Andy Yates cops a grilling in IKSURFMAG?!

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jas73
jas73
QLD
796 posts
QLD, 796 posts
15 Feb 2011 12:10pm
The day that someone on here becomes even close to the best in the PKRA is the day i would take there opinion serious. It's so easy to judge and compare someone to someone else but whats the point. He has obviously worked hard to get were he is so all the baggers may as well put up or shut up. The PKRA judges have there own criterior for what they expect from the riders and he came out on top. It's like watching Bathurst and having someone winning for most of the race to crash out in the last laps. As long as your on top at the end you must have done something right to be there. As for Hadlow he is an awesome rider but wasn't in the race so docent count. How many guys around the world are ripping at the moment but haven't or don't want to be in the spot light. You may as well compare all of them to him as well.
bjw
bjw
QLD
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bjw bjw
QLD, 3690 posts
15 Feb 2011 12:19pm
The media guys are out in force.

No one cares about the PKRA.

Create rivalry and then people care?

Seems to work. Irons vs Slats. It's all intentionally created to create interest and $$.

Tommy123
Tommy123
QLD
138 posts
QLD, 138 posts
16 Feb 2011 9:25am
bjw said...

No one cares about the PKRA.




well said. We had an aussie win on gold coast just few hrs drive away from here. Didnt even recieve a mention on the news apart from kiters no one knew it was on. Y dont the public embrace it would b a better arguement than if yates win was soft or not

anyone remember steven bradbury? Now that was a soft win

hitch_hiker
hitch_hiker
WA
492 posts
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16 Feb 2011 9:37am


anyone remember steven bradbury? Now that was a soft win




At the end of the day after all is said and done, last man standing takes home the gold!
If the others were so much better athletes then they shouldn't have stumbled before the line...

Hopefully Andy can take all the haters criticism and use it as fuel for the fire to take his riding to the next level! Good luck Andy and all other Aussie riders for 2011... Aussie Aussie Aussie

p.s. Tommy123 the haters criticism comment isn't directed at you. More 'I'm a Knob Jockey Mag' (AKA IKSURF)
Tommy123
Tommy123
QLD
138 posts
QLD, 138 posts
16 Feb 2011 12:03pm

Bradbury ran a very strategic race, that trip wire was genius

i wasnt taking offence to comments i think that mag sounds like a bunch of wankers. Isnt the bigger picture that general publics got no idea who yates is or the pkra

we all know tiger woods who plays the most boring sport in the world, maybe yates needs a sex scandal
everyones doin it these days nrl afl cricket. Come on yates take one for the team


hitch_hiker
hitch_hiker
WA
492 posts
WA, 492 posts
16 Feb 2011 11:00am
bahaha good call

Maybe he should txt Warnie for a few tips!
tatkins
tatkins
QLD
344 posts
QLD, 344 posts
18 Feb 2011 1:00pm
Pffft....
People compare me to Hadlow all the time.


GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
18 Feb 2011 6:54pm
^^^ Pfft he's not so hot, all his fancy pants moves, oversized sunglasses, meal ticket sponsorships, hanger on-er mates and endless groupie chicks mean nothing.

He still pumps up his own kites, and not even with an electric pump!

(joking already!)
wdric
wdric
NSW
1625 posts
NSW, 1625 posts
19 Feb 2011 12:14am
Tommy123 said...
anyone remember steven bradbury? Now that was a soft win



Not so sure about that
A lot of years of hard work went into getting there and he made it into the last race that had the top 5 or 6 in the world, not a bad effort in anyones books
azbree
azbree
5 posts
5 posts
13 Mar 2011 3:01am
does andy compare to that hadlow vid?
INTHELOOP
INTHELOOP
QLD
1855 posts
QLD, 1855 posts
13 Mar 2011 9:09am
azbree said...

does andy compare to that hadlow vid?


who cares dude about comparing...
Andy is world champion and thats it- if Hadlow has the balls then he can come back and challenge Andy, if not then no need to compare the 2!

Basta!
Spacemonkey!
Spacemonkey!
SA
2288 posts
SA, 2288 posts
13 Mar 2011 1:56pm
Regardless of the reason, Andy has full right to say f-u to iksurf. Every kiter worth his salt knows it is a piece of sh/t mag, and by supporting mags like these they are not doing the sport any favors long term. If you still doubt Rou Chater is a rookie then perhaps read the email I sent in 2008, it's entitled: Your latest mag is....

Me
Shi/t house

Rou

Hi Tom,

Is that sh/t house as in good or bad? If good great, if bad maybe some feedback might help us improve. Let me know.

Cheers Rou

Me
F/ucken sh/t house

bigmark100
bigmark100
NSW
584 posts
NSW, 584 posts
13 Mar 2011 2:37pm
Spacemonkey! said...

Regardless of the reason, Andy has full right to say f-u to iksurf. Every kiter worth his salt knows it is a piece of sh/t mag, and by supporting mags like these they are not doing the sport any favors long term. If you still doubt Rou Chater is a rookie then perhaps read the email I sent in 2008, it's entitled: Your latest mag is....

Me
Shi/t house

Rou

Hi Tom,

Is that sh/t house as in good or bad? If good great, if bad maybe some feedback might help us improve. Let me know.

Cheers Rou

Me
F/ucken sh/t house




not sure what point you are making but you dont come across too wise in that correspondence.
Personally I think Rou's mag is the best Kitesurf mag out there, but there is not much in lines of competition.


sir ROWDY
sir ROWDY
WA
5378 posts
WA, 5378 posts
13 Mar 2011 12:08pm
bigmark100 said...

Personally I think Rou's mag is the best Kitesurf mag out there, but there is not much in lines of competition.


Are you f#cken serious? In what sense? I buy a mag solely for good photos and articles... This mag pretty much has none.
Spacemonkey!
Spacemonkey!
SA
2288 posts
SA, 2288 posts
13 Mar 2011 2:50pm
It's been discussed to death,

The editor has no idea about kitesurfing (what's good/bad)
He feeds off scraps, basically semi pro kiters whoring themselves out to get some coverage.
The photos themselves are all freebies, either donated by riders or by mag sponsors.
You pay for what you get, and the content is very average. In the day and age of the Internet I could just google search and find better pics. Unfortunately there is little money in the kiting industry so that means that pro photographers who actually are skilled at what they do find it much harder to get their stuff published from the mags who do actually pay. I don't want to read a mag that is a thinly veiled advert. There is no soul in IKSURF.
Charl dv
Charl dv
WA
2485 posts
WA, 2485 posts
13 Mar 2011 11:38pm
How's that douche that wrote that SB article trying to add me on fb.. yes i really want to be friends with the saggy beef curtain that just had to publicly advertise my fave spot as if it's got endless room for all those travelling kooks that put their kites in the trees and around the lamp posts.
azbree
azbree
5 posts
5 posts
16 Mar 2011 5:06am
haha this articles about hadlow yet everytime i mention hadlow every1s like who cares whos best what the **** do freestylers in your country talk about only aussie riders god forbid discussing whos the best if the people considered aint all aussies ,get your heads out of your arses yates is a dangle master ,just cause you win dont make you the best ,oh **** sorry yates is aussie so he must be the best lol

stereo types are hardly ever rite but this 1 could well be
Trant
Trant
NSW
601 posts
NSW, 601 posts
16 Mar 2011 11:57am
sir ROWDY said...

bigmark100 said...

Personally I think Rou's mag is the best Kitesurf mag out there, but there is not much in lines of competition.


Are you f#cken serious? In what sense? I buy a mag solely for good photos and articles... This mag pretty much has none.


I quite like the technique section to be honest and the reviews are a touch more honest than most, or at least they haven't simply been copied and pasted from the marketing dept of that brand.
www.iksurfmag.com/technique/

I've never been a big fan of any of the kiting magazines though, articles about people I don't know going on kite trips I don't care about don't really float my boat.
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