omg... y don't we all run to Len10's feet and praise him lol...
chill guys 
what happened 2 pushing ur local crew up and promoting them... 
goodwind fellas
well if you've actually seen him kite, then you might know what all the fan fare is about....
however i must say - i can only be bothered watching for about len10 minutes before i decided to get out there myself....
Just saw Ruben Len10 at Altona going sick dosnt look like he had any injuries was there about 5ish talking to people geting photos taken and sighning autographs
He was keeping it pretty laid back at Altona, his foot was playing up and it was to shallow and I think he wanted to stay away from the chop(deeper water)out the back.
I thought there must have been a storm comming, kiting away,look up, and most of the other kiters had headed in,did'nt know what was going on, untill a wind surfer pasted by and said a sponsured rider was there.
All I can say is, even though he had toned things down a bit, the dude must eat his weatbix, some of those unhooked handle passes whilst boosting ect.... "must have a grip of steel"
at least if he goes wrecked and cant remember what had happened he could just come on seabreeze and ask all his stalkers.....would the real slim shadey please stand up...
"Well sh$t, never thought about that NumNutz". But he might be a visual person though, so just in case, here’s a vid
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Originally posted by Louisz
for the guys who don't know ruben lenten or his adrenaline driven
>http://www.kitecinema.com/len10/len10-movies-.html
and then you have his storm chase > www.kiteforum.tv/component/option,com_videos/task,show/id,1025/Itemid,30/
fancy moves but bit dissapointed about no kitepants over his wettie.Its such a good look it would have made that video![}:)]
Most of the dutchies fly their slingshots with 4 20m lines instead of 5 23m lines. You should try it! it is really sick. I fly my fuels with 5 20m lines, eayer to relaunch
> and don't forget the fuels are juels
@THe other guy who said that kiting without boardshort is gay : ruben told us that kiting down under is like a hype. It doens't mather wether you do a kitloop hp or a kungfu flat spin, you just have to be cool. He is going to learn you guys what kiting's really about
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Originally posted by inout-inout
Ruben, please come to point henry ,other side of melb 45- 55 min from St Kill. on sunday northeasterly winds 15 - 20 knt.
Some times on a NE wind at point henry it says 15 - 20
but up top its more like 20 -30.
It seams to have another layer of wind up top, which is graet to boost up in too. hope too c u there.
Hey Guys,
Nice vids and all and yes Ruben is a talented rider, but I don't see what all the fuss is about. Any day of the week you can go to Woodies and see riding of equal calibre from a bunch of the WA young guns, most of who do not run around with all the fanfare and idolatry.
Go hard the WA crew!
Good winds,
I take your point Kitehard.
But consider this " anyday of the week you can stand on the rocks at Snapper Pt or Kirra and watch any number of super talented groms pulling into overhead barrells (swell permitting ) but it still does not compare to watching the likes of Kelly , Occ, AI or Fanning smash the same line up. "
Same with watching Ruben ride.
Sure there are plenty of young guns up and coming who are incredibly talented and great to watch but they are not there yet. If they were they would be picked up by sponsors and would be headed off around the world and they may well be doing that soon. But right now Ruben and a number of other world beating riders have got the credentials so please just allow us to enjoy.
Ps : You can appreciate a talented sportsperson without idolising. Just watch in silence at a distance.
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Originally posted by harry potter
Nice work doppelganger.
Great Vid, great editing, great soundtrack.
It was a real privilege to watch Ruben on Saturday. I was on such a high when I got home, my girlfriend thought I was loopy and my explaining just didnt cut it.
Thanks to your Vid she kinda understands what all the fuss was about now.
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Originally posted by Kitehard
Hey Guys,
Nice vids and all and yes Ruben is a talented rider, but I don't see what all the fuss is about. Any day of the week you can go to Woodies and see riding of equal calibre from a bunch of the WA young guns, most of who do not run around with all the fanfare and idolatry.
Go hard the WA crew!
Good winds,
to compare lenten to the likes of fanning, Kelly, AI is possibly the most stupid thing you have ever done, the level that kelly/fanning/AI are at in surfing compared to some grom is absolutley bullsh#t. however the level that lenten is at in kiteboarding or say felix or tobias are at in kitesurfing is no better than heaps of other groms (and older crew) around australia and the world. wise up.
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Originally posted by harry potter
nice contribution to the forum USER guess thats your level of mentality.
User I dont think we need to come and see you some time I think your doing a good enough job of teeling us how good you are. Im with you on this one Harry Potter.
I gotta say:” some of you people are unbelievable".
I for one, don’t read the kite mag's, have seen one kite surfing DVD and never heard of Ruben Lenten until this thread. He is to date though, the best kiter I have seen in action so far and maybe it was the best kiting Harry Potter has seen also. I have seen local kiters pull the same moves, but not continuously at the rate he was pulling em. If you've got local kiter's at your spots doing the same or better that's great, but you’ all are sounding a bit up yourselves and elitist As far as the idol thing goes, when he was down at Altona it was all pretty laid back, we took some vid's/pic's for about 10 minutes then when back to kiting, .Are all you knocker's a bit green or something, sorry, but that's the way its coming across?
As far as the supporting the local crew, I posted a vid on youtube about 4 weeks ago of a local kiter, and since then it's had 104 views and I posted the vid of Lenten, 2 day's ago and it's had over 1500 views, so maybe one of you experts can tell me why he is so popular and how does one go about supporting their local crew?
I'm not trying to be a smart arse, if you’ve got vid of local kiters pulling good moves, put it on youtube and I’ll post it on my site. Someone posted one of "I think it was of carbine" and that's the best of seen so far, made me think how much I have to learn.
Steve
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Originally posted by doppelganger
As far as the supporting the local crew, I posted a vid on youtube about 4 weeks ago of a local kiter, and since then it's had 104 views and I posted the vid of Lenten, 2 day's ago and it's had over 1500 views, so maybe one of you experts can tell me why he is so popular and how does one go about supporting their local crew?
Yeh, I suppose it's a case of getting to a level like Ruben and keeping the body intact. I must be getting old, somewhere around the age of 40, you look in the mirror and think to yourself,” how the ****h did that happen".
With some of the moves he was pulling off in very shallow water, I thought," you gotta be kidding", It wasn’t so much the danger/hurt factor, but at the time I was thinking, "dude, it's your living, bang yourself up big time and it's over red rover"
., then I thought, that's why he is where he is". Catch 22, you've gotta run the gauntlet.
Well, I’m inspired, I've got a week at Sandy Point (Vic) in a couple of weeks and I'm gunna give this unhooked caper a go,” pain is gain right"
Steve
Theres nothing wrong with Ruben ( except hes Eurotrash ! )
Theres nothing wrong with watching him ride (Just a flat water trick specialist)
but there is something wrong if you have to rant and rave on a Forum that you saw HIM ! Or to your girlfriend,who will think you are gay!
Hey " User " & " Kitehard " it would seem that Ruben may have just been spotted a Woodies maybe you guys should get down there doubletime and show him just how good the two of you are ( perhaps even show him up ) .
Ps : I hope you dont get caught staring at him or commenting to ur mates on how good a move was. That would be kinda hypocritical.
In fact if your comments are true no one will even notice that he is out. As everone ele will be riding just as hard. fools !
hey user.
Seriously if you think Ruben is just a flat water trick specialist, you should check out his wiin in red bull king of the air 2006.
Massives waves in Hawaii were part of the components to be crowned.
Not only is he epic in flat, but he is outstanding in waves.
Dont be so sore towards the pro's.
He represents the sport and his sponsors brilliantly.
I dont know about WA but I just spent 2 months kiting overseas around Mauritius, capetown, Langebaan and sodwana bay etc. No one even came close to how spectacular Ruben was to watch.
I have never been to WA but I find it hard to believe you can see this kind of kiting "any day"
Come to WA Andrewm.
honestly the level of talent from the lads here is pretty damn awesome.
You probably wonder why they are not competing etc than?
Most are studying things such as physio, chiropractics, engineering etc. So not only are they wikid sticks kiters, they are also brainy Ruubn jus happens to do kiting for a living.
Some just choose their life as such
get over what? .... no seriously not going to read the past two pages (assume you have 
).. so get over what?
who's rubarb lentil anyhow?
