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"30+knots @ Caloundra" by Marcus

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Created by Marcus45 > 9 months ago, 2 Feb 2010
dusta
WA, 2940 posts
4 Feb 2010 3:17PM
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andyy said...

dusta said...

andyy said...

He's a competent kiter and he can make his own decision about whether a launch is safe or not.


and those are the people that normally get themselves into trouble . If the hellman does get injured doing something stupid like that then please post on here and watch the sympathy fall by the wayside


He knows what he's doing. Only absolute noobs get themselves into trouble off a launch.


so what happens next time when he is busy engaging marcus in a riveting dialouge and his kite gets pulled by a sudden gust and he is not ready for it ?

sorry but still stand by the fact that competent kiters are normally the ones who become complacent


merman
QLD, 431 posts
4 Feb 2010 5:26PM
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dusta i,m not sure you understand the area well enough... (no disrespect)

The local kiters are super nice people, and very adapt at knowing they're local conditions, and the dangers involved launching from such a tight place.

Yes it looks dangerous, and it is to a certain extent... but you adapt to the danger, eg make sure ur safety's are ready and working, and i for one have my hand on the button when i,m launching.

andyy
QLD, 232 posts
4 Feb 2010 5:32PM
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dusta said...

andyy said...

dusta said...

andyy said...

He's a competent kiter and he can make his own decision about whether a launch is safe or not.


and those are the people that normally get themselves into trouble . If the hellman does get injured doing something stupid like that then please post on here and watch the sympathy fall by the wayside


He knows what he's doing. Only absolute noobs get themselves into trouble off a launch.


so what happens next time when he is busy engaging marcus in a riveting dialouge and his kite gets pulled by a sudden gust and he is not ready for it ?

sorry but still stand by the fact that competent kiters are normally the ones who become complacent





Hmmm well I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure I can talk to someone and fly my kite at the same time. It's not that much of a multitask.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but you have never kited at Caloundra, so you have no say in this thread.
And finally, I'm almost certain noobs get themselves into more trouble than competent kiters.

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
4 Feb 2010 4:27PM
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merman said...

dusta i,m not sure you understand the area well enough... (no disrespect)

The local kiters are super nice people, and very adapt at knowing they're local conditions, and the dangers involved launching from such a tight place.

Yes it looks dangerous, and it is to a certain extent... but you adapt to the danger, eg make sure ur safety's are ready and working, and i for one have my hand on the button when i,m launching.


so based on the fact they are locals means there is never a chance they could get into trouble by a rouge gust of wind or some other freak of nature ?

That is my point, mother nature can deal something left field in seconds

Kurt Savage
QLD, 138 posts
4 Feb 2010 6:35PM
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Caloundra passage is one of my favourite spots.

Unfortunately with stuff like that video it will eventually be banned as what the guy is doing is dangerous - skill or no skill.
Inevitable anyway, as it is getting more crowded every season and something will have to give. A shame but that's life.

My advice - get a kite at the spot on outgoing half tide in a nice 20-25 se before we lose it - it's an awesome spot.

gruezi
WA, 3464 posts
4 Feb 2010 8:47PM
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I succumbed to watching the vid.....................pretty kn sad I must say. What is the point of even posting this sort of crap.....the rider is very average, conditions are windy but so what. No waves or froth, just back and forth tacking. And the bit with the guy jumping and rolling around at the shore with the rocks and all shows that someone at some point shat in to the poor man's brain.

andyy
QLD, 232 posts
4 Feb 2010 10:57PM
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So much LOL at noobs on this forum.

shark
WA, 361 posts
13 Feb 2010 10:00PM
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go for it marcus, ignore the wankers who stalk your posts here, looking for something to upset their delicate sensitivities.

SaveTheWhales
WA, 1877 posts
14 Feb 2010 10:52AM
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amateur vids rock

There all a bit like Karaoke and gives us all hope knowing that we're lengends in our own digitized lunchbox

Keep rockin Marcus and watch that falling fwd on the transition it can get painful from that height

Kitehard
WA, 2782 posts
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14 Feb 2010 12:58PM
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Hi guys,

Wasn't going to post on this one but in the interests of educating the noobs .....

The vid was ordinary but that's not it. The problem was the lack of respect for "what if...?"

He's flying a Cab which has pulleys and bridles which tend to fail over time, it's not a 2010 Cab so it must have had some use. If a pulley had failed as he was between the wooden fence and the rocks, then you would have had bits and pieces of Tim feeding the rock crabs over a 100m stretch of rocky shoreline for the next week.

Ask Jono Keys what happens when a line/pulley failure occurs in strong winds on the waters edge

Just not enough room for gear failure or sudden wind direction changes/gusts. It would have been easier and safer if he'd stood in the water and had someone launch his kite from the pine log fence

BTW. He's obviously a gifted pilot, displayed by his ability to keep his Cab out of the trees Cant believe anyone didn't write it first, it was a sitter

FWIW

KH

sleek1
VIC, 672 posts
14 Feb 2010 9:51PM
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And dont cross the road where there is no pedestrian crossing.Its dam right dangerous.

Blownaway
QLD, 776 posts
15 Feb 2010 9:06AM
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have to agree about them cab pulleys breaking unexpectedly, I have seen them do that on occasion, could be very sketchy if for instance you where dune jumping from a great height like certain individuals that will remain nameless.I saw one guy hit the deck pretty hard after pulley failure the kite started death looping and he went strait down hard,lucky for him there where no rocks and he didn't stake himself on a tree,just winded himself hard but the potential for disaster is there big time,that was on an earlier model cab.

Apart from that we should all go wrap ourselves in bubble wrap and dont do anything that looks even remotely dangerous ......!!

ps, Swim between the flags



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