So im out on the water last night and decided around 9:00pm it was time to give it up and pack up my gear for the day, I get back to the beach and begin setting out my lines to wind them up when a guy on a ATV nearly runs over my kite and then my lines.

He stops next to me, and I say "thanks for not running over my lines". He says "Sorry man, but we dont see many guys jumping out of planes around here." :wow: hahahaha

Welcome to the club got told to take my PARAGLIDER to the mountain where PARAGLIDING is allowed ... :dunno:

one of my favorites was ".... oh and you have your little scooter, too.... ",

jeez

hijack for the same type comments about the buggy.

What IS that?
Does it have a motor?
Do you just roll down to the water and pull it back?
Does it have some sort of spring that makes it go?

You just can't make this stuff up.

many years ago when i was buggying in my local park before i got thrown. i was buggying back and forth for about an hour. i stop to take a break. this guy walking his dog comes up to me. i thought for sure he was going to say something about me not buggying there anymore. but no he says. "when are you going to get air born "whats the matter you can`t up to speed for take off"? beamer bob is right. you can`t make this stuff up.

Hey Sailors,
My favorite?

After being asked who knows how many times:
"Is That Fun?"

I finally came up with the right answer:
"No. I've been bad and this is my punishment!"

You know when you've won the game if they ask: "Really?"

stoopid should hurt.


Safen Up! Buggy On!

"Often wrong... Never in doubt"

the coreylama

One of my favorites is when a passerby point to the ground stake sticking out of the tubing strapped to the front fork and s asks "What's that?" to which I respond, "Oh, that's the gearshift"... and they usually buy it.

When in traffic at a stop light with the kitemobile in tow and the buggy on the rack on top, I can see the couple in the car behind me speaking in an animated fashion and gesticulating at the buggy, probably arguing what kind of lawn mower it is. So I put signage on the back...
(one inch letters... "NO DEAR.. IT'S A KITE BUGGY")

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Originally posted by coreykite Hey Sailors, My favorite? After being asked who knows how many times: "Is That Fun?"

When asked the same question also numerous times my reply:

I live life to the fullest and if that day shall come while getting in some buggy time… it will take the undertaker a WEEK to get that silly grin off my face.


The most fun is when they have this puzzled look about them and you KNOW what they are about to ask. I let them try to figure it out.

I am always asked when ATB'ing . Are you not afraid that you will just be taken up and away?
I always say "Thats the point"

OH the most amazing one. after they see dipping into the powerzone and zooming along back and forth.
Can you control the parachute? is it easy?


Oh how cute you turned your snow board into a skateboard.
Why yes i mugged a little person for there snowboard hehe :roll:




I can go all day :bouncy:

I had the Airush 16 out in Indonesia once and I got asked "Is that for flying?" and I replied "I hope so!" ... puzzled guy wanders away ...

What do you tell the people who ask,

What do you call that sport ?

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stoopid should hurt

:singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing:

i just get tons of little kids (5ish) that want to fly my kite... everyone seems to want to end up in mexico :puzzled:

This one happened just now. I got my headphones on so I am oblivious to sound. I see a family of 4 walking up the path so I ride upwind a little and away to other side of field . Turn around now I am heading back towards them and they are right at my kites lenth standing on the feild so I am like wooo let me be careful and not dip the kite too low. I realize for a moment there is only 3 people down wind. Then I look over and its too late dad is in my path trying to get my attention cause he thinks its cool what I am doing. COLLISION! Wasn't going fast kinda like a hockey check. He was cool about it. Last thing I want is to be kicked off the field. Ugh pedestrians lol:dunno:

I had a teacher at school asking if the kids (8 years old) could fly my Rev for a class activity

Had a cop rush up the hill in his car on me. Thought I was gona be kicked off the property.

Turns out he thought a parachute had crashed when he seen the kite fold up and fall.

I was out flying yesterday and a lady and her 4 year old boy came up and the lady asked where or if there was a motor.
She told me that before they came over...her son told her it was powered by the kite and she insisted there was a motor.
Just goes to show that sometimes a 4 year old can be smarter than an adult:D

This has to be my favriout thread on the fourms so funny I dont have anything to share becuse I have only just started power kiteing with a 3m ozone flow (verey nice kite) but if I do I will

iIhad an arc tied off to the roof of my truck for an hour once. This guy walks up and asked if that kite is stable?

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Originally posted by action jackson iIhad an arc tied off to the roof of my truck for an hour once. This guy walks up and asked if that kite is stable?

LOL!!!!! :singing:

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Originally posted by Hardrock Had a cop rush up the hill in his car on me. Thought I was gona be kicked off the property. Turns out he thought a parachute had crashed when he seen the kite fold up and fall.

Jokes on me this time ... kinda kite related ...
I was driving down to my park to fly and holy heck dude it's a biplane! Wow awesome cool excellent wow it's coming in to land ... I wonder where it'll land, there's only PPG strips around here ... and as it dipped below the tree line I realize I'd been faked out by a 1/10th scale RC model it was gorgeous though, real work of art - and against the sky I just couldn't tell

This has got be the best thread ever! Hilarious... lol!!

Hijack but same direction- When asked countless times about my sleeve tattoos- "Did that hurt?" to which I usually respond "Only when I pee." Holy confused look.:puzzled: My fave kite related though is the ever ego boosting "He built that himself?" re. my buggy. Or whilst unpacking "THAT"S a kite? Will it pick you up?" My medical report from last winter says yes.

My favorite is:

A reporter comes up, after seeing this guy kitebuggying, and asks "so how fast do you have to get going to get the kite off the ground?"

I've also had one rather insistent woman telling her children their HAD to be a motor on my buggy. Her proof? She saw me travelling against the wind which according to her was "impossible" using just the kite

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Originally posted by Bucky I've also had one rather insistent woman telling her children their HAD to be a motor on my buggy. Her proof? She saw me travelling against the wind which according to her was "impossible" using just the kite

Brilliant ;-)