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Hooksey
Hooksey
WA
558 posts
WA, 558 posts
3 Sep 2010 12:27pm
remember that video with High Hat and the guy that got taken up the air by a kite?

could someone pls PM me a link to that video?

(been googel-ing and searching uTube but it seems to have dissapeared from the www)

cheers Hooksey
waxman
waxman
SA
1390 posts
SA, 1390 posts
3 Sep 2010 2:11pm


djdojo
djdojo
VIC
1614 posts
VIC, 1614 posts
3 Sep 2010 2:48pm
Would it be too harsh to ban any user who posts Erik ever again?
bingles
bingles
WA
363 posts
WA, 363 posts
3 Sep 2010 12:52pm
this could be a silly question, but is it real that vid?
AKSonline
AKSonline
WA
925 posts
WA, 925 posts
3 Sep 2010 1:26pm
Hi Bingles,

Yes it is real. I arrived in Oahu the day after that incident and the whole kite community was buzzing with the talk of it.

Eric and I became friends and toured across Australia from Sydney to Perth soon after in my bus. He's a good guy and very quietly spoken and humble. He didn't want all the world to see that video and certainly didn't want the negative press that went along with it, especially considering it happened in a time of the sport's infancy when the "Bee Ay En" word was being thrown about even back then.

Eric is to be commended on keeping a cool head and controlling his 2002 kite with great skill in very unstable and dangerous conditions. Most modern day kiters wouldn't be able to kite on that kite nowadays. A little respect goes a long way!

DM

KnutH
KnutH
VIC
427 posts
VIC, 427 posts
3 Sep 2010 3:58pm
Maybe there should be a sticky thread with all sorts of mess-up videos. Then you set a warning for the kooks, and the good Erik doesn't unwillingly litter every other thread.

Alongside with the hurricane Fey dude-into-building-crash video, which I refuse to post.

It would also prevent beaches from over-crowding.
However for officials browsing this forum to find arguments for banning, this would help them.. trade-off.
rusty7
rusty7
QLD
504 posts
QLD, 504 posts
3 Sep 2010 4:00pm
i don't believe i opened this ...........
Windchaser
Windchaser
QLD
72 posts
QLD, 72 posts
3 Sep 2010 4:10pm
That vid is the same deal as the moon landing.It didnt happen. It was done in a movie studio using a white backing. Very effective though...it fooled ...and still is fooling a lot of people.
waxman
waxman
SA
1390 posts
SA, 1390 posts
3 Sep 2010 3:47pm
PsYLoR
PsYLoR
QLD
927 posts
QLD, 927 posts
3 Sep 2010 5:19pm
LOL at the guy who screams like a girl.
getfunky
getfunky
WA
4485 posts
WA, 4485 posts
3 Sep 2010 6:08pm
I have never understood the angst over the repeat posting of the Eric vid?

Believe it or not - not everyone has been kiting since 02' and seen it.

If it bothers you just don't click on the vid (and don't bother taking the time to post on the thread that it has wasted your time )

If you see dog turj on the grass you don't go ahead and step in it so that you can complain about the person that left it there do ya? You step over it and keep on cruisin.

One of the best vids EVER I reckon.


EDIT: Psylor's on it - how kn funny is the lady/man hooting in the snow vid?! Thought it might be faked until that.. no-one's gonna fake a ladyhoothoot like that.
KnutH
KnutH
VIC
427 posts
VIC, 427 posts
3 Sep 2010 9:19pm
getfunky said...
If it bothers you just don't click on the vid


Don't think about a pink elephant right now...
It's the same phenomenon
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
4 Sep 2010 11:27am
getfunky said...

Believe it or not - not everyone has been kiting since 02' and seen it.


Really? Now what's something I find hard to believe...
bjw
bjw
QLD
3689 posts
bjw bjw
QLD, 3689 posts
5 Sep 2010 9:05pm
Galah , I think you are right everybody has been kiting since 02. That is just a fact.
getfunky
getfunky
WA
4485 posts
WA, 4485 posts
6 Sep 2010 11:24am
I stand corrected.


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