Steve1599968621 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Yesterday was the first freestyle landboarding competition, hosted by Airbossworld. The day was a great success, in spite of little wind - out came the 18m Phantoms and 10.5 Blade and some pretty cool tricks were pulled! Congrats to Geoff (Brine Boy) for winning the mens and Charlotte (AirbossCharl) for winning the ladies. Some cool pics of the day >>>here Didn't get placed myself:rolleyes: but then wasn't expecting to - was well chuffed though that I won my first heat. Well done to everyone who took part and big thanks to Gary and Elly from Airboss for organising it - hard work but it paid off! Thanks too to the judges, marshalls and kitebitches;) who ran around after us/froze their butts off all day. Top day, and let's see more comps!!! Quote
borg-drone1 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Yeh Cool Day, Well Done By All....... VERY GOOD PIC'S....... Russ.... Airboss Club Member 6m Sammy Quote
Jonny Skyman Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 A good day was had by all...including us non-boarders. Congrat's to Geoff & Charlotte, worthy winners. Damn cold though!!! Same there was not bloody WINDchill to go with it!!! Quote
Dymar Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 Hi grats to all who took part, wish id made it my self but family calls dylan Quote
neo Posted October 18, 2004 Report Posted October 18, 2004 not a bad day... lots of faffing around though... ...and dissapointing to see that the lasses seemed to get tagged on as an afterthought to the main attempt. Even then, the scoring seemed a little bit skewed - not sure the end result fully reflected the same comp that I saw... still well done to all who took part - it was certainly entertaining... Quote
Steve1599968621 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Posted October 19, 2004 Honorable mentions must go out to Barney, Cory, Kai and Wes too. Barney and Cory - you deserved better, and given more wind I'm sure you would have got it. Next time! Quote
borg-drone1 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Thought Gary And Elle Provided Some Cool Prizes For The Winners. Great Day Complete With Burger Van Laid On.......... Quote
GaRRy Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 One thing to say. Sounds like you had a good time but next time a bit more notice plus not clashing with one of the biggest events of the year (x-zone) and im sure the event might of been truly awesome (not that it sounds bad). Quote
Steve1599968621 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Posted October 19, 2004 One thing to say. Sounds like you had a good time but next time a bit more notice plus not clashing with one of the biggest events of the year (x-zone) and im sure the event might of been truly awesome (not that it sounds bad). There was a slight problem with that, yeah! I think Airboss had always intened it to be just a local competition (east mids), in the hope that, should the KLA get off the ground, more regional comps could be organised, as the BKSF kind of do, only with more regions. (Gary Grayston from Airboss is a BKSF judge) In spite of the clash with events, a couple of the riders (Sam and Wes) did manage to do both. Quote
Steve1599968621 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Posted October 19, 2004 ...and dissapointing to see that the lasses seemed to get tagged on as an afterthought to the main attempt. ...But there were only 3 of them! And one of them wasn't going to do it. Quote
Woody1599968629 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 And Charlie. Don't forget your number 1 female rider! Quote
Steve1599968621 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Posted October 19, 2004 And Charlie. Don't forget your number 1 female rider! OOoops. Sorry Charlotte! 3 managed to do both events! Quote
Howard Marks Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Why were all you lot not down at the ho, seems like you missed out! Quote
neo Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 ...But there were only 3 of them! And one of them wasn't going to do it. can you blame her? I'm not sure I'd have wanted to compete... ...and I certainly wouldn't be encouraged to come back for the next one... Quote
Steve1599968621 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Posted October 19, 2004 can you blame her? I'm not sure I'd have wanted to compete... ...and I certainly wouldn't be encouraged to come back for the next one... What's the problem Graham? I thought you had a good day - there were only 3 girls so, they had three heats - a best of 3. They couldn't have the same structure as the men cos there were so few, and the reason it seemed 'tacked on' was that most of the men pre-registered for the comp before the day, so Gary and Elly could structure the heats. Quote
Kaiser Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 One thing to say. Sounds like you had a good time but next time a bit more notice plus not clashing with one of the biggest events of the year (x-zone) and im sure the event might of been truly awesome (not that it sounds bad). ?? biggest event of the year ?? what about that car boot I had to miss on the sunday, been looking forward to that for months, all year in fact! oh well:( Quote
adamski Posted October 19, 2004 Report Posted October 19, 2004 Good event. Sam was gutted that he couldn't compete in his final heat but the Phantom just wouldn't launch in that low wind:( Ahh well. next time perhaps there will be 3 juniors so they get a mention. Quote
Steve1599968621 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Posted October 19, 2004 Yeah, was very disappointing to see Sam have to bow out like that. If only there had been more wind, the Phantoms would have come into their own and we would have had a different competition. Quote
Jonny Skyman Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 Yeah, was very disappointing to see Sam have to bow out like that. If only there had been more wind, the Phantoms would have come into their own and we would have had a different competition. On that subject, i was just wondering ( as total brainless on boading and comps).....in big competitions do riders fall into seperate catagories for kite size and type. Or is it just a case of 'Fly what you want and do the best tricks you can' Quote
Steve1599968621 Posted October 20, 2004 Author Report Posted October 20, 2004 On that subject, i was just wondering ( as total brainless on boading and comps).....in big competitions do riders fall into seperate catagories for kite size and type. Or is it just a case of 'Fly what you want and do the best tricks you can' Kite choice would be up to the competitors, as long as it wasn't considered too dangerous by the judges. The only catergorization is age (juniors/adults) and sex. Quote
neo Posted October 30, 2004 Report Posted October 30, 2004 What's the problem Graham? I thought you had a good day - there were only 3 girls so, they had three heats - a best of 3. They couldn't have the same structure as the men cos there were so few, and the reason it seemed 'tacked on' was that most of the men pre-registered for the comp before the day, so Gary and Elly could structure the heats. I should probably point out that I'm not graham. I've expressed my humble opinion... I don't ask you to like it, or agree Quote
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