Yeah, if we have another season like this, I'm going to talk a few mates into getting a Zephyr or Riot LW and a skim board together.

Saffer said...

I'm still trying to find an donor clinic that will allow me donate enough sperm to get together the $3000 required for a flysurfer 15m.

21m Deluxe.
Your not gonna be able to walk let alone kite when you've finished 'fund raising' for that one.

A flysurfer and a hydrofoil board - 5knots

kitesurfjim said...

Seriously you guys are desperate.
In what world is mowing the lawn in 5 knots remotely interesting????

What Victoria needs is a Proper Cable Park, not the 2.0 system but a full on proper wake cable, this adequately alleviates the no wind boredom.

+1

Pardon my ignorance but ... What's the "system 2.0"?

Its a twin tower cable system set up in the lake at caribeen gardens.www.urbanridercable.com/vic well worth checking out.

kitesurfjim said...

Cables are Massive in the UK right now.

yes. indeed they are.

looking at prob 1.4 million with the lake and all. Thats before buying the land. The reason European and American cable parks make a profit(or survive) is because the massive population difference, ie America has over 250 million people and Australia has around 25 million people.

If you work out the number of people that would use a cable park i think we are doing pretty good to have a system 2.0. Its all down to demographics. Maybe you should go back to the U.K.

Ha ha loving it almost worth getting the popcorn out.

The System 2.0 is designed as a semi portable system and i am certain that if you had a relationship and agreement with Parks Vic you could run this and promote it much more, ie demo days in the kiddie Pool during St kilda Fest etc.

Plus who said you have to buy the land???
i only know of one cable in the UK where the lake is owned, being a recreational sport and it's nature most governments will give assistance and grants.
The company behind a cable (a german company i think) actually come over and fit the whole system and prepare the lake and the pylons and concrete as part of the package, they also recommend that you run a shop and restaurant to attract more customers and additional revenue.

Now Sleek1 Suggesting i should go home, now thats not nice is it really?
This isn't another whinging Pome, i simply trying to give suggestions to alleviate your Light wind Boredom.

As for The American thing i've been to OWC and it isn't busy. and the population thing dude CWC in the Philippines is a massively successful cable park in a third world country, not to mention the Cable Park in Cape Town.

kitesurfjim said...

Ha ha loving it almost worth getting the popcorn out.

The System 2.0 is designed as a semi portable system and i am certain that if you had a relationship and agreement with Parks Vic you could run this and promote it much more, ie demo days in the kiddie Pool during St kilda Fest etc.

It'd be **** in the kiddie pool. Either too shallow or too choppy. It's pretty good in carribean gardens. I've been a few times, i'd probably go more if it wasn't as expensive... It's not overly priced, i'm just poor... But seriously it's a good option with the lack of wind we've had this year!

craggers said...

Funnily enough i would have been if i had realised previous mentions of this were for real, and not like telling the new appy to arrange a skyhook. a bit stunned when i clicked that link and realised this thing existed.

oh yeh... sleek... hey mate, how you going.... ah for your reference... Perth, population 1.2 mil, and has a profitable cable park. This unreliable test case example posing as unequivocable research completely nulls your unreliable estimated hypothesis posing as resounding proof.

ps. i distinctly remember seeing winching for the first time ever (in fact i hadnt even heard of it). it was at St Kilda fest, about 3 years back, kinda near the orange umbrellas. from a little paddle pool, to a rail slide, into second paddle pool.

Hi D!ck head, If you read the full post i am sure that you might see that i am actualy wanting people to ride the system 2.0(hardly a cable park) so that they can see if it would be profitable in Melbourne.But the amount of People turning up is looking at Not being profitable. So Turn Up! And give us a link to this Perth cable park!!!

The bad news is this may be La Nina (Opposite of El Nino) which may mean we have to put up with another 7 years of this crappy wind. Light wind kites may become the norm, but lets hope thats not the case or we'll start looking forward to winter kiting.