I can't find any reference to it anywhere else, but I was on Gumtree when this advert popped up. Anyone know any more?! I've had some great advice over the years and bought some great gear too. End of an era if true!

Yes

Nice ad

Who's gonna be the new Air-rush distributor?

Sad news. Bought my first kites there and was thinking I might need a couple of Unions next Summer to replace my aging 5-line / C kites

Possibly got sick of ftards demoing gear talking crap and buying from the internet
could be wrong

Similar story..
Industry out pricing themselves for their demographic.
Flooded market so gear not holding value and lots of second hand bargains.
Internet shopping.
Australian Freight and taxes

How many kites shop are left in Perth must only be 3 or 4 now?

. . and there is the point that the market aint growing. . . hasn't been growing for some time. And who ride's those Airush kites anyways??? Bets on that even at "sale price" they'll still not shift.

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Broomerang said..
. . and there is the point that the market aint growing. . . hasn't been growing for some time. And who ride's those Airush kites anyways??? Bets on that even at "sale price" they'll still not shift.

Why that? Airush has always had a good reputation. The world ain't revolving around WA. Airush is still one of the biggest player out there

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doonut said..
How many kites shop are left in Perth must only be 3 or 4 now?

I was interested in this so did a quick search...
Not counting the fact that I may have missed one (or two)
Also, not counting ANY of the surf schools unless they have an actual store.

Without Airborne, there are at least 6 retailers in Perth remaining.