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KSP One Eye Wave Comp

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Created by tightlines > 9 months ago, 24 Sep 2011
tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
24 Sep 2011 9:27PM
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Live feed on now
http://www.kspworldtour.com/live

reverse777
WA, 48 posts
24 Sep 2011 9:53PM
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Nice heads up tightlines,
Its smoking out there !!

tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
24 Sep 2011 10:10PM
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Only three heat completed and thats all for today folks but it's only gunna get better over the next couple of days, wind and swell increasing and a better swell angle, should be sick.

michael r
NSW, 46 posts
25 Sep 2011 12:27AM
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where is keahi?

tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
24 Sep 2011 10:33PM
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No Aussie's there as far as I know.
Keahi is still in Indo I believe

tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
25 Sep 2011 6:32AM
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chadster
QLD, 136 posts
25 Sep 2011 1:51PM
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Put your straps on - its over 4 ft !!!!!!

These guys are claiming they got the best riders in the world but there are some serious names missing

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
25 Sep 2011 12:02PM
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tightlines said...

No Aussie's there as far as I know.
Keahi is still in Indo I believe


No Aussies are there... In fact no one good is really there at all from anywhere. They claimed all the big names would be there and stole away prize money and event locations from the PKRA. Lets see this "world class" location and riding, this should be a joke if I have ever seen one. Guess what, no prize money either... First time I've seen a "Pro tour" not have prize money, don't you kind of need that??? hahahaha.

p.s. You can even see the comp organiser/ manager/ director or whatever you want to call it kiting in the comp as well... How suss does it get.

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
25 Sep 2011 12:09PM
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Check the Live stream haha, they should have packed their race boards, because all I see is straight lines.

ewan kite
VIC, 928 posts
25 Sep 2011 2:17PM
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sir ROWDY said...

Check the Live stream haha, they should have packed their race boards, because all I see is straight lines.


lol ye, watched a few vids, not saying i could get anywhere close to the riding there but its pretty much how i ride a wave on a twin tip haha

tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
25 Sep 2011 5:11PM
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It's on again, winds a bit light and yeah It's not really the place to see some good strapless, lip smashing but hey there is some nice waves.




How could it be considered a serious competition with out Rowdy judging to let us mortals know who's legit.

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
25 Sep 2011 5:35PM
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tightlines said...

It's on again, winds a bit light and yeah It's not really the place to see some good strapless, lip smashing but hey there is some nice waves.

How could it be considered a serious competition with out people actually riding waves???




FIXED.

tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
25 Sep 2011 5:58PM
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You do make a pretty good point, but hey Im watching anyway, they're doing better than I could do, not enough wind to go for a kite but enough to mess up the surf and stuff all on tv.
Commentators doin my head in though.

ok
NSW, 1089 posts
25 Sep 2011 8:49PM
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i want to punch ksp

multiple times with a shovel

Plummet
4862 posts
26 Sep 2011 7:07AM
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looks like some nice waves.

tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
26 Sep 2011 7:56AM
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tightlines
WA, 3486 posts
26 Sep 2011 8:44PM
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Guilly and Mitu coming up, Mitu has been ok riding strapless, switch, airs etc but I'd much rather watch chadster doing some real surfer turns.

bennie
ACT, 1258 posts
26 Sep 2011 10:49PM
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The quality of the stream feed is so poor there is no point watching
The waves look awesome too

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
26 Sep 2011 8:57PM
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tightlines said...

Guilly and Mitu coming up, Mitu has been ok riding strapless, switch, airs etc but I'd much rather watch chadster doing some real surfer turns.


Are you really that surprised that not everyone is stoked with 1 good rider (mitu is sick) on an invitational world tour event with no prize money using backdoor tactics (pun intended) to sabbotage a tour that actually has prize money and events in locations that weren't offshore speed runs...

KSP and IKA... successfully ruining the sport together.

borntokite
27 posts
27 Sep 2011 7:57AM
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This part of the sport is still developing... Not the riding but the commercial aspect... I personally support their efforts 100%.... This will grow in the years to come and help develop the sport.... IMO....

I am a very unskilled strapless rider in texas usa and enjoy watching the feed...

Did u see mitu switch his feet under the lip a couple times... To me, thats pretty awesome...

I just hope the sport gains the respect and popularity it deserves....

Just my opinion...

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
27 Sep 2011 8:56AM
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borntokite said...

I personally support their efforts 100%.... This will grow in the years to come and help develop the sport.... IMO....



So do you know what their "efforts" have actually been? Do you know anything about the IKA and how they operate? Have you heard any of the details regarding KSP and what they are doing? the PWA managed to give the IKA the flick before it was to late... un-fortunately we haven't been so lucky.

default
WA, 1255 posts
27 Sep 2011 9:09AM
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borntokite said...

This part of the sport is still developing... Not the riding but the commercial aspect... I personally support their efforts 100%.... This will grow in the years to come and help develop the sport.... IMO....

I just hope the sport gains the respect and popularity it deserves....


I just hope it doesnt.

My views are 100% in the opposite direction - I would like the riding to develop, not the commercial aspect.

I dont understand why the commercial aspect is important unless you have something to gain financially...

pffft.

Waves look nice, in day 2 conditions, I would surf them without a kite.

TurtleHunter
WA, 1675 posts
27 Sep 2011 9:14AM
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^^^ who cares rowdy it's all politics. (that is unless your lively hood depends on it) It's good to see a comp on a good wave just a shame the riding isn't the best.

borntokite
27 posts
27 Sep 2011 9:47AM
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I'll admit i'm clueless about ika and whatever politics are involved...

I'm a 50 yr old who took up the sport 2 yrs ago and its all I think about and want to do... Luckily I work for myself and can kite whenever there is wind...

I'm sure some people want the sport to be hidden, and I have no problem w/ that..

Watching the contest and interviews and commentary it seems to me they all have the passion too... Maybe for monetary reasons or some other...

Call me an idiot or clueless or whatever you want, but I truly love this sport..

I just want to play in the waves, and when I cant I want to watch others who feel the same...

What more can I say...

My apologies if i'm out of line.......................

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
27 Sep 2011 1:41PM
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Your not out of line at all. This stuff all needs to be aired publicly and I'm sure a full list with details of everything that has been going on will emerge soon.

My lively hood doesn't depend on it, if you think I make money from judging a couple of PKRA stops your on crack. Also I didn't even judge any wave stops this year. The truth is I just hate seeing a good thing turning to crap when bullies think they can just muscle their way in. Especially when those bullies have about as much idea about kiting as I have about professional lacrosse.

I guess it's how the world works, some people like to know what's happening, others are fine with not knowing about things... They don't want to know about the sweatshops that their overpriced Nikes come from, they don't want to know about all the innocent people their country kills every year... It's just human nature, it's easier not knowing.

p.s. If you really think that is a "good wave" you haven't kited waves for long enough. It's by all means a pretty good wave to surf, but to kite is a whole nother thing. How can you hold a competition on a wave where people can't even do 1 turn properly because it's so offshore...

terminal
1421 posts
27 Sep 2011 5:01PM
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Practically every video ever of One Eye, they are straightening out - it just seems to be that type of wave. The windsurfers have never held a competition there, and maybe its not that good a spot other than for surfing.

Day 4

lostinlondon
VIC, 1159 posts
27 Sep 2011 7:05PM
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I don't think the guys would be riding One Eye - the break is too offshore and fluky in the prevailing wind direction. When I was there in July the kiteable break was around the corner and the wind was straight down the line to cross onshore. I had never been in waves like that before and was just getting a feel for it on my twinny but guys were carving it up on directionals.

I liked watching the footage just because I love Le Morne. Mauritius is such a great place - the locals are really having a go at getting people out of the resorts and staying in the villages, and supporting you by organising a hire ute, or having a kite pump in the kit room of your accommodation. The guy I rented an apartment off is trying to set up a kiters' and windsurfers' "hotel" where everyone can socialise, get bands in and not pay the crazy prices of the resorts.

Does IKO run a comp there? If not, they should be because it would really give back to the locals who work hard to make the place a good destination.

But Rowdy is right how can a comp be called "Professional" if there is no prize money or nobody is getting paid to be there?

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
27 Sep 2011 5:19PM
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lostinlondon said...


But Rowdy is right how can a comp be called "Professional" if there is no prize money or nobody is getting paid to be there?


I will tell you how, you f@ck the dude who runs the IKA... that's how it happens.

Spacemonkey!
SA, 2288 posts
27 Sep 2011 7:38PM
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sir ROWDY said...

lostinlondon said...


But Rowdy is right how can a comp be called "Professional" if there is no prize money or nobody is getting paid to be there?


I will tell you how, you f@ck the dude who runs the IKA... that's how it happens.


Rowdy agree with everything your saying, just thinking back to the "pkrgay" statements you used to make. Whilst there's definitely some homo stuff on the pkra it's nice to see you have a more balanced view now you have traveled and been part of it.

That's not to say I have contradicted myself in the past because I have

stamp
QLD, 2776 posts
27 Sep 2011 8:23PM
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^^yeah, its hard to believe rowdy is sticking up for the pkrgay

ok
NSW, 1089 posts
27 Sep 2011 8:30PM
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HOW MUCH ARE THE PKRGAY PAYING ROWDY?



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