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What was your hobby before taking up kiting?

shehatesmyhobbies - 9-8-2011 at 03:04 PM

Just to see what others were into, and how similar we all are, what was your major hobby before getting into this awesome sport. Mine in particular was Nitro R/C trucks and planes. I also used to ride 4 wheelers , favorite was 1998 Yamaha Banshee, it was a beast. Also had a couple sport bikes Honda CBR 600 and a worked Suzuki GSXR 1100.

Just always curious what others were into.

P.S. I have now given all the other hobbies up and focus only on my kiting!

Samm - 9-8-2011 at 03:09 PM

I was huge into paintball (both woodsball and speedball), then i went into bike trials, and now kiting!

SFCWood - 9-8-2011 at 03:15 PM

I windsurfed and flew RC planes...(still do but powerkites are priority now).

pyro22487 - 9-8-2011 at 03:26 PM

paintball. camping caving and rockclimbing.

mukluk - 9-8-2011 at 03:26 PM

Sailing and living aboard, rowing, sea kayaking, scuba and free diving, caving, alpine scrambling, backcountry wandering, horses...

Moved to prairies. Just horses. Major withdrawal....Aren't even any decent cliffs to throw yourself off...

Fingers crossed for kiting salvation!

(hey pyro..nice to have another caver around!)

shehatesmyhobbies - 9-8-2011 at 03:31 PM

Mukluk, you sure have had some great fun. I have dabbled in a thousand other things, but the ones that last for years are the good ones! Kiting is here to stay for me!

mukluk - 9-8-2011 at 03:33 PM

jack of all trades master of none....short attention span i guess...hope the kiting bug sticks

pyro22487 - 9-8-2011 at 03:39 PM

i would still do caving but oklahoma is full of pay caves not free ones and they are miles away. oh i forgot snowboarding love my boards.

tridude - 9-8-2011 at 03:48 PM

triathlon/running----2 Ironman Hawaii's (10:02:47), 23 Marathons (2 Bostons) 2:28:32.......discovered kiting in Sep 06 after the triathlon season............loved it and sold all my tri gear that winter....................

Drewculous - 9-8-2011 at 03:52 PM

video games & drugs?
:lol:

still play games when the wind dont blow... but scrubbed all the nasties out.... hard to excercise when you just want to sit there and eat cheetos lol

flyguy0101 - 9-8-2011 at 04:17 PM

Mountain biking and trials when I wasn't fat but still ride some. Then got into whitewater kayaking in 1990(paddled 150 days a year in my peak) still spend about 30 days a year on the river but now it is mostly in a raft/fly fishing rig. Started kiting 3 years ago but due to a knee injury this is the first year really in it and definitely will be a long time active. Various other activities still dabble in flyfishing,caving,rock climbing,rc heli, and woodworking/turning And oh yeah I still try to work about 200 days a year
Scott

shehatesmyhobbies - 9-8-2011 at 04:30 PM

Don, Ironmans! No surprise there! One tough dude.

pyro22487 - 9-8-2011 at 04:32 PM

good for you drew. never did understand that craze thus the reason for never trying the stuff. kiting the natural and mostly legall high depending on local bans and access.

Pulsar - 9-8-2011 at 04:52 PM

I've had a bunch of hobbies, some more normal then others. Like playing the piano, video games, making music on computer, folding paper into animals or airplanes, and collect lego trains (seriously, what was i thinking with that last one...). Nowadays i only kite and occasionally play some piano. I want to get into model helicopters some day but for now my money is going into kites.

Kamikuza - 9-8-2011 at 05:00 PM

Don't knock it till you tried it, pyro :D

In NZ it was inline hockey, then RC cars when I first came to Japan but I got my Rebble soon after that and it's been kites of one form or another since then ... I got a bunch of other at-home hobbies too ...

B-Roc - 9-8-2011 at 05:05 PM

Dual line sport kite flying and skiing (primarily moguls). Still ski as much as I can and love the bumps but don't do much dual line flying at all these days :(

pyro22487 - 9-8-2011 at 05:17 PM

i cant try it. i work for the gov. and they do random drug tests. if i get caught i lose mu job and my license. once its legalized i do want to try it.

mougl - 9-8-2011 at 05:44 PM

Ok here goes:

Surfing
Skimboarding
Wakeboarding
Water skiing
Volleyball (beach)
Soccer
JKD (easier to explain that way)
Dj
Paintball
Sport bikes
Video games
Car audio/video (made it a business once)
Singing/playing bass/drums

Whew! All in one breath.

Ya know, I used to wonder why I was always broke.

BeamerBob - 9-8-2011 at 05:52 PM

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Originally posted by tridude
triathlon/running----2 Ironman Hawaii's (10:02:47), 23 Marathons (2 Bostons) 2:28:32.......discovered kiting in Sep 06 after the triathlon season............loved it and sold all my tri gear that winter....................



Bought my first Beamer in April '07, and met tridude that fall.................. :duh::duh::lol::lol:

My big hobby was (and now when I get to) water skiing. To include barefoot and wakeboard. Specializing in slalom skiing. Also, snow skiing, snowboarding, mtn biking, inline skating, rappelling (I'm better built for going down the cliff rather than up it) flatwater kayaking. yep hobby time and space poor but there is always something to do.

mougl - 9-8-2011 at 05:57 PM

BB...

Nothing like footin!!! I used to ski in a weekly show...we had to do a bit of it all :)



I miss that lake...

ripsessionkites - 9-8-2011 at 05:59 PM

always has been kites, 15+ years and counting

on the off times, biking (road, cross, downhill)

Morrie Williams - 9-8-2011 at 06:58 PM

Trout Fishing - trolling and fly fishing. That was 20+ years ago.

labrat - 9-8-2011 at 07:36 PM

Hobby? (one)

These are the things that consumed my time, not exhaustive list.
Before college: land based RC, volleyball, cycling, horses.
College: caving, climbing, skiing.
Since college: horses, farm work, all aspects of home improvement, MY SON (talk about time consuming).

Moving forward:
I’m looking to take a welding class this fall to improve my metal work skills. Have things needing fixing.
I’ve always loved flying (father and grandfather were pilots before my grandfather sold the plane) and water (just love the water). So, you can imagine where my mind is...

Txshooter38 - 9-8-2011 at 07:52 PM

Wow alot of us are so similar it is scary. I still do most of these hobbies. My wife complains I have to many....so here it goes...

-Mountian Biking 3-4 times a week
-Road Bike riding
-SportBikes (GSXR, CBR, R1, R6)
-Rock Climbing
-Kayaking/Camping/Fishing 5-7 day Trips
-Archery
-Shooting(Guns...to many to list)
-Wakeboarding
-Jet Ski
-Paintball back in the day.....

Kober - 9-8-2011 at 08:00 PM

...... kiting is my first full time outdoor hobby ..... before that I bike , snowboard and kayak few times a year

in home ....
computers ( tons of different directions .... websites, programming, audio, graphic and lately Xcode )
home theatre systems with computer integration .... done probably around 500 of them mostly for my friends
construction ( my work ) is like hobby to me .... love doing this , creating things, making people happy , running company ( I am a bit of workaholic )
Inventions .... most of them impossible for me to create since my bank account is always empty ......lol

High caloric vs Low caloric

skimtwashington - 9-8-2011 at 08:11 PM

Wow. Tridude went from an extreme endurance (AEROBIC) sports (Triathalons) to kiting........ which is a lot less heart pounding and O2 intake than kiting on water board, land board and ....way less than sitting in a buggy!

That's an extreme change! And easier breathing! You must have been burnt out.... or not having the fun that kiting brought. Interesting.

My #1 sport -and similarly semi-endurance sport -had been Backcountry Telemark Skiing. But access to frozen winter lake practically in my backyard (6 blocks) and a beach a few towns away has had me doing dozens of days Kiting, and only so many days driving several hours(and spending gas $) to ski over the last several years. Still love Skiing and not giving it up. Just doing Kiting lots more.

And..... now I can combine skiing and kiting...to go SKI-KITING on my Frozen lake in town( in winter).

Yes.....Two of my sports GOT MARRIED!


I kite for real fun that makes me smile.:wee: I run for a serious workout that kiting doesn't give me. :roll:

Hobbies

slopecat - 9-8-2011 at 08:57 PM

Mainly R/C sailplanes, helicopters and smaller electric power models. I still spend a lot of time doing this and will continue to do so.

Some flatwater kayaking. Getting in SUP.

Started alpine skiing and kiting January of this year. When winter rolls in again I will have two good reasons to be looking forward to it.

Just had my second water lesson (kiteboard) today. Still can't ride more than maybe 25 feet but I did better at a lot of things than the first time out. I guess if it was easy it probably wouldn't be so much fun.

g00fba11 - 9-8-2011 at 09:08 PM

motorcycles and dirt bikes, once took a 1980 Goldwing and turned it into a cafe racer..... it became the what the "F" is it bike.... traded it for ink..... got a Buell M2 and hot rod'd it.... got married... traded bike for a car for the wife..... started hiking, biking (pedal kind) and camping..... got into kites 3 years a go.... it was a short 1 year stint as health issues interfered.... just got back into kiting this past January and I am going balls to the wall boys......

Still hike, bike and camp with the family..... my boys are slowly becoming kite addicts as well...... still trying to get the wife to fly.....

Once in a while I build the occasional rocket or canoe.....

Jaymz - 9-8-2011 at 09:17 PM

Motocross in my teens, ice and roller hockey, mountain bike, sea kayaking, RC cars (Traxxis Rustlers and Baja 5B)
Raced standup jetskis '86-'91, Roadraced sportbikes (TZ250 and Duc 996), raced Supermoto (KTM450) a few years after that, raced a F2000 car in '04/'05 (and you think kiting is expensive?). Enduro raced KTM's '01-'07. Still trail ride and "work" our clubs Enduro event each fall.
Roadrace Coach with NJMiniGP the past 3 years.
Tent camping in the 70's with mom and dad as a kid, now RV camping with the family.
Found kiting 2.5 years ago and can't get enough. water, snow, buggy.

cheezycheese - 9-8-2011 at 09:21 PM

Lots of Internet porn !!! :singing::evil:

Jaymz - 9-8-2011 at 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by cheezycheese
Lots of Internet porn !!! :singing::evil:


DOH! forgot that one.

greasehopper - 9-8-2011 at 09:50 PM

Chasin' bass
Chasin' deer
Chasin' arse
Chasin' beer

Chasin' Jesus
Chasin' speed (velocity, you naughty children)
Chasin' dollars
Chasin' deeds

When I finally quit chasing life long enough for life to catch up to me, I got to ride the wind with fine folks like ya'll.

That's no hobby, it's a way of life.

cheezycheese - 9-8-2011 at 10:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by greasehopper
Chasin' bass
Chasin' deer
Chasin' arse
Chasin' beer

Chasin' Jesus
Chasin' speed (velocity, you naughty children)
Chasin' dollars
Chasin' deeds

When I finally quit chasing life long enough for life to catch up to me, I got to ride the wind with fine folks like ya'll.

That's no hobby, it's a way of life.



VERY PROFOUND... INDEED

cheezycheese - 9-8-2011 at 10:01 PM

now let me redeem myself....

skimtwashington - 10-8-2011 at 03:49 AM

Quote:

Cheezycheeze:,"lots of porn.."




That's good wrist action training for quad handle flying!:rolleyes:

ragden - 10-8-2011 at 04:57 AM

Started playing Dungeons & Dragons at age 6. Been playing off and on ever since. While I was in the military, I picked up snowboarding (downhill) and hit the slopes over 40 days a season. It was all East Coast small hills though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Bit of a movie buff. Picked up a small collection of DVD movies while they were in the "in thing" (a little over 700 movies on DVD). Now I'm working on Blu-Ray collection. Nowhere near as big, and don't buy anywhere near as often....

Moved to DC, picked up World of Warcraft and played that 6-8hrs a night AFTER WORK. Backed off from that a bit.

Picked up kiting in Fall of '08. Used to buggy every chance I got, now I buggy at the Wildwood Buggy Bash, and thats about it. Hit the water and snow every chance I get (prefer snowkiting to downhill snowboarding).

Still playing World of Warcraft, D&D, and watching movies, but kiting is the primary focus.

Coolbreeze - 10-8-2011 at 07:37 AM

Off roading, (wheeling) I have had 8 Jeeps and am a trail guide for Jeep Jamboree Canada. Been wheeling since 1977.
Now I do both Kiting and wheeling, this is getting expensive.

CB

pokitetrash - 10-8-2011 at 08:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by shehatesmyhobbies
Mine in particular was Nitro R/C trucks and planes.


R/C Planes, Helis and cars for the last 30 years or so. not so much after taking up kiting because I can fly a kite in just about any wind and its much more fun to me. I fly at the field where my RC club is, so sometimes I buggy over to where they are and mess with their heads with a jump or two. I see alot of guys who fly RC also like kites of some sort, I guess its the whole "flying things" facination among us.

I also love landsailing, hobie cattin' and my Harley. Camping, trout fishing...

TEDWESLEY - 10-8-2011 at 08:50 AM

Work a little, kite, work some more, fly r/c airplanes, work again, bicycle,did I mention work,
kayak. Add in the wife and dogs and you have a pretty full plate. We won't go into the guitars, drums and other musical items (love them beans)

chudalicious - 10-8-2011 at 09:20 AM

Ice hockey, snowboarding and beers!

And, although it pays for the expensive trips and gear, work really gets in the way of having some serious fun. :(

snowspider - 10-8-2011 at 09:46 AM

I,ve allways played in the wind,early on I had a sail and skates , did'nt know how to stop but that did'nt stop me from going fast ,been at it ever since. Used to buy and sell old farm tractors and do antique tractor pulls , actually build a weight shift pull sled for a local fire dept. Rebuilt 3 houses over the years. Local bass fishing still keeps us busy after work. Actualy flying is cutting into my "building things" time , I like it.

Scudley - 10-8-2011 at 10:12 AM

Randonneuring* and kayak surfing.

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*Randonneuring aka Audax riding - long distance road bicycling events. Over the course you must maintain an average speed of greater than 15km/hr for the first 600 km. For rides longer than 600km, your average speed is allowed decrease to 12km/h for the kilometers over 600 km. Major randonneuring events include: Paris - Brest - Paris; Boston - Montreal - Boston; Rocky Mountain 1200, these are 1200km rides that must be completed within 90 hours of the start time. (I never got beyond 600km in less than 40h.

shehatesmyhobbies - 10-8-2011 at 03:14 PM

I definitely dig camping as well, was not on my list, but there is a huge camper in my driveway!

kitedelight - 10-8-2011 at 08:52 PM

Had to narrow it down over the years but for the last several years its been

martial arts , photography, music (mandolin, used to play the drum kit but sold it, and only have a djembe left).

shaggs2riches - 10-8-2011 at 10:20 PM

Video games
Guitar
Horseriding (before wife and kids)
Snowboarding
hacky sac

I met my good friend in 2007 at work. He was holding a surfing magazine something I've always wanted to try. Talking about that, he told me about kiteboading, that's the day I became hooked. Two years later I was still in love with the idea and bought my first kite my 6m access xt. Waiting for the access to arrive, I picked up my 3-line ozone imp and finally got my taste of power. Going on two years this October I see no turning back. I still play guitar, and still don't know any songs. Although I love every minute I spend relaxed in the basement with a bottle of Mickey's focused on nothing else but makin' noise it is only second best to kiting.

Looking_Up - 11-8-2011 at 08:49 AM

That is exactly the extent at which I play the guitar

Before Kiting
Flying airplanes
Remote airplanes
Any type of sailing
Anything in the water
Shoosting guns ( I never kill anything I just like blowing stuff away )
Golf
Man after looking at all of that its no wonder I never have any money
I don't drop hobbies I just rotate them almost with the seasons

acampbell - 11-8-2011 at 08:59 AM

IN-Line Skating. directing the Central Park (NY) Skate Patrol Skate School for a few years.
Making Beer
Drinking Beer
Making Beer
Drinking Beer

Got into kites
Still drink beer
The water bottle holder in my Ivanpah buggy holds a 24oz PBR nicely

BeamerBob - 11-8-2011 at 09:43 AM

Noticing guns keep popping up. Didn't really think of that as a hobby but it certainly qualifies with time money and passion. I love shooting skeet and trap as well as shooting rifles and handguns at the range. I hunted with my dad and grandfathers when younger but not much in the last 30 years or so.

Jaymz - 11-8-2011 at 08:11 PM

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Originally posted by acampbell
IN-Line Skating. directing the Central Park (NY) Skate Patrol Skate School for a few years.


Hey Angus,

Skated CP at a few Empire skate nights and Big Apple Rolls. Bummed I missed BAR'11 this year due to conflicting plans. I know Peter L., Mika, and Michael G. on the CP skate patrol. Great group. Do you ever get back up to skate?

nocando - 11-8-2011 at 10:18 PM

Was a mad ass downhiller MTB, that was until I cased a lander and broke a collar bone.

Kiting is heaps safer no trees and rocks to dodge

Brent_P - 12-8-2011 at 04:14 AM

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