Forums > Kitesurfing General

bondi rescue

Reply
Created by rfw1 > 9 months ago, 8 Apr 2008
Cal
QLD, 1003 posts
14 Apr 2008 5:40PM
Thumbs Up

Well poke me sideways with a stick, is this thread ever going to die??????

poor relative
WA, 9089 posts
14 Apr 2008 3:43PM
Thumbs Up

Next bit will be a blow by blow about what happend on the show

Best thread in ages.
I love winter

GreenPat
QLD, 4083 posts
14 Apr 2008 5:54PM
Thumbs Up

Yeah, if we're on page 6 before the show even airs you can bet that it's not going to lie down and be still for a while yet...

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
14 Apr 2008 5:56PM
Thumbs Up

This is going to make kiting look sooo uncool.. What are yas gunna to do!!!???
Time to ditch the kites and take up water sports that are more credible like surfing or windsurfing.
Water sports that are more challenging and rewarding.

Can't think of any windsurfers or surfers getting snigged through a gravel car park bouncing of a cupla landcruisers and luxy's , by their kit lololollololol

elemental
NSW, 165 posts
14 Apr 2008 6:08PM
Thumbs Up

I just wanted to get in on this one great thread

ewan kite
VIC, 926 posts
14 Apr 2008 6:25PM
Thumbs Up

stribo said...



Can't think of any windsurfers or surfers getting snigged through a gravel car park bouncing of a cupla landcruisers and luxy's , by their kit lololollololol



thats why kiting is soo good (not because you get dragged through a carpark ) but because you can actully get air and do powered tricks unlike windsurfing where a backroll is world champion standard.

ewan

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
14 Apr 2008 6:48PM
Thumbs Up

ewan kite said...

stribo said...



Can't think of any windsurfers or surfers getting snigged through a gravel car park bouncing of a cupla landcruisers and luxy's , by their kit lololollololol



thats why kiting is soo good (not because you get dragged through a carpark ) but because you can actully get air and do powered tricks unlike windsurfing where a backroll is world champion standard.

ewan



All kite..... aerial kite tricks can be perfomed hanging off a hills hoist

Lets see you land one on a windsurfer then Ewan..... [}:)]

This means i'm world champ standard then......I think not


lemo87
QLD, 130 posts
14 Apr 2008 6:50PM
Thumbs Up

poor relative said...

Next bit will be a blow by blow about what happend on the show

Best thread in ages.
I love winter


I HATE WINTER

ITS COLD

TheMedic
WA, 153 posts
14 Apr 2008 5:09PM
Thumbs Up

Just gonna throw it out there......
This episode of bondi rescue could work in our benefit. It will drive home to the newbies how dangerous this sport can be and how vigilant you have to be with your gear.
And it could scare away some people who were thinking of taking the sport up as it looks too dangerous.... hence more room on the beaches for me.

Pay attention little Japanese tourist with too much money, all the gear and no idea. Kiteing kills... And if it doesn't kill you, our sharks will. Or our snakes.... or our drop bears.

No wind.... trying to get out of housework by looking busy on computer.

echostorm
QLD, 1245 posts
14 Apr 2008 7:23PM
Thumbs Up

stribo said...

ewan kite said...

stribo said...



Can't think of any windsurfers or surfers getting snigged through a gravel car park bouncing of a cupla landcruisers and luxy's , by their kit lololollololol



thats why kiting is soo good (not because you get dragged through a carpark ) but because you can actully get air and do powered tricks unlike windsurfing where a backroll is world champion standard.

ewan



All kite..... aerial kite tricks can be perfomed hanging off a hills hoist

Lets see you land one on a windsurfer then Ewan..... [}:)]

This means i'm world champ standard then......I think not





*sigh... another attack from a jealous windsurfer.

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
14 Apr 2008 7:40PM
Thumbs Up

Lmfao!!!
Hop along now echostorm[}:)]

rooey
QLD, 498 posts
14 Apr 2008 7:56PM
Thumbs Up

yeer,what everyone else say's......rateings for B/R will hit the roof.......will take the limelight of all the regular drowning ants that happen on an overcrowded overpolluted Sydney beach....interesting to see how much of the show will be dedicated to (1) little kitesurfer in a mess....feel sorry for him, despite all the conjecture,he is one of us!

Mrwandaful
NSW, 186 posts
14 Apr 2008 8:04PM
Thumbs Up

Im glad TV crew wern't at Wanda today to watch 2 kiters walk with kites above, up to the car park (grassy end) as a helicopter is powering up for lift-off 60 feet away What could go wrong with that plan? All so they dont get sand on their kites. Not too bright

pweedas
WA, 4642 posts
14 Apr 2008 6:27PM
Thumbs Up

Holy Moly!
I just dropped in from the windsurfing side to see how all youse guys were getting on over here.
It's like accidentally walking over a nest of black ants!
It's a real jungle over here. Kiter eat kiter. (mmm,. that might be nice, if I can pick which ones.)

I'm going back home to the windsurf section where there are "friendly faces everywhere and humble folk without temptation", oh and "ample parking day or night."

junglist
VIC, 701 posts
14 Apr 2008 8:31PM
Thumbs Up

TheMedic said...

Just gonna throw it out there......
This episode of bondi rescue could work in our benefit. It will drive home to the newbies how dangerous this sport can be and how vigilant you have to be with your gear.
And it could scare away some people who were thinking of taking the sport up as it looks too dangerous.... hence more room on the beaches for me.

Pay attention little Japanese tourist with too much money, all the gear and no idea. Kiteing kills... And if it doesn't kill you, our sharks will. Or our snakes.... or our drop bears.

No wind.... trying to get out of housework by looking busy on computer.



Ha ha ha ha

Yea I bet thats music to the ears of North, Cab, Best et all

You read it here kidz DONT GO KITESURFING ITS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH



J


mikeb
QLD, 126 posts
14 Apr 2008 9:01PM
Thumbs Up

nothing to say just want to see this post go to 7 pages before tomorrow

user
WA, 1140 posts
14 Apr 2008 7:12PM
Thumbs Up

pweedas said...

Holy Moly!
I just dropped in from the windsurfing side to see how all youse guys were getting on over here.
It's like accidentally walking over a nest of black ants!
It's a real jungle over here. Kiter eat kiter. (mmm,. that might be nice, if I can pick which ones.)

I'm going back home to the windsurf section where there are "friendly faces everywhere and humble folk without temptation", oh and "ample parking day or night."


No,you mean back to the bitter jealous poledancers who constantly whine about kitesurfers !

There are half a dozen threads over there crying about kiters. So jealous and bitter ! But why wouldn't they ? While they are bogging around(if they are lucky) kiters are ripping it up !

stamp
QLD, 2770 posts
14 Apr 2008 9:24PM
Thumbs Up

windsurfers are like rats stubbornly clinging onto their rotten hulk of a sport as it sinks into the sea

Krusty
NSW, 441 posts
14 Apr 2008 9:26PM
Thumbs Up

user said...

pweedas said...

Holy Moly!
I just dropped in from the windsurfing side to see how all youse guys were getting on over here.
It's like accidentally walking over a nest of black ants!
It's a real jungle over here. Kiter eat kiter. (mmm,. that might be nice, if I can pick which ones.)

I'm going back home to the windsurf section where there are "friendly faces everywhere and humble folk without temptation", oh and "ample parking day or night."


No,you mean back to the bitter jealous poledancers who constantly whine about kitesurfers !

There are half a dozen threads over there crying about kiters. So jealous and bitter ! But why wouldn't they ? While they are bogging around(if they are lucky) kiters are ripping it up !


Windsurfers whinging about kiters??? This thread is close to 7 pages long writen by kiters whinging about kiters!!!!

Lincoln
VIC, 52 posts
14 Apr 2008 9:31PM
Thumbs Up

i cant wait to see how they portray our sport tommorow but i don't think it will be in a good way

only 9 more posts to page 7

ewan kite
VIC, 926 posts
14 Apr 2008 9:41PM
Thumbs Up

stribo said...

ewan kite said...

stribo said...



Can't think of any windsurfers or surfers getting snigged through a gravel car park bouncing of a cupla landcruisers and luxy's , by their kit lololollololol



thats why kiting is soo good (not because you get dragged through a carpark ) but because you can actully get air and do powered tricks unlike windsurfing where a backroll is world champion standard.

ewan



All kite..... aerial kite tricks can be perfomed hanging off a hills hoist

Lets see you land one on a windsurfer then Ewan..... [}:)]

This means i'm world champ standard then......I think not





ok well what i am saying is in windsurfing the tricks are more basic but alot harder to learn.

and stribo i am sure you will be world champ soon

ewan

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
14 Apr 2008 7:45PM
Thumbs Up

stamp said...

windsurfers are like rats stubbornly clinging onto their rotten hulk of a sport as it sinks into the sea


Cool quote, Stamp. ^
Creative.
Nice.

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
14 Apr 2008 9:46PM
Thumbs Up

Ahhh Stamp,User... you guys crack me up...[}:)] And probably bought me beer for rescuing you and your kite at lano at some stage.Kiters kept me in good supply of beer for a few seasons up there. I love kites
Put your toys away and come play with the grown ups.[}:)]

Spacemonkey!
SA, 2288 posts
14 Apr 2008 9:24PM
Thumbs Up

stribo said...

Ahhh Stamp,User... you guys crack me up...[}:)] And probably bought me beer for rescuing you and your kite at lano at some stage.Kiters kept me in good supply of beer for a few seasons up there. I love kites
Put your toys away and come play with the grown ups.[}:)]



Lol I pulled a poleboarders gear all the way from the main break to shore and I didn't get beer

waveslave
WA, 4263 posts
14 Apr 2008 8:02PM
Thumbs Up

Kitesurfing at Bondi Beach is not banned.....
It just has regulated hours.
When those red and yellow clubbie flags come down,
the green kiting flag goes up......apparently.

So if you have the desire to kite a super crowded public swimming beach,
if you want to dodge heads in the foam, meatballs in the soup....
Bondi Beach is probably the spot for you.

*Maybe 'kooking-out' is a Sydney thing.
lol.

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
14 Apr 2008 10:05PM
Thumbs Up

Spacemonkey! said...

stribo said...

Ahhh Stamp,User... you guys crack me up...[}:)] And probably bought me beer for rescuing you and your kite at lano at some stage.Kiters kept me in good supply of beer for a few seasons up there. I love kites
Put your toys away and come play with the grown ups.[}:)]



Lol I pulled a poleboarders gear all the way from the main break to shore and I didn't get beer


What a selfish barstard!!! I would have bought you beer spacemonkeyThats the rules in lano.

moon waxing
WA, 307 posts
14 Apr 2008 8:11PM
Thumbs Up

Yeah I helped rescue a poley off Woodies and didn't get beer

GreenPat
QLD, 4083 posts
14 Apr 2008 10:19PM
Thumbs Up

mikeb said...

nothing to say just want to see this post go to 7 pages before tomorrow




It really has got everything now, even the old kite vs. windsurf debate has had a look-in.

I'll give even odds that the kite accident is in the last third of the program tomorrow, after the last main ad break.

jp747
1553 posts
14 Apr 2008 8:38PM
Thumbs Up

kinda to be fair why haven't i seen any broken bits of sailing gear dragged to the beach on video only from i think k.p. swimming back to shore on top of board video after breaking a mast on a wave break..

dism
NSW, 660 posts
14 Apr 2008 11:03PM
Thumbs Up

ewan kite said...

stribo said...

ewan kite said...

stribo said...



Can't think of any windsurfers or surfers getting snigged through a gravel car park bouncing of a cupla landcruisers and luxy's , by their kit lololollololol



thats why kiting is soo good (not because you get dragged through a carpark ) but because you can actully get air and do powered tricks unlike windsurfing where a backroll is world champion standard.

ewan



All kite..... aerial kite tricks can be perfomed hanging off a hills hoist

Lets see you land one on a windsurfer then Ewan..... [}:)]

This means i'm world champ standard then......I think not
<image>



ok well what i am saying is in windsurfing the tricks are more basic but alot harder to learn.

and stribo i am sure you will be world champ soon

ewan


I'm sure boosting air and doing tricks on a kiteboard would be fun, but when you really think about it, most windsurfing tricks would be alot harder.

Kiteboarding - get speed, boost air, do something spinny etc whilst hanging off a swivel with a parachute above you.

Windsurfing - get speed, hit rise in water, get airtime, do something spinny (but instead of dangling with a parachute to ease you thru, you need to move around your whole setup, then have cat-like balance to land)

Ewan - you mention a backroll (which I take as in the opposite of a 'forward') as complex in windsurfing (not disagreeing here, but there is alot of other harder looking tricks). For a windsurfer this means your body spinning over your gear full circle. I haven't seen a kiteboarder do a backy spinning all the way over his kite yet (but hey prove me wrong and i'll be stoked for your sport, it'll be better then I thought).

What a can of worms that has been opened



Subscribe
Reply

Forums > Kitesurfing General


"bondi rescue" started by rfw1