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Kite testing session: Zian

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Created by craggers > 9 months ago, 3 Jun 2012
craggers
WA, 475 posts
3 Jun 2012 11:31AM
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This guy is a dickhead...



NoBS
WA, 908 posts
3 Jun 2012 12:24PM
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He's gotta be from Rockingham or a Bali local

mitch88
NSW, 271 posts
3 Jun 2012 2:42PM
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He must work out!

TurtleHunter
WA, 1675 posts
3 Jun 2012 12:45PM
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It could of been the start of a good add for a new kite brand. He might want to get a bit better at kiting to make it work though.

Rob S
VIC, 391 posts
3 Jun 2012 4:46PM
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Hello Craig,

I think they missed the joke.

Anyway. Mawfee gave the Zian a good workout and so did Roger. Good reports.
I wish I had tried it too. I'm looking for a new 11m now.

Looks like 35 kt SSE here tomorrow. But don't rush to come home. Cold 14 degrees forecast.

Rob

kiteboy dave
QLD, 6525 posts
3 Jun 2012 6:51PM
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Didn't come across as a dickhead to me, just trying to be entertaining.

craggers
WA, 475 posts
3 Jun 2012 5:01PM
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A rocking bali local. What gave it away? i grew out my mullet....
Dont worry Rob, this is seabreeze. Insult is the only accepted form of communication. As long as you understand it your ok.
Im guessing i need an Ego-pro though.
Then i can take it home and look into my own crazed eyes halfway through a Figjam 540' and tell myself that its ok, i cant kite good but i make up for it with my venom green V8 ute that BHP bought me.

craggers
WA, 475 posts
3 Jun 2012 5:03PM
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mitch88 said...

He must work out!


Twice a day. 2 hours in the morning on 8 metre, and 3 hours in the afternoon on 7 metre.

Puetz
NT, 2182 posts
3 Jun 2012 7:31PM
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... what a legend, brilliant vid, big green thumb from me!!!

KSSALTONA
VIC, 207 posts
3 Jun 2012 8:24PM
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I met him in Sri Lanka, nice guy!
Luckly he was just stuffing around in the vid.

The kites fly well though.

Stewart25
WA, 56 posts
3 Jun 2012 11:32PM
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Good to see u having a ball craggers! Hopefully u r still at the camp kite next year so I can b crashing my kite and getting in your way. It's pretty funny seeing some of the posts. There's always someone bigger and better hey... Peanuts

craggers
WA, 475 posts
4 Jun 2012 12:02AM
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Could easily have got this guy (below) to give us some flying footage... ho hum... just like every other kite brand out there. BUT How many kite makers rock up at a beach and hand out demo models to average punters without even asking what level of kiter they are????? something about that says 'confidence in product' to me.



ps. i am unassociated to the guy (who dropped these off at the beach) or his brand, but am seriously considering asking about an aussie distributorship.

Plummet
4862 posts
4 Jun 2012 6:41AM
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i think all kite companies would get average punters to test their kites. Pros can fly any peice of shiit and make it look good. its the yunters that will find the flaws in the product that good guys might miss.

pro merc
NSW, 300 posts
4 Jun 2012 4:59PM
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hilarious!

should have been some more riding in there though.

craggers
WA, 475 posts
4 Jun 2012 11:18PM
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Rob S
VIC, 391 posts
5 Jun 2012 11:42AM
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It's time for you to come home and get back to work.

Saffer
VIC, 4501 posts
6 Jun 2012 12:06AM
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Your replacement may be a better kiter but can he drink a bottle of tequila and walk on a ledge 9 floors up?

craggers
WA, 475 posts
6 Jun 2012 11:13PM
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hmm maybe not.

but he did repeatedly boost over the bloody bonfire during moonlight kiting last night (windy + flames... not good) despite the sparks getting far too close to his kite...

Puetz
NT, 2182 posts
7 Jun 2012 11:43AM
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craggers said...

hmm maybe not.

but he did repeatedly boost over the bloody bonfire during moonlight kiting last night (windy + flames... not good) despite the sparks getting far too close to his kite...


... hey Craggers, are you gunna make more vids? You got a talent you know, more entertaining than just the usual flicky flicky ones!

craggers
WA, 475 posts
7 Jun 2012 11:43AM
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craggers
WA, 475 posts
7 Jun 2012 1:04PM
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Puetz said...

got about 50 on youtube ( search 'theRealCraggers'). most are just for laughs, but these ones are kiting related:

EGYPT:



COSTA RICA, BAHIA SALINAS:



KIPEPO BEACH, DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA:



ZANZIBAR:

Puetz
NT, 2182 posts
8 Jun 2012 12:06PM
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... cool as craggers, I'll have to wait til I'm home to watch'em, work interweb blocks youtube :(

cheers,

Robbie

Puetz
NT, 2182 posts
8 Jun 2012 11:51PM
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Hey craggers what happened in zanzibar, nice ding!

craggers
WA, 475 posts
9 Jun 2012 3:01PM
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Puetz said...

Hey craggers what happened in zanzibar, nice ding!



I did an s-bend. My board did half.

Puetz
NT, 2182 posts
10 Jun 2012 9:59AM
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craggers said...

Puetz said...

Hey craggers what happened in zanzibar, nice ding!



I did an s-bend. My board did half.



... dude,,,, that looked sooo painful

craggers
WA, 475 posts
1 Jul 2012 12:12AM
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craggers
WA, 475 posts
7 Jul 2012 10:05PM
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Morfil Khan, places #3 in Red Bull Island Hopping race Sri Lanka, then WINS the upwind race... on a 9 metre Zian Kima.



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