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who cares if theyre common. it's cos theyre good surely. jeez i cant talk, mine's a gt aggressor, but i like it!

dream job indeed! im doing a month out in kenya/tanzania this summer heading up kili for charity and then working on maintenance at a school in tanzania, but my real priority would be endangered species work. might end up out there permanently depending on how things go. involved in a fair bit of conservation type stuff here in the UK at the moment

red and grey dude should be riding a scrub vapour after christmas too. tried one out and really liked the way it felt

if anyone's desperate to see it, pm me and i might be able to suggest somewhere you can find it for download. dont wanna post it on here though

ah this was back in the summer. not been back down there for a while but tend to try and get there whenever im home if the wind is right. i usually drive through the fitties and park at the yacht club. last time i was down i stayed down that end. will give you a shout next time im coming back from uni. should be on my 13m venom then

being a farmer/farmer's son myself i can say categorically that i thankfully know of no dairy farms within a pretty huge radius of ours where the cows don't live outside for the most part. they bring them into the sheds at times but only when there isnt grass (snow) and to protect them from the extreme weather in the winter on the whole. reasoning being, cows fed on green grass, not only produce the best quality milk but also the largest quantity milk. this makes it cheaper and easier for the farmer to make more money and have healthier stock, which, for any real farmer, matters more to them than a lot of people realise. whether im in lincolnshire or leeds, i would have to physically seek out milk that wasnt from outdoor cows. perhaps that's just another good thing about living in the rural north and since it costs so much to transport liquids, you can always be sure that supermarkets stock local milk from local dairies talking of student budgets, i know just what you mean. I only buy free range eggs, but then i feel there only should be free range eggs, and i only buy british where i can. no danish bacon for me haha, and a plea to everyone, when you're buying meat, or in fact any produce, look for the little red tractor symbol. british grown, british farmed, british assured. if the consumer doesnt support the british farmer, who will?? certainly not our government!

that's brilliant!! so which one of those likely lads are you then?

where near clee do you fly dude, down humberston sands end? what kites do you fly? might well have seen you down there. when i first got my super 10 there were a few big lei's up just sat there not moving a bit closer to clee from where i was, but i was right down by the yacht club jim

been reading this and other similar topics with a lot of interest. i would never have believed that saving a few gramms here and there was actually that worth while. but then i dont have my board yet so i suppose i shall find out soon enough!

yeah i think you're right. having read it again i can see your point. it was on the tail end of having to deal with something else not on this board that WAS an attack and WAS anti-anyonenotwhitebritish, and so for that i apologise. it is certainly not in my nature to type before i think. as for aggression, lol im actually not an aggressive person whatsoever. my low post rate can be attributed to my naturally shy nature. my apologies again jim

Of that I agree but how could I not mention her a fine point, well made

better f***ing watch yourself sunshine! for one thing lilia is hot, but what does being foreign have to do with anything?! my missus is half polish, gonna take issue with that too?? folk like you need to be made foreign, governor of your own little 5 sq m island or perhaps sinking you in international waters would be more appropriate

i must admit, i eat a lot of meat and dont especially want to give up eating meat, BUT i have been trying to find out how i can get on and be healthier if i were to eat less of it. a family friend is a vegan yet built like a brick outhouse. Im currently trying to gain a stone or so, from 12 stone to 13-13.5 but wanting to gain it in muscle. i do a fair bit of running, cycling and weight training on top of my kiting exercise, and he says i can achieve what i want to easily without having to stuff my face with read meat etc thoughts?

fearne cotton oh and suzi perry

haha hadnt actually seen that, but that looks well cool! good to see one of the best arsing around like the rest of us!

how much does it generally cost to have the spar pocket on a venom repaired? im sure a few of you have had to have it done cheers in advance jim

are you following the kite across the wind or downwind? if you're working across it you should be able to go back in the other direction, but as logic dictates, if youve gone directly downwind you will end up walking

dno about all this waste a whole chunk of cash business think mine cost me 15-20 quid down in newquay a couple years ago. cant beat blasting down the shallows on it. half the fun is wondering when it will inevitably hit some sand and throw you off when i was younger i always enjoyed throwing one down and riding it a little way but with a kite i can go a long long way on it. I dont care about riding waves with it, but then i dont actually kitesurf yet. i think this thread has established that the skimboard is not for you kiteingcolin, but it has also established that there are a whole lot of people out there who do get a lot of fun and enjoyment from them. I do think giving james a hard time was uncalled for too, he's a kite flyer same as the rest of us, just because he happens to be lucky enough to have his hobby as his job, as i do with music, is no reason to make him feel any less welcome. thats my 2 cents worth Jim

thanks a lot dude! yeah it just looked to me like id have the 15 in its bag most of the winter once the 20+ winds set in im trying not to let myself spend the money on a V but it might just happen by accident ya know

of course, if im mistaken, someone give me the low down on phantoms

might seem a daft question, perhaps a bit how long is a bit of string, but what do our winds on the east side get up to over winter. just sizing up an arc and want it to cover a large wind range but want to be able to use it over winter a lot

i meant that its higher aspect ratio and doesnt have the float that the guerilla has. popular opinion does seem that it isnt such a forgiving kite, and doesnt transfer to the water quite so well, which makes it less suitable for what im looking for. like i say, i tried a venom for a while, just to see if i liked the way arc's felt, but that's it

what krab's do you guys use to clip in with? ive been using a DMM wiregate for ease of one handed clip ins, because it's easily rated more than high enough for personal lifting and i cant see any way it can undo itself, so no need to faff about with a screwgate, and dont even get me started on the ball lock 'biners

been offered a mint 15m GII with PL04 bar. is that too big with winter approaching? i hope not, cos it looks great. what's the depower like on a G2? im looking and seeing 20 something winds starting to roll in next week. but im also unsure what kinds of winds we see in the winter with it being my first winter season kiting. I weigh roughly 78kg and wonder if my sights should be firmly set on 13m kites or not cheers again jim

right so what im understanding is a phantom is no first arc at all, its majorly high A/R and will hurt me, the guerilla is much smoother and floatier thus more forgiving to me which sounds like a fine idea! question is now, G1 or G2?? a lot of people say the G2 is faster but i read that the G1 gets going in lower winds and auto zenith's a lot lot better? thoughts? before i go nuts lol