Saw a guy pumping up his North rebel 2008 furiously for about 10mins. He was pissed off as he thought his 2nd hand kite he just bought was stuffed. After I put the dump valve in for him he was stoked. He said thanks and how did you know. I told him I did the same thing myself, twice
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Saw another guy pumping with a Cabrinha for 3 mins, to no avail. He told me his pump was stuffed as its not going up and getting harder to pump. I took his hose off and put it on on the inflate side, again stoked. P.S. why the hell do kite pumps have a deflate????
Was asked for a launch from a tourist who took 25 mins to set up a 12m F-one C kite mabe 2005-2006 at Woodies beach 1 when I was over-powered on my 8 last season, I politely refused, he was not happy. As I was going out again I saw his girlfriend hot-launch him. Needless to say he was lofted and skull-dragged into the dunes. After that he packed up??
I once saw someone in a bear suit riding a unicycle down king st in newtown... that was kinda silly
.... maybe it was a real bear riding a unicycle down king st in newtown... in which case, that's kinda funny
Saw a guy break his arm in a heavy shore dump, which was not so funny. He ended up lying down on his back, eyes closed in pain. The funny part was watching a 50+ nudist run to squat next to him to help out. Watching this guy open his eyes to look straight into an acre of bush and beer belly... THAT was funny.
Couple of guys I know, you know who you are, tried to blow their kite up with their mouths and then asked "can you get pumps for these things?"
Watching a hot launch and then bum / face run into the dunes is far more satisfying.
one back line comes off at launch..
kite loops like crazy..
Yell out 'pull safety'... Person doesn't know how to use.
look of 'what happened' on face = priceless. Kiter proceeds to tell me that they are experienced. My GF laughs in her face.
I also love seeing girlfriends trying to help launch a kite from the trailing edge.... Kite Blanket
