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Spray of the century!!

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Created by Kitepower Australia > 9 months ago, 1 Apr 2008
1 Apr 2008 12:27PM
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Aaron Smith from Underground kiteboards hard at work in his office testing the 08 FLX boards.

Amazing spray and volume of water being pushed, no doubt the boards have edge and bite power to the extreme!!

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

sir ROWDY
WA, 5353 posts
1 Apr 2008 10:04AM
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lol.

Munter
NSW, 210 posts
1 Apr 2008 2:02PM
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Seems to be a lot of green boogers in the water...

Rebel
NSW, 165 posts
1 Apr 2008 9:03PM
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Lets have a competition to see the biggest spary anyone has done.

Post a picture of you or someone you know of. Sending a huge spray on flat water or busting through the lip of a wave..
or for some of us falling out of the sky

stamp
QLD, 2770 posts
1 Apr 2008 8:32PM
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so kp; if a board sprays and moves a lot of water it must have lots of "power and bite." ?????

Josh K
QLD, 318 posts
1 Apr 2008 9:14PM
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UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Ben De Jonge
WA, 819 posts
1 Apr 2008 7:17PM
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Looks like Josh's board has about 5 times more power and bite than the new Undergounds.

[}:)]

ewan kite
VIC, 926 posts
1 Apr 2008 10:50PM
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Munter said...

Seems to be a lot of green boogers in the water...



As oppose to purple boogers

Josh K
QLD, 318 posts
1 Apr 2008 10:24PM
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craig maxwell.

Dawn Patrol
WA, 1991 posts
1 Apr 2008 9:00PM
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That is a decent volume of water being pushed. His board seems about halfway below sea level. The other picture looks like a little water from the top. The guy on the underground is moving a hell of a lot of water there. Looks cool.

kitecrazzzy
WA, 2184 posts
1 Apr 2008 9:24PM
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doesnt count if hes hooked in or not spraying anything eg windsurfer

merman
QLD, 431 posts
2 Apr 2008 12:16AM
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Hey Steve

what sorta kite is Aaron riding... looks like a Naish.. which one??

i,m riding a 07 flx 142... theyre great for carving...

2 Apr 2008 8:59AM
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merman said...

Hey Steve

what sorta kite is Aaron riding... looks like a Naish.. which one??

i,m riding a 07 flx 142... theyre great for carving...


99% sure he is flying the 07 Torch, thats what he was on when he was at the mambo last year.
I agree the 07 boards were very good, and now that I have ridden the 08's they are a lot better, really amazing tracking through chop, can be ridden faster and can carve very tight turns with lots of speed and power. They are easy to land too, seem to soften the landing and bite or get an edge better/quicker than anything I have ridden, grab a demo on one sometime.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

chrisb
37 posts
2 Apr 2008 8:07AM
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merman said...

Hey Steve

what sorta kite is Aaron riding... looks like a Naish.. which one??

i,m riding a 07 flx 142... theyre great for carving...


Either a 12m 07 Torch or a 10m Alliance.

poor relative
WA, 9089 posts
2 Apr 2008 8:34AM
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lol

I didnt realise spray was radical.

kitepilotoz
QLD, 181 posts
2 Apr 2008 12:08PM
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Where you bin man? Detroit??
Its true the biga da spray = da biga da feet
= da biga da shlong!!
And dats what its all about!!!!!!!!!

harry potter
VIC, 2777 posts
2 Apr 2008 1:38PM
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or...... " the fatter the rider "

KAOS69
WA, 1012 posts
2 Apr 2008 11:43AM
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poor relative said...

lol

I didnt realise spray was radical.



it is if you ride a underground

poor relative
WA, 9089 posts
2 Apr 2008 11:45AM
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My cat sprays. It stinks

JimmyBrown
QLD, 53 posts
2 Apr 2008 3:36PM
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after crashing watching the spray hit you

Karve
VIC, 197 posts
2 Apr 2008 4:53PM
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Quoting Steve from his speed week thread

"On the Saturday afternoon, in mid low tide, on the inner channel closest to the eastern shore where you drive onto the sand spit, I was hitting some serious speed, the water flying off my board was landing a good 30 feet behind me. I was lying almost parallel to the water, 12M SB3, 132 x 39 Underground FLX, 40mm fins, and from my previous experience in going fast in buggies and on the water I was doing high 30's to 40+ knots.
The rooster tails thrown off my board were noticed by a lot of people, but I was a long way downwind from all the other sailboarders and in a different chanel."

I'm pretty sure that your spray must have been as impressive, just wish I had a photo of it

JimmyBrown
QLD, 53 posts
2 Apr 2008 4:39PM
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That photo of aaron is so good not only showing the depth of drive but also his nonchalant style reminds me of some water i have thrown up on a single ski but really-does anyone recognize the stresses required to drive up 100 litres or more of water.

merman
QLD, 431 posts
2 Apr 2008 11:30PM
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merman said...

Hey Steve

what sorta kite is Aaron riding... looks like a Naish.. which one??

i,m riding a 07 flx 142... theyre great for carving...


99% sure he is flying the 07 Torch, thats what he was on when he was at the mambo last year.
I agree the 07 boards were very good, and now that I have ridden the 08's they are a lot better, really amazing tracking through chop, can be ridden faster and can carve very tight turns with lots of speed and power. They are easy to land too, seem to soften the landing and bite or get an edge better/quicker than anything I have ridden, grab a demo on one sometime.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve
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cheers steve... but dont mean to be a waNNkr here but the kite looks like it has smartloop trim system near the chicken loop... thats why i was thinken a naish sigma... reason 4 me sayen this is that hes turning so hard... that it seems something conducive to a 20 mtr line naish kite... but yeah most naish kites have 20 mtr lines.. so i,m guessing


i could be heading to stinky Sydney soon for work so might have to demo one of thoes 08 undergrounds.. it,d be good to see the difference.. an if i,m impressed i might even buy one... if youre lucky he he he...

cheers

merman

Skinner
ACT, 55 posts
3 Apr 2008 2:08AM
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Plenty of spray came out of my mouth when i surfaced

harrytesties
133 posts
3 Apr 2008 7:59AM
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JimmyBrown said...

That photo of aaron is so good not only showing the depth of drive but also his nonchalant style reminds me of some water i have thrown up on a single ski but really-does anyone recognize the stresses required to drive up 100 litres or more of water.


but don't forget, it is new zealand water

robbo
WA, 306 posts
3 Apr 2008 1:37PM
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poor relative said...

My cat sprays. It stinks


u know u can get high on that - its called cheesing

SammyJ
WA, 570 posts
4 Apr 2008 1:59PM
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As a novice I was proud of this spray during a recent session.
The sloth is getting around with his new camera keeping the locals happy with some nice pic's at the moment. Keep it up and cheers.

treedweller
QLD, 59 posts
5 Apr 2008 9:46AM
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here is proof,big man big spray

kitepilotoz
QLD, 181 posts
5 Apr 2008 10:28AM
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Hey Treedweller, nice trophies big man, 9mm??
Bosnia, Iraq??



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