MuddyMrTimm

You wont break a trampa... 14ply is suggested for anyone 11-15 stone, you still wont break it... probably just bottom it out if youre getting any air. They may do a 16ply one, send Trampa an email... cant recommend these boards enough!

HQ are wicked kites and go quite cheap second hand. I started boarding with one of these - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HQ-Beamer-3-6m-Power-kite_W0QQitemZ250516262787QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportingGoods_Kites_Kitesurfing_CA?hash=item3a53eecf83 Good enough to learn in most conditions...still have it, still fly it. Nuff said... Most boards will do ya for a starter, any of the brands Weasel posted... I started on a KHEO Flyer. Upgraded to a Trampa about a year later. Just found this - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/scrub-vapour-with-scrub-channel_W0QQitemZ290360741289QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_SportingGoods_OtherSports?hash=item439ad94da9 Hah, with those two links id say thats you pretty much sorted Have fun.

Weasel - My current job is what ive been working towards, always wanted to work as an animator in TV & Film graphics... only took 6 years to get there! Hah. Just gotta keep working towards what ya want to do and take any crap job ya can until you get there... did a lot of self motivated projects at home while working in a corporate studio churning out bland un-inspirational crap! Gotta keep that head up but fuuuuudge did some of them jobs do my nut in! What is it you want to go into when ya finish? Yeah, the Graphics course always had about 100 people in the first year... that always gets knocked down to about 60 by the second due to drop out and people not pulling their weight. But yeah, good course. Dont suppose you know Alan Barnes at the Tremough campus? He was my old landlord and worked up there... awesome guy! That campus was still being built when I was there... well, I think half of it was there, it might have been extended or something. zimmer - kidding? of course not... deadly serious as always

Ah wicked man! Woodlane campus? I did the BA(Hons) Graphic Design, specialized in Animation / Moving image. Work as a 3D / 2D animator / motion graphics artist now. Yeah, Falmouth was a sweet place to live, though I feel I didn't make the most of it when I was down there!

Wow, a spoonful of sarcasm really sets this place alight Jon - Always a pleasure good sir! Always a pleasure Tom - Fo sho, SWATK get a little dead but everyone's super friendly! Weasel - Falmouth? That's where I went to uni (FCA)... wish I had never left! Man I miss living by the sea... little bit more of a media industry in Bristol though, unfortunately. What you doing down there? smithy - I have no idea.. I've met a few people about but hey, im the one with all the fur on my face... chances are you'd recognise me better than id recognise you Either way, once the Windzone has levelled itself back out and the oily gunk has sunk to the bottom again Im sure ill catch ya for a session! Been travelling to Saunton Sands quite a lot recently, that beach is AWESOME! Should be doing a Westward Ho mission soon with a few other guys if anyones up for that. beth - hey hey! Thanks for the welcome Zimmer - Thanks for pointing that out. Ill pop you on 'the list' Seriously though, sleep with one eye open. Or maybe both... winking for long periods of time may damage the muscles around you eyes or at a minimum get very uncomfortable. So erm, yeah... cheers for the welcomes guys Always up for an adventure so hopefully catch people on a beach soon!

Wow, what a sociable forum. I get two replies... from two people I already know Yeah, it does indeed suck to be me

That sucks dude, better to lose a kite than a life though. Still.. a tough call to make at the time.

Ill be there dude. Love snowboarding and cant wait to mix the two together!

That sucks, they'll be telling you ya cant drive a car properly next. Pfft. Fake beards, that's the answer to this situation!

Just to reiterate... RE-DIRECT!! RE-DIRECT!!! RE-DIRECT!!! enjoi

Hah, 'sup guys! Plans for the weekend? Think I might head to Saunton, winds looking 8mph easterly... which probably means more like 10-15. At leas it hope it does Not long till Brean is open again! I know theres a freestlye event on the 1st but im doing a cross country marathon thingy then. Will be heading down soon after though!

Just joined and here seemed like the best place to start! Bristol based landboarder, originally from South Wales. Usually fly at Weston and Saunton Sands... and Brean when its finally open again! Been flying for a fair few years and boarding for maybe 1 year. Should be off to the Snowkite Masters in Jan, avid snowboarder so cant wait to mix the two together! So yeah... erm, hey!