You try a new trick, crash your kite and the leading edge deflates like the economy. Your pump is in the car and you can't be bothered going to fetch it.

When can you use somebody else's kite pump?

* when you are more than 50m from yours
* when its next to their bag
* when its in their bag and you have to rummage for it
* when you ask them
* when you promise to refill their scuba tank
* never

I used a random guys pump that was next to his bag and he got all shirty? i mean it was a piece of crap anyway and i took ages to get my leading edge to a decent pressure. was i in the wrong?

if there is a lonely pump on the beach with no one around to ask. It cant be wrong to use it.

^^^^^ I'm with Geoff

Yep, go for it.

How about taking your own pump with you?
I don`t have a problem with people using my pump with out asking, but put it BACK where you found it! A couple of times I`ve found it next to someone elses bag.

airush geoff said...

I take all the time- why not ? and others are free to use mine... just if you break it you must replace it.

Best way to do it. Have some common decency and respect for your fellow kiter's gear if you borrow it and there should be no problem.

D

I have had three pumps taken from the beach at South Cott over last summer so i have decided this year to be "pump free" and try and survive a summer without one. Yes it's a pain in the #$%@ but i can't believe how many low life’s are around that would nick a pump that has very limited use outside the sport. Put your name on your pump in permanent marker and a phone number.

On the flip side when i have left the pump in the dunes overnight after a big session i was pleasantly surprised that it was still there in the morning, maybe people are not that bad after all ?

Is there anything else in the world worse than busting your pump when the wind is crankin' and you want to get on the water ? What ya gonna do - go to the shop and buy a new one while you miss a session ?

That said I only borrow a pump when I break one or forget mine... and if there is someone to ask I ask...

phrase said...

How about taking your own pump with you?
I don`t have a problem with people using my pump with out asking, but put it BACK where you found it! A couple of times I`ve found it next to someone elses bag.

I always take my own, but then people borrow it and never return it, so I have been stuck without one as a result of this. I always wait for someone to come off the water though and then I'll ask if I could use theirs.
Doesn't bother me when others use my pump, but please return it and don't run off with it!
R

All the stolen pumps are at Will's house.

He is a gay South African haridresser that lives in Scarborough Perth, but i wouldn't put it past him to travel interstate to steal pumps from over east as well.

Hide your pumps.......

no way, i use my pump, then use a spare leash and connect it to the back of my kiteboard, making sure no-one can grab it. causes a bit of spray behind me and a bit of drag, but......

wtf?... its a pump. of course u can use it!

puppetonastring said...

meerkat said...
I used a random guys pump that was next to his bag and he got all shirty?

WTF - I certainly hope that he was very very random.
It'll be a sad day for kiting if this ever becomes the norm.
Surely its all part of the game. Launch & land, share a pump, retreive a board, save a kite, whatever. Its the sorta sport it is. Isnt it

used to be

This is a location thing...eg Exmouth, anyone can use my pump any time. Woodies, don't come to Woodies without a pump expecting to use someone else's....yea, you can use it, but not with pleasure....get your own figgen pump and maintain it, just like your other gear. No one likes parasites.

Kalavas said...

If someone asked to borrow my pump I'd be "no problem, mate" without exception. However, getting in and finding my pump tossed haphazardly in the sand next to my bag, after packing it away carefully with everything else before I went out, pisses me the **** off.

Have a civil tongue in your head and ask, you know? And treat it with a little respect.

I agree, I don't mind lending my pump, sometimes you forget your own, or say when I was in Melbourne at the beginning of the year, I had to catch the tram to the beach, on a couple of occasions, so I left the pump at home, one less thing to carry. But, I never used a pump without asking, and I always put it back in the guys bag!

Most of the kite company pumps are pretty robust, but like most gear, sand seems to be the killer, so I definitely wouldn't be happy if someone borrowed my pump and dumped it in the sand with the intake hole buried!

I think lending gear and helping each other out, keeping an eye out for people in trouble is what makes the sport special. I've even had the guy who runs the kite school at Halying Island here in the UK lend me a bar because one of my lines snapped in a tangle!

boo burns boo burns

Mr float said...

qwerto said...

Borrowing my pump is always cool. But when some kiters do a sneaky switcheroo with their broken pump i get very annoyed!

your kidding ,WTF .this sport is goin to the dogs

yes it is, so give it up...please?