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Pleased to announce...

Maven454 - 1-10-2010 at 11:48 AM

I am now a regional rider for Windzup, the Ozone distributor for the USA. Honestly, this makes me giddy :smilegrin::wee::smilegrin:.

Maven454 - 1-10-2010 at 11:52 AM

P.S. Dino, you can now justifiably poke fun at me for mentioning Ozone :lol:.

Todd - 1-10-2010 at 12:08 PM

Congratulations Jim now bring on the discounts!

shehatesmyhobbies - 1-10-2010 at 12:25 PM

Congrats Jim:thumbup: See you at WW

kiteNH - 1-10-2010 at 12:44 PM

Sweet. What is a regional rider?

awindofchange - 1-10-2010 at 12:45 PM

Congrats Jim. Glad things worked out for you and I know you will do a good justice to an awesome brand.

Maven454 - 1-10-2010 at 12:47 PM

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Originally posted by kiteNH
Sweet. What is a regional rider?


Similar to a team rider. I represent them on here, at gatherings, and to people in general and they sell me my kites at a discount.

ripsessionkites - 1-10-2010 at 01:09 PM

basically like a shop rider?

can you drive well? maybe you should try NABX, Eurocups or Worldcup to show your presence.

you might have to ditch the Flows though and size up from whatever Vapor I use on the Y.Gt to match me. most of the guys on the WC size up one from the Vapors to keep up.

Maven454 - 1-10-2010 at 01:14 PM

Racing not required. Just as well, since my only buggy is a PL Folding :D. I'm not out to push the performance envelope, my goal is to introduce new people to the sport I love and my favorite brand of kites. If someone is willing to give me a discount on my gear to do that, it's a bonus!

ripsessionkites - 1-10-2010 at 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by Maven454
Racing not required. Just as well, since my only buggy is a PL Folding :D. I'm not out to push the performance envelope, my goal is to introduce new people to the sport I love and my favorite brand of kites. If someone is willing to give me a discount on my gear to do that, it's a bonus!


thats cool!!! :spin:

erratic winds - 1-10-2010 at 02:02 PM

Congratulations!

Now lets get you into some snowkiting, someone needs to be able to school Schenk at the races :D

DAKITEZ - 1-10-2010 at 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by Maven454
P.S. Dino, you can now justifiably poke fun at me for mentioning Ozone :lol:.


I knew it! I knew you were up to no good :ticking:

congrats to you :thumbup:

doublespeed360 - 1-10-2010 at 02:17 PM

way to go maven let me demo some stuff . opk

chudalicious - 1-10-2010 at 09:50 PM

Wow! Very exciting! :bouncing:

Congrats!
(don't tell me they made you ditch the kitty?)

Kamikuza - 1-10-2010 at 09:51 PM

Good stuff! :thumbup:

bobalooie57 - 1-10-2010 at 10:04 PM

Gee Maven, by the looks of your sig., you should have went for sponsorship last fall, before acquiring that awesome quiver. What more could you possibly need, to get a discount on? :lol: Congrats on the ridership! :thumbup:

buggydanny - 2-10-2010 at 04:04 AM

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Racing not required. Just as well, since my only buggy is a PL Folding :D. I'm not out to push the performance envelope


Maven

Congrats on you sponsorship. I feel your enthusiasm for ozone has now been rewarded and it is a wonderful match.

Don't knock your folder it gets a bad rap, it is very stable and balanced at high speed. It is very light and allows you to quickly accelerate, works well in a smaller space. I have gone faster on my folder that I have on my Libre full race.

WELDNGOD - 2-10-2010 at 05:39 AM

way to go Jim.:thumbup: I need to get sponsored by a " metal distributer" lol

Maven454 - 2-10-2010 at 05:55 AM

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Originally posted by chudalicious
Wow! Very exciting! :bouncing:

Congrats!
(don't tell me they made you ditch the kitty?)


Nah. This is actually the avatar I was using originally, it's what I consider my default avatar. I use it almost everywhere. The other one was pulled from a lol catz picture, but he was just too cute to resist. This one was created for me by a graphics designer (close friend of mine) back in college. It's nice having my own personal logo :D.

Maven454 - 2-10-2010 at 05:56 AM

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Originally posted by bobalooie57
Gee Maven, by the looks of your sig., you should have went for sponsorship last fall, before acquiring that awesome quiver. What more could you possibly need, to get a discount on? :lol: Congrats on the ridership! :thumbup:


I'm aiming for a full quiver of Methods at some point :shocked2:. I figure I'll start with the 6.5m since it doesn't overlap my Flows. Maybe some large Yak GTs, if I'm really feeling rich :lol:.

Maven454 - 2-10-2010 at 05:57 AM

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Originally posted by buggydanny
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Racing not required. Just as well, since my only buggy is a PL Folding :D. I'm not out to push the performance envelope


Maven

Congrats on you sponsorship. I feel your enthusiasm for ozone has now been rewarded and it is a wonderful match.

Don't knock your folder it gets a bad rap, it is very stable and balanced at high speed. It is very light and allows you to quickly accelerate, works well in a smaller space. I have gone faster on my folder that I have on my Libre full race.


Not really knocking it. But where in the heck would you put numbers on it? :puzzled:

Bladerunner - 2-10-2010 at 09:54 AM

Way to go Maven. So ...... nothing changes ! You still will hand out the great advice + all the ins and outs of Ozone ! You have been doing an amazing job for Ozone all along. I see this as them finally waking up to what you have been doing out of personal respect for a long time !

Maven454 - 2-10-2010 at 09:56 AM

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Originally posted by Bladerunner
Way to go Maven. So ...... nothing changes ! You still will hand out the great advice + all the ins and outs of Ozone ! You have been doing an amazing job for Ozone all along. I see this as them finally waking up to what you have been doing out of personal respect for a long time !


Thanks. Actually, one thing changes. I now get a discount on the kites that I already have... Wait, ummm...:wee:

WELDNGOD - 5-10-2010 at 03:49 PM

hi again