bondi rescue

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matty19
matty19
WA
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15 Apr 2008 9:38pm
hey stamp i saw you start a notice on the forum called (WIND STRENGTH IN EGYPT) go get em cobber your a great ambassador for the sport & the country....pause... not
stribo
stribo
QLD
1628 posts
QLD, 1628 posts
15 Apr 2008 11:42pm
This ones better than the bondi debarcle

And this one made me laugh way harder


I know I know they've been posted before but this is the place for them [}:)]
merman
merman
QLD
431 posts
QLD, 431 posts
15 Apr 2008 11:49pm
stribo

all in good fun and cheekyness but



sit on the rough end of a pineapple

#

WA style!!!

#
merman
merman
QLD
431 posts
QLD, 431 posts
16 Apr 2008 12:03am
sorry stribo re edit
puppetonastring
puppetonastring
WA
3619 posts
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15 Apr 2008 10:05pm
TheMedic said...
I have had sex longer than that.


So the sniffer pack worked for you then medic [}:)]
Good to hear
puppetonastring
puppetonastring
WA
3619 posts
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15 Apr 2008 10:11pm
lovey said...

they should have put that footage in the previous show...that bloke is definately australia's biggest loser


ROFL - Classic Gold
Funny as ... and still the truth
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
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15 Apr 2008 10:39pm
Seen worse at Leighton but with more people on the beach.
Kinda feel sorry for the bondi rescue dude.
elmo
elmo
WA
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15 Apr 2008 11:34pm
merman
merman
QLD
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16 Apr 2008 3:31am
whot!!! is this thread dead already???? common peoples!!!
junglist
junglist
VIC
701 posts
VIC, 701 posts
16 Apr 2008 8:14am
And the moral of the story.......

Kitesurfing can make you look like a twat!

but surfing can break your neck!



harrytesties
harrytesties
133 posts
133 posts
16 Apr 2008 7:18am
Lincoln said...

i've waited all week to see this and it was all over in 30seconds


wow sounds like something a girl i was once in a long distance relationship with once said to me..... oh the memories....
btw.. now its all over.... hands up who thinks it was staged.... just like i said on page two... score one for the testies
laff77
laff77
NSW
273 posts
NSW, 273 posts
16 Apr 2008 9:29am
Did anyone notice that they changed the advertisment for the episode????

A few days ago the voice over was something like "Its the latest craze to hit Bondi Beach"

Last night before the show started the ad was totally different, saying something about Kitesurfing. Guess they must have been told off as the first line would probably encourage more people to go kiting on Bondi Beach.....
stamp
stamp
QLD
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16 Apr 2008 9:50am
matty19 said...

hey stamp i saw you start a notice on the forum called (WIND STRENGTH IN EGYPT) go get em cobber your a great ambassador for the sport & the country....pause... not


hey matty it was an ACCIDENT alright! get off my case already.

bigmark100
bigmark100
NSW
584 posts
NSW, 584 posts
16 Apr 2008 9:51am
Well it certainly wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, I dont think KS has been damaged in anyway. the three possible spinal injuries might have brought this into perspective. Definately pretty embarressing for Grant.
It shouldnt have taken a lifeguard to tell him it was unsafe to kite because there were lots of people swimming , so I still feel he got what he deserved.
Hopefully we can all learn from this.

walshd
walshd
SA
601 posts
SA, 601 posts
16 Apr 2008 9:36am
Yep that footage sucked big time. I were so dissapointed. I saw more on the shorts than they aired on the show.

Plus I've seen worse at home here with a noob and a seawall, he got scraped ontop of the seawall but was ok. just bruising and scratches but he wasnt familiar with his quick release (the noob).

Did you see his kite get raped on those poles! I'd hate to see the repair bill. Maybe he can do a warranty dodge and say he just dumped the kite into the water.

Oh well, at least this thread was the best value i've read for a while!
Foot
Foot
NSW
57 posts
NSW, 57 posts
16 Apr 2008 10:12am
Bondi rescue???? What a crock of ****e!!!!

3x collars and 3x ambulance for blokes with a stiff neck. Where did these budgy smuggling ****ers get their paramedic training? Cambodia?? Who bankrolls these clowns?? I hope not my tax dollars.
Can't believe I wasted my time tuning into that drivel....
Booo... I want my money back.
sbray
sbray
SA
350 posts
SA, 350 posts
16 Apr 2008 10:31am
Capt.Gumby said...

Channel ten kept if fairly low key I thought. Certainly could have really bagged they guy but even mentioned how the safety jammed.


Channel 10 DID NOT keep this "low key" !!!!

The producers & directors of the "Bondi Rescue" program kept it "low key". They did a pretty good job of giving a realistic show (albeit a short show) of what was presented to them. Considering what (facts???) have been discussed here on Seabreeze it seemed to marry up with the story.

Channel 10 on the other hand seemed to BEAT this up worse than a Barry Hall football match !!

It was the Channel 10 Promo ads that got to me;
"The adventure sport breaking all the rules" was the classic last night.


Channel 10 ...."Beating its meat, like it owes it money" ...as usual.......should not have been surprised

ade r
ade r
NSW
102 posts
NSW, 102 posts
16 Apr 2008 11:36am
elmo said...




something off topic, but: when riding waves like this, or even much smaller - how much wind acceleration do you run into with the wind going up and over the wave, does it catch people out?
island girl
island girl
13 posts
13 posts
16 Apr 2008 9:57am
sbray said...

Capt.Gumby said...

Channel ten kept if fairly low key I thought. Certainly could have really bagged they guy but even mentioned how the safety jammed.


Channel 10 DID NOT keep this "low key" !!!!

The producers & directors of the "Bondi Rescue" program kept it "low key". They did a pretty good job of giving a realistic show (albeit a short show) of what was presented to them. Considering what (facts???) have been discussed here on Seabreeze it seemed to marry up with the story.

Channel 10 on the other hand seemed to BEAT this up worse than a Barry Hall football match !!

It was the Channel 10 Promo ads that got to me;
"The adventure sport breaking all the rules" was the classic last night.


Channel 10 ...."Beating its meat, like it owes it money" ...as usual.......should not have been surprised




yup....have to agree there!!!
waveslave
waveslave
WA
4263 posts
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16 Apr 2008 10:06am
Foot said...

Bondi rescue???? What a crock of ****e!!!!




When the Bondi-dude was getting death-dragged across the beach by the psycho kite....
as I was watching that on TV, I was involuntarily yelling out;
"Jump on him, jump on him" !
Because that's what you should do if you ever see this stuff happening in front of you.
You need to think fast....
and you need to sprint run, not jog.
And when you catch up to him, you jump on him.
lol.
That's what those clubbies should have done.
(The show's called Bondi Rescue, isn't it ) ?

I'm guessing the kite was maybe a 10m and the wind speed maybe 18 knots, fairly onshore.
If the wind had been say 25 knots, the outcome may have been a lot worse.
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
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16 Apr 2008 12:31pm
I thought the problems were obvious:

- Not enough downhaul/outhaul. Had it bagged waaaay out.
- Boom was set ridiculously high.
- Harness lines set ridiculously long.

Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14955 posts
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16 Apr 2008 1:09pm
evlPanda said...

I thought the problems were obvious:

- Not enough downhaul/outhaul. Had it bagged waaaay out.
- Boom was set ridiculously high.
- Harness lines set ridiculously long.




hmm, could be right panda.

or it could have been he had an palm down grip on his bar.

i think the dude was lucky, you can see just as he was about to get lofted again after the wall incident the kite suddenly colapsed. if it had of powered on he was a gonna.
harrytesties
harrytesties
133 posts
133 posts
16 Apr 2008 12:34pm







i think the dude was lucky, you can see just as he was about to get lofted again after the wall incident the kite suddenly colapsed. if it had of powered on he was a gonna.


what was he a gonna do...?
bigmark100
bigmark100
NSW
584 posts
NSW, 584 posts
16 Apr 2008 2:55pm
RACE ON. keep bondi going!
Cal
Cal
QLD
1003 posts
Cal Cal
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16 Apr 2008 3:00pm
Yay, this thread can finally die.

Thank you all for posting vids of other stuff throughout this thread. You kept my sanity amidst all the *&^%

As for kiting at Bondi etc. Um.. Enough said I think. Lets keep our beaches open by doing the right thing.

Good he wasnt hurt though.
Beer Bong
Beer Bong
WA
350 posts
WA, 350 posts
16 Apr 2008 1:41pm
So what happened at Bondi ? Did someone hurt themselves ?
NJPornstar
NJPornstar
WA
790 posts
WA, 790 posts
16 Apr 2008 2:56pm
Yeh what happened in the end?

Good or Bad?

In Gero there's a lot of wind and waves,
we can park our cars on the beach for free,
but we dont have channel 10
890Falcon
890Falcon
NSW
383 posts
NSW, 383 posts
16 Apr 2008 5:33pm
Grant I think its time after seven years of kiting to loose the leg rope.

Pornstar dont rub it in after my kiting holiday an Gero I cant get motivated on the east coast anymore.

As for the accident I think the punters on seabreeze hyped it more than channel 10 did.

Great publicity for Cabrinha kites.

Bring back the kiting at Brighton they were the good old days , no tv cameras plenty of room for everyone and those big airs we all loved boosting behind the pool fence.
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
WA, 9106 posts
16 Apr 2008 3:38pm
Can't believe when it all stopped that he just sat there.
Called someone over....
Classic.
au_rick
au_rick
WA
752 posts
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16 Apr 2008 4:33pm
is it just me, or does anyone else have the suspicion that this was all a setup ??
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