Stupid questions about Kiting...

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Juddy
Juddy
WA
1103 posts
WA, 1103 posts
3 Dec 2007 4:25pm
Sunday arvo, Leighton beach...warm, sunny, about 17/18 knots. Great day on the water...

Had been practising jumps & was walking back up the beach past the dog exercise area. Some silly silly (I'm trying my best to be polite here...) punter on the beach asks me...

"Is that fun??"

GreenPat
GreenPat
QLD
4103 posts
QLD, 4103 posts
3 Dec 2007 5:47pm
"Do you need wind for that?"
manicskier
manicskier
VIC
772 posts
VIC, 772 posts
3 Dec 2007 6:53pm
"Can I have a go"
mrbonk
mrbonk
NSW
483 posts
NSW, 483 posts
3 Dec 2007 6:56pm
How do you get back?
Is that a tent?
Is that just air (pointing to pump as I'm pumping up)?
Aren't you afraid you'll just get blown away?
How do you remember where they all go (pointing to lines as I'm running them out)?
I can water ski, so this should be pretty easy eh?
Oakie
Oakie
WA
268 posts
WA, 268 posts
3 Dec 2007 5:22pm
'Is that a boat?'

WTF???
manicskier
manicskier
VIC
772 posts
VIC, 772 posts
3 Dec 2007 7:22pm
"Do you have to be really grumpy to do that?"
jquigley
jquigley
WA
205 posts
WA, 205 posts
3 Dec 2007 5:55pm
If I've come in from a good session I'm buzzing that much that I can't tell enough complete strangers how much fun it is...too much fun!!!....unbeelieevable fun!!

Very uncool.....I'm still a bit of a kook so I s'pose I'll grow out of it as I get better and grow more attitude. Like...how KN good am I....I'm a kitesurfer....and you are all a bunch of grinning idiots.

IMML (I make myself laugh)



J-P
jquigley
jquigley
WA
205 posts
WA, 205 posts
3 Dec 2007 6:28pm
But there are some idiots out there....

I had this hot blonde chick come up to me one time after I'd just come in and she say's "don't you get hot in that wetsuit?"

What a bimbo....

MagicMike
MagicMike
WA
210 posts
WA, 210 posts
3 Dec 2007 6:40pm
some hot chick asked if i could piggy back her 4 a while
isn't kitesurfing great?
(her question wasn't really stupid its just i havent ever been asked that before)
sir ROWDY
sir ROWDY
WA
5378 posts
WA, 5378 posts
3 Dec 2007 7:28pm
Juddy said...

Sunday arvo, Leighton beach...warm, sunny, about 17/18 knots. Great day on the water...

Had been practising jumps & was walking back up the beach past the dog exercise area. Some silly silly (I'm trying my best to be polite here...) punter on the beach asks me...

"Is that fun??"





not really that silly i dont reckon, walking up the beach sucks a fat one.
AdrianW
AdrianW
NSW
47 posts
NSW, 47 posts
3 Dec 2007 10:29pm
OK here's mine...

A guy comes up to me while I'm packing up and asks what pushes you along?

I explain its the wind, and that the kite acts like a sail.

He says 'No, no, what about those guys there?'. He points to a couple of guys still out. I tell him, 'like I said, just the wind'. He shakes his head like I'm full of s%# and walks off.
Charl dv
Charl dv
WA
2485 posts
WA, 2485 posts
3 Dec 2007 9:35pm
mick91 said...

some hot chick asked if i could piggy back her 4 a while
isn't kitesurfing great?
(her question wasn't really stupid its just i havent ever been asked that before)


iv had some random chix.. on quite the few occations.. carry my kit for me whilst im walkn up the beach
lowstevo
lowstevo
WA
95 posts
WA, 95 posts
3 Dec 2007 10:02pm
or u could have some stupid punter come up to u from behind when tryin to do up ur boardys when slighty overpowered and reefs on one side of ur bar tryin to help as u get launch and tryin to regain control of ur kite hahaha... i told him to .... off after he nearly killed me lol...
MartyJ
MartyJ
QLD
95 posts
QLD, 95 posts
3 Dec 2007 11:57pm
'I see your having heaps of fun surfing but why are you holding the big flag ?'
kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
WA
2184 posts
WA, 2184 posts
3 Dec 2007 11:03pm
i still cant believe that i was asked if my kite was a tent, i thought he was asking if it was a 10... there were other kites out as well
Charl dv
Charl dv
WA
2485 posts
WA, 2485 posts
3 Dec 2007 11:30pm
lowstevo said...

or u could have some stupid punter come up to u from behind when tryin to do up ur boardys when slighty overpowered and reefs on one side of ur bar tryin to help as u get launch and tryin to regain control of ur kite hahaha... i told him to .... off after he nearly killed me lol...


or wen ur walkn up the beach and ppl ask...
"do u have to be strong to fly a kite?" then grab onto the bar or one of the lines and pull randomly sending the kite out of control! stupid ****ers!


i just had a classic asked to me 5 minutes ago... " cant u just fly away" i sent them the top hat clip in return to the question
sam_kiting
sam_kiting
WA
229 posts
WA, 229 posts
3 Dec 2007 11:39pm
"Can you turn around?"
Unchained
Unchained
WA
193 posts
WA, 193 posts
3 Dec 2007 11:47pm
howcome its not flying away from you (as im pumping it up)
Kitehard
Kitehard
WA
2782 posts
WA, 2782 posts
4 Dec 2007 12:25am
Back in the early days of kiting, after watching for an hour, "Did you jump out of an aeroplane?"

Been asked plenty of times if it is FUN! I usually tell them NO! The pain is almost unbearable!

Good winds,

JB
JB
NSW
2232 posts
JB JB
NSW, 2232 posts
4 Dec 2007 9:51am
"do you have swivels on your board? because you seem to be able to go both ways!"

"is that a normal parachute? or is it a special one?"

And of coarse the classic, "is it hard?" My response is always, "it depends if your any good at it!"

I always love the ones that come up to you on a 7 knot day when your swearing and walking up the beach cause you can't get going and they say "looks like your having a lot of fun"

"is it like surfing? I can surf, would I be able to pick it up quickly?" my response "have you ever flown a kite?"

Love it also when an old digger (80+) comes up to you while your rigging, and starts re-designing the kite and board, "have you thought of having different shaped fins? I was an architect in the army, and know about dynamics. Are those lines very strong, I would imagine some thicker rope would be stronger! Have you thought of using some tubes instead of inflating it."

"can you hire these? looks like fun"

JB
Mr float
Mr float
NSW
3452 posts
NSW, 3452 posts
4 Dec 2007 10:25am
"how do you come down"

reply ,alcohol
Hammerhead
Hammerhead
NSW
118 posts
NSW, 118 posts
4 Dec 2007 10:59am
How much does it cost?
How do you come back the other way?
You must have strong arms to hold it.
Hammerhead
Hammerhead
NSW
118 posts
NSW, 118 posts
4 Dec 2007 11:00am
And the classic, what's this called?
sunseeker
sunseeker
QLD
1203 posts
QLD, 1203 posts
4 Dec 2007 10:03am
"do you reckon you could go as fast as a car on that thing?"
justin_hannan
justin_hannan
QLD
142 posts
QLD, 142 posts
4 Dec 2007 10:53am
omg, this question I have been asked liek 3 times...

'How do you stop yourself from just floating up in the air?'

or

'why do you need to pump it up?'

or

'what do you do when you crash it?'

pintofpale
pintofpale
SA
229 posts
SA, 229 posts
4 Dec 2007 12:26pm
I had a 13.5 metre up and my girlfriend was rigging her 2m trainer and some woman comes up and says "are those kites the same size?"
superlizard
superlizard
VIC
702 posts
VIC, 702 posts
4 Dec 2007 1:00pm


i had a guy come to hold one side of the kite while i was pumping it up... he insisted on helping me and kept holding it even after i said it's attached and won't fly off...
kitecrazzzy
kitecrazzzy
WA
2184 posts
WA, 2184 posts
4 Dec 2007 11:52am
how do you get back in
mytchook
mytchook
QLD
561 posts
QLD, 561 posts
4 Dec 2007 12:59pm
My husband to me: "are you sure you want to try this? It looks too hard for you"
davidf
davidf
NSW
21 posts
NSW, 21 posts
4 Dec 2007 3:46pm
A guy comes up to me and says "what’s stopping you just flying a way" I spend a good amount of time showing him how you can control the power. He still doesn’t get it so I tell him "its like a wing" and he says "but wings fly".
Bertus
Bertus
QLD
50 posts
QLD, 50 posts
4 Dec 2007 3:17pm
The question I get the most is "Is it dangerous?", no I wear a helmet because it make me look cool.
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