weather forecast on the forums of a weather website & then abusing anyone who slightly disagrees with me

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cauncy said..

mowingthelawn said..
Starting early so he can become an expert on everything in the forums like his old man

Married?
kids?

or some lonely f....er that
sits at home wishing he had

Nah I usually pass the time by posting screenshots of the weather forecast on the forums of a weather website & then abusing anyone who slightly disagrees with me

Take a shower

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cauncy said..

mowingthelawn said..
Starting early so he can become an expert on everything in the forums like his old man

Married?
kids?

or some lonely f....er that
sits at home wishing he had

Nah I usually pass the time by posting screenshots of the weather forecast on the forums of a weather website & then abusing anyone who slightly disagrees with me

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cauncy said..

mowingthelawn said..

cauncy said..

mowingthelawn said..
Starting early so he can become an expert on everything in the forums like his old man

Married?
kids?

or some lonely f....er that
sits at home wishing he had

Nah I usually pass the time by posting screenshots of the weather forecast on the forums of a weather website & then abusing anyone who slightly disagrees with me

Take a shower

You got beat up alot at school didn't you? Keyboard cauncy
No need for the shower btw, spent a lovely night in the spa with mrs cauncy

You got beat up alot at school didn't you? Keyboard cauncy
No need for the shower btw, spent a lovely night in the spa with mrs cauncy


....I would just love to see you say that to Cauncy face to face.

You should do more research into people's past lol..

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You got beat up alot at school didn't you? Keyboard cauncy
No need for the shower btw, spent a lovely night in the spa with mrs cauncy


....I would just love to see you say that to Cauncy face to face.

You should do more research into people's past lol..

Lol baddest man on seabreeze

Not sure about that but I do know I wouldn't be saying that to him face to face... especially considering I can't run at the moment.

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Not sure about that but I do know I wouldn't be saying that to him face to face... especially considering I can't run at the moment.

Bit rich advice like that coming from you seppo. Your always having a go at someone on here. I'd guarantee you'd never say any of what you say on here to anyones face. No wonder you and keyboard cauncy are little buddies

Mowingthelawn why would you want to pick a fight on a thread about somones kid getting stoked on kitesurfing?

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Dave Whettingsteel said..
Mowingthelawn why would you want to pick a fight on a thread about somones kid getting stoked on kitesurfing?

Easy bites

My young fella has gotten into kitesurfing and last season became relatively independent. He's now hooked.
It's fantastic as we get to spend heaps of time together, which makes me, him and my missus happy. Win-win-win hey...

Negative posts aside, this is a really good thread. Keep up the good work boys.

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eppo said..
Not sure about that but I do know I wouldn't be saying that to him face to face... especially considering I can't run at the moment.

Bit rich advice like that coming from you seppo. Your always having a go at someone on here. I'd guarantee you'd never say any of what you say on here to anyones face. No wonder you and keyboard cauncy are little buddies

Not sure why you had a "go" on this thread though? Weird.

Well i I suggest you come to windfest, have a beer and we can laugh about your shenanigans, or use you as cray bait either way.

I was showing this thread to a couple of my non kiting mates in work as my 13yo is getting into kiting and I'll be showdowing him over the upcoming summer. Was looking forward to getting some tips etc but I see mowing the lawn has hijacked and screwed up the thread.

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JoeMc said..
I was showing this thread to a couple of my non kiting mates in work as my 13yo is getting into kiting and I'll be showdowing him over the upcoming summer. Was looking forward to getting some tips etc but I see mowing the lawn has hijacked and screwed up the thread.

Nah its all good mate. Like usual whenever someone upsets eppo that comment gets deleted. I'll probably get banned like last time i upset the b itch. Seems eppo can say whatever he pleases though.

JoeMc, apart from getting your son some lessons beforehand (so you can avoid some of the less than proud fatherly moments), is as follows...sounds simple but it was advice I had from a great friend (and fellow Kiter) who was also their shadowing his learning curve from the start.

At some stage you have to swallow that knot in your throat/ stomach (which comes from that primitive protective place) and let him sort through some things himself.

So here was the situation. He could control the kite, practised all the safety stuff bla bla bla and was going on the board. But he could not for the life of him get upwind. This also meant he was getting frustrated and still dropping the kite, and sometimes a long way out (luckily in an estuary that he could stand). Now he wasn't that good at relaunching at this stage, it was hit and miss so I'd be trudging the long trek out there often...and of course being so young (you might not have this issue st 13) he'd be crying and shouting in frustration, so of course this would frustrate me (hence the non proud fatherly moments).

Then one day my buddy spoke in my ear (he had just dropped his kite again and was going through his usual tantrum) and said "mate just let him go, let him sort this one out".

So I just stood their against all my instincts. Next thing I know he had the kite in the air...THEN

He ROCKETS upwind!!! To the point now he can out point all of us if he so chooses!!

After that...all he needs is a little encouragement to try new things and now..it's all gravy.

So bottom line, not too many instructions, and at some stage let him sort through some issues.

Soemtimes all the theory we give them just confuses the hell out of them.

Keep it simple and try at all costs to avoid losing your sh1t...which only comes from fear of their safety.

Tell ya man the day you are riding along side your son, jumping, laughing (while still watching like a hawk) is a day to remember man.

Hope that helps.

And MTL, seriously, have a look in the mirror you sad sack.

Did I hurt your feelings eppo?
p p p please don't be mean to me

You are one messed up
mofo dude. You c an't hurt my feelings as I pity you. Truth be told I've come across bugger flog bags than you who at least had some ability to counter arguments in a clever fashion.

Then again there is no place for counter dueling on a thread regarding the experience of watching our children learn to kite.

Bad form.

You are just a simple stupid fool without a clue who seems to have little respect or honour.

The fact you have used a thread on the journey of teaching our sons (and I presume daughter as well in some cases) to kite, to further your misplaced trolling is just purely disgraceful.

You really should be ashamed of yourself but then again a village idiot is a village idiot. A nobody with nothing to add of any value as I'm informed and the empirical evidence so far backs up this claim.