Well we pulled it off

The crew all got on Breakfast T.V. today !:singing:
We had 7 segments totalling about 1/2 hour through the 3 hour show !
We had the wind this mornig when it doesn't usually blow. Good thing because this was live T.V. and we had to go for it wind or not :wow:

The water crew has been getting plenty of press in past years. This summer it was our turn to step out from the Dark Side, show them WE have evolved and moved up on to the land
1st B'boy got in the paper,next we get a spot on cable T.V., then I got on a T.V. tag. Phontaine just got a spot on the news. Now today we were the focus a 3 hour show.

This has been a breakthrough year for our crew !
This sport took off and died once in this town but I believe we are here to stay now !

great news, could we get a link to watch some of that

Glad to hear the wind cooperated with ya'll today! I'm also glad to hear that the sport is getting positive publicity in a growing manner.

We are working on getting a copy. Believe it or not the show doesn't supply us one. :ticking:
Hopefully we can get it off of someones DVR ?
If not we can purchase it.
I'll post a link to my previous T.V. tag.

http://www.citytv.com/vancouver/tvshows_breakfasttelevision....

we just put Kitebuggying in the SPOTLIGHT ... good job crew. =)

Here is our earlier channel 4 spot !
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0ddS3D3Ipgs


Here is my Tag ! I have a flat tire but did the shot anyway.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZnnqx3wFM

Here is Phontaines bit on the news. He is only at the begining and end of the clip.

http://www.vimeo.com/1729467

:wow: Holy Smoke :wow:

I just heard they came back at 12:30 :singing:

Dirtslide and Drifter stayed behind and they filmed them for about an hour

BOTH of these guys can pull off some outrageous buggy tricks. Dirtslide rides his buggy ATB style
One foot in the saddle and the other on the footpeg. He has this and a bag of tricks he can link together :cool2:
It sounds like they are on T.V. tomorrow

This is just crazy!:singing:

wow guys u have a nice spot there to landboard. here in ontario there's nothing like that. I was out on a soccer field, tried it for 30 minutes, and it was to gusty to fly it. I think i just gona stick to water and snow only.

good job you guys/gals. looks like a lot of fun out there.
Paul

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Originally posted by bloah wow guys u have a nice spot there to landboard.

not really ... its not that big, the camera helps added a few acres. ROFL

there is a lot of soft sand spots, BR swiped out on one today, loosing his glasses. did you ever find them?

hey how did they know about you...I would like to get some press for our neck of the wood too....

DQ

The park you see Phontaine and I in is right on the Sea Wall. We get almost too much attention in this park.

In my case it was a mobile T.V. crew looking for spots for their T.V. Tag.
Similar situation with Phontaine.

I think Channel 4 approached Dirtslide and Breakfast T.V. was do to the fellow who did the tag asking if we would be interested in helping them make this a story.

Them coming back yesterday was completely out of left field !

We have 2 things going for us:
Numbers! We can get enough people to take time off work to give them a good show. Some of them with enviable skills !
Resources. We now have a few people selling gear in town. So we are set to follow up on the attention ?

I suggest you put together a clip of what you and your crew do and send it to the local stations. Cable T.V. is always hungry for stories ?

you forgot to mention that some of us, way back when turned a little unknown park into a kitepark, one in Vancouver, and the other in Richmond.

Where is your protective gear?

Susan (npw goddess)

If you are asking me , mine is always on.
If you are talking about our crew, we live in Vansterdam. We don't lay rules on each other :cool2: We are all adults and make our own choices. Everyone that knows me knows I wish everyone would wear a helmet EVERY time they put up a kite. I lead by example and that's all I can do !

Does your crew wear full gear every time out ?????????? Dog got a helmet ? Did you take your elbow and knee pads off for your avatar ? We won't mention Holly Beach :wink2:

After we got a few ( less pointed ) comments on the channel 4 spot we requested that people wear safety gear if they want close ups in the channel 13 spot!

Just a note : Yesterday I took 2 rather hard hits to the head getting stuck in sand traps with the blades. I'm not saying it saved my life but I would have 2 nasty eggs today !

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Originally posted by kitemaker4 Where is your protective gear? Susan (npw goddess)

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Originally posted by Bladerunner After we got a few ( less pointed ) comments on the channel 4 spot we requested that people wear safety gear if they want close ups in the channel 13 spot!

normally i dont wear a helmet unless i'm at SOBB or NABX. the park is too small too go that fast. however recently i'm wearing my helmet more, and i also wanted to pickup a helmet for my son as well when he sits in the buggy with me.

note i didnt wear a helmet when we went out on the tandem ride with the TV Host. oh well. I needed my face in one of the shots instead of my full face helmet.

In Rip's defense. It was the suggestion of the host ( on channel 13 ) that he go without a helmet in that section of filming. He wore one when free riding

Here is the clip done by another TV station later that day with Dirt Slide and Drifter: http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/bc/microsites/McCardell/ind...
Click "catch the wind" clip
S

good job guys.
did the end of that say
"coming to an x-games near you"
that would be coooool

That show didn't do justice to how well those 2 can ride
Dirtslide has the longest list of tricks that I know.

good job guys, way to represent old Flexi and U-Turn.

the tv host was out there a few years back, RonH will remember that day.

its good were in the spotlight, it will do wonders when we work with the Parks Board this winter.

thx RonH for the VCR dubbed copy

Breakfast TV "Live" - Sept 15/2008

link here: http://vimeo.com/1851306

video doesn't work. don't have permission to view it.

oops, now public!

Good stuff!

Great video guys... good job. :wee:

Well we got a little more attention. This time on the shirt tail of the BCKA . This show doesn't do them justice. They are a highly skilled, well organized group. They have some awsome multi flier sincro' routines that they do !

We get a bit of footage in the middle. Looks like Dirtslide to me ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdjNUrzLy74