its about as good an idea as me going at a beehive with a can of spray and a ciggie lighter yesterday, ive got one day off work with a swollen face, but you should be able to get at least a couple of weeks with that innovation

Ok i relise how much power the kites have, iv also said about tying my HARNESS to the post not my legs or any other part of my body, with a short rope meaning if i was to come off the ground it wouldnt even be 1m, not 2 storys high.

And can anyone recommend a good beginners DVD?

Oh and whats a troll??

bah haha.... this is obviously a joke....

No one is this stupid... haha

Go for it mate... keep us posted...


ps. why are his posts stuck at 17....?

yeah under a brigde! and nah nobody else i know does kiteboarding around my bridge that i know of! some of u guys really need do get ya head out of ya ass's or is that what kiteboarding does to ya in ya do it for too long?

Bradlez said...

Bully said...

its about as good an idea as me going at a beehive with a can of spray and a ciggie lighter yesterday, ive got one day off work with a swollen face, but you should be able to get at least a couple of weeks with that innovation

lol but u knew it was a bad idea b4 u done it but u still done it right?

yeah king oath i knew it was a real sht idea but i was pissed off with them little black and gold buzzin bastards flying in me bedroom window stingin me cakes while i got the missus on the workbench so i went n dun it ennyway, the only thing i forgot to dun was record meself on top of a weak unstable stepladder with a flamethrower grinning whyle them beez were droppin out of mid air.

moral of the story, when you know your doing something fk stupid but just cant help it, get footage for the benefit of others at the very least

if you've already made your mind up that your going to do it, why ask for advice?
you've pretty much been told its a bad idea
this is assuming that your not a troll

You and me Brad are like two peas in a far out pod man...

We should totally go do this sometime, I learnt myself but I did it at a park in joondalup, The winds were more gusty there so I got to know how gusts work and I got launched really high and landed on the grass... its ok! The grass cushions your landing almost as much as sand or water do. I've got an old 14m Naish X3 you can have if you like, It's got a blown bladder but get a few bandaids and she'll be right.

why don't you tie your self directly to the post... like rope around your waist and all... then you will be 100% safe... no chance of taking off, or falling... this would give you 100% safety, yet you could still practice kite flying skillz...

The point is Brad, that no matter how short you make that anchor line, as soon as that kite powers up you're going to be off balance. You've moved the "pivot point" to an area behind you. Best case scenario, you get lift off your feet and knocked off balance. Worst, well, you get pounded. And you'll learn very little.
If you tied the harness is such a way that it can't move then, well, you're not going to learn anything that you couldn't learn with a $20 stunt kite. You need to be able to feel where the power kicks in.

There's a mass of collective knowledge on here and people get tired of beginners asking "ground breaking" questions over and over. Tethering's been tried before, it doesn't help for learning and can be bloody dangerous. If you try it, you're a fool.

p.s. If you want to see some real angst, ask if anyone's tried putting helium in the bladders before. Or post the Erik Eck video. Or ask what the best board leash is.

Know of a situation locally. a guy who got a 14 metre slingshot ? fuel i think for christmas , tied himslef to a bull bar behind his house in a park to learn.

FIXED POINT equals POTENTIAL rope broke , cleared fece , ambulance came ,, get real lessons , look at the big air section if you want to see how cool it can be. sport does not need bad press .