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you know probably one of the reasons for redoing his site and showcasing him as person is that there has been so much stuff about how Ruben is amazing and much better and all the other riders that have a wacky sense of humor and do stupid stuff for the camera, that everyone forgets that the guy has nothing left to prove to his peers or any member of the public as far as his abilities go.

 

he has grown up in a fairly different way of life to most, has seen more of the world and got more life experiences in his short life than many will ever manage and that will have shaped him as a person. doesnt make him any less of an indevidual than anyone else,

 

and Pieguy if the situation was reversed how much respect should he have for you..

 

 

"Hi Aaron, never met you before but really love your riding but i have lost all respect for you"

 

James

 

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Loosing respect... Loosing respect... Congradulations, Respect successfully lost.

 

Still love his riding though

 

What'd you expect from a landboarder..... I guess Alex Brown has lost his respect too:rolleyes:

 

 

Looking forward to seeing Arron V Lenten in Caberete... Now THATS going to be sick.....

 

How can you loose respect for him if you've never met him??

 

I had the pleasure last year. Top bloke...Seriously has no idea how great he really is.....

 

Mind you I've never met pie guy.......

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lol, i dont think he's really copying ruben.... i dont think he sounded too wierd, just sounded a bit scripted but nothing that wierd, he sounds like every other 18yr old on camera at his age :p and some dam impressive riding and music there aswell

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cant argue with that james - the faux american accent aside if any of us achieve half of what he has then you would be expecting some serious respect.

 

So why no respect for the man that is clearly head and shoulders above any one in the world. - pieguy?

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Think my accent would be screwed if I was only in the UK a month or two a year and having to drag myself all around the world!

 

His dad has a full on South African accent....Copying Ruben? Nah.... Isin't he from Holland yar?

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How can you judge someone's personality on 40 seconds of talking on an intro video to his site?

 

Surely you can only judge someone's character if you know them or have met them. Until that point most of us can only respect his skills and sheer balls for riding against the best in the world.

 

How many of us are doing that???

 

None of us.

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all he's done is be the driving force behind the evolution of freestyle kiteboarding for the last 3/4 years, proven he is the best in the world 3 consecutive times and be seriously good in waves, no grounds for respect there that i can see...:rolleyes:

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agreed the clip is hamfisted - trying to be summat he eveidently isn't - the lingo just doesn't seem to be the natural thing to say -but he's not a pro actor for goodness sake. I would say that he looks well down meself judging on appearances.

 

We live in such an age when peeps are judged by the first 10 seconds of what they say.

 

We also tend to put people on a pedastal to high and then spend the rest of the time just taking pot shots at them and bringing them down as low as we can

 

England football managers and Prime ministers spring to mind.

 

Sadly, it seems its No different with other high profile individuals as well.

 

Still the kiting speaks for itself and that's as it should be. Should be an epic site when launched.

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personaly i dont see anythin wrong with it:rolleyes:.. i think you guys are being to picky. admitably what he said did seem a bit scripted but derr... hes gonna have practiced before hand otherwise hes gonna be standing there going err..well...yeh..etc.

acting!?!? who cares about his acting!? hes a bloody kite surfer, i doubt hes planning any future acting career being as skillfull as he is..any way enough said, hope theres lots of new videos on his new site :D some of his tricks are just mind bobbling.

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The guy is a kitesurfing genius! I can't wait to see some of the new vids. (As James said before) he's a bit like Shaun White in the skate / snowboard world, has grown up in the sport and has travelled with it and his family and come out as what seems a nice bloke.

 

I am not sure about all the kitesurfing maths tho... "len10', "+lo" - whats that all about? :rolleyes: :)

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