Windxtasy said...

Have you been in the river lately?

I remember years ago sailing in the river.
All that fresh water coming down from the hills is freezing.

Stop sailing in the river and head to the ocean, it's warmer and the wind in the fronts are more consistent.

marco gribi said...

Sue - Our Flying Objects site uses flash, so you will need a later version to access it.

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Groan. Your web site could win an award for the most useless site ever built. Nothing pisses people off more than sitting watching buildings shaking, and stupid birds and flying saucers poncing about while clicking away to try and get some information. Grrrrrrrr!

I eventually found something I could click that gave me some half decent pictures.

Questions. Do you have any sizing information for the gloves? I want gloves that fit snugly so they don't balloon up with water, but not so tight that they cause cramps. Also, prices and places or web sites to buy them? (hopefully not put together by your current idiot web designers.)

PS Googling "flying objects flux gloves" returns a bunch of dead links and some useful stuff about safety for electricians. Grrrr. I spit on your web site! [}:)][}:)][}:)]

haha love it barny

Silly me. I thought that clicking on Products would actually show the list of products that were for sale.

I didn't know that clicking on Products made the buildings rise up, and the little sound effect play, and the product category menus flash across the screen too fast to look at.

At least I got to look at the product menu flashing down the screen while I waited. There must be some Flash version issues as well. I had to check several different pages before the products actually appeared.

Anyway, in terms of glove sizing, I would like some guidance to the size of hand that the manufacturer calls S, M, L etc. Glove specialists usually have a table with the measurements across the palm and correlate them to the sizes. Some guidance as to the ideal fitting would be good. Wetsuit gloves are a disaster if they are not tight fitting

Seems OK to me Gorgo, but then I am obviously not as intelligent or as good at spitting as yourself.
The Severne Reflex II site gives me grief every time I visit so DONT go there Gorgo.

Everybody has different tastes and we certainly welcome feedback, although we may not always agree or listen to it

Our website is designed to be a mixture of being interactive, telling a story and informative about our products / brand. For those that are not familiar with FO we are a Perth based company making Windsurfing products since the 80's, hence the buildings (Perth CBD) rising from the water. I think that the Flying Objects are pretty self explanatory, we thought it was funny and Ben wanted a Flying Pig on the website.

When first loading the site it can take a bit longer for the menu's / images to load but once these are in the cache it becomes much quicker. Again it takes a bit of navigation to find some information but we wanted people to explore the site. You learn some lessons, make some changes and hopefully the site only gets better.

Our Gloves are made from a high stretch neoprene and they are a tight fit but this does not limit movement as the Flex is taken into account in the pre-curved shaping.
Regarding the Glove sizing below is our size chart.



Cheers,

Windxtasy said...

Now that's really helpful, thanks Marco. Can't complain about the service...
The small gloves are pretty close to my hand measurements too. Yay!

Hi Gorgo,

I would say the first measure of consideration is the hand length, if this is way too short then the most discomfort will be experienced at the finger tips. The pre-curve shape will pull in the fingers and the end will pull in a bit tight.

From your measure I would say the best average will be the M

Cheers,

LeStef said...

After sailing in Hobart, I always started the day with a thermos of warm (not boiling !) water poured down the booties and wetsuit . Always better start than the freezing water...

What a good idea.

Thanks for all your replies, people.
This morning I went out and bought a pair of polypropylene socks and a pair of windsurfing/kitesurfing split toe booties. I feel like a two toed sloth wearing them, but they are remarkably comfortable and don't interfere with sensation under the feet much. I can almost feel the texture of my bedroom carpet through the sole.
Now for some wind...

Marco, I tried some FO booties but they were too wide for my feet.

Ok I want a neoprene hood/ beanie do I have to get a diving one or do they make them for surfing sailboarding and if so any recommended ones?

You are better of spending money on a decent wetsuit than spending a bit here and there on little things to try to keep warm.

Past the solstice now, summer is on it's way!