C kites are too dangerous...
C kites are to hard to use...
C kites don't fly very well...
"Your kite is all tangled, you're out of control! quick land it!" (flying a 2 liner at the time, person had never actually seen a 2 line inflatable)...
Boots are bad for your knees...
You can't go upwind on a wakeboard...
Have you seen Cabs 2011 bindings (talking about goose loops)...
How do you fly your kite with that small bar...

wear a life jacket

sir ROWDY said...



How do you fly your kite with that small bar...

"Isnt that a bit personal?"

ashkiter said...

deXtrous said...

'can I have a go?'

I've heard this one before too... "sure why not, just don't let go"

More generous than I ever was..

Closest I ever came to letting a non-kiter use my gear was when a kid asked if he could fly my kite. I said no ofcourse but I did let him use by twin tip as a boogie board. Yep. The sad look on his face was priceless as he was floating around the flat water at Botany Bay.

"is that fun?"

another time an old guy came up n started chatting, telling me his an experienced sailor n asked if he can hold the bar "I want to feel the power of the kite"... After explaining that a) if u grab the bar u will send me looping down the beach killing myself and any others in the way and b) u won't appreciate the "power" anyway as it's taken through ur waist/body he grabbed the bar off me anyway! Had to fight his hand off the bar... Unbelievable! Like wat gives him the right, even after telling him how dangerous that could be.

"The new kites are so easy and safe virtually anybody/even I can do it."

Sadly both idiot noobs with no co-ordination or common sense (not to mention lessons) in any other aspect of their lives AND a some kite retailers a few years back were banging out the same routine.

I have a few choice morsels fired my way when I was the only guy that used to kite one beach in the US when I lived there. The two top ones would have to be:

1)When I was packing up (wearing a full steamer at the time) I got asked by one woman "Did you just parachute in?" WTF? "Um no, it's a kite".

2) Old bloke walks up not overly impressed and says "Yeah, I used to have one of them attached to my boat"......... Somehow I don't think so tiger

"Once you go up in the air, how do you get back down again?"

"Do you need wind for that?"

wave knave said...

''why are they wearing boardies over their wetsuits'' ?

That's not a dumb question - but it does have a dumb answer.

"Has that board got some sort of swivel on it cause i noticed you were riding both ways?"

"Whats with the snowboard boots?" WTF idiot.... go play in traffic

Arguing with a fool proves there are two.
Doris M. Smith

' As soon as you pull the deflate valve they always say
" ohhhh so it has air in it i wondered how it floats"



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gspotxtreme said...



"Kitesurfing is way easier (read - less skillful) than windsurfing"

From a windsurfer who has never tried to kite.

It is... Easier that is!

Non-kiter: What do you do on the weekend?
Kiter: i go kitesurfing.
Non-kiter: is that the sport where you stand on a board with the sail attached to it?
Kiter: er... no... kitesurfing uses a kite.