44 this year, battling with infection of "Morsus potentia milvi" for 5 years now.
Aqueous infection of the same will set this summer I hope.

Don't know if anyones keeping track but with the responses so far looks like about 45 ish is a good averge Don't they call this an EXTREME SPORT ????

Two years younger than Morrie and Randy !!

Ill be 36 on Thursday...yikes!

That's why Corey Lama calls it Horny Naked Buggy Chicks... he sez nobody would show up if we called it Middle-Aged Fat Guys Flying Kites...

I guess my average age would be 23 yrs! I started life at a tender age of 0 yrs. Then, 56 laps around the Sun later, would make it (56+0)/2=23. So there you have it....23!!!
BTW, it use to be (many moons ago), that when someone would ask my age I would say: "Old enough to know better but young enough not to care!" I guess technically that still hold true since I'm really just a young guy in an old body. :moon:

47 here

about to turn 22!

43.

But I'll be 16 'till I'm 88.
Then I'll turn to whoever the hell I'm with
and say, "TODAY I AM OLD"

ps: wife kept saying "your too old to run a marathon"
Disappeared morning of the race, ran it in 4hrs 20 min. No training.
Actually we can do 10 times what you think we can.
(Never mind I couldn't walk correctly for 2 days.)
Too old my ass! The guy who taught me to
kite board was 68!!!

65 but younger than Morrie.

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Don't know if anyones keeping track but with the responses so far looks like about 45 ish is a good averge Don't they call this an EXTREME SPORT ????

Sounds about right and is in line with what I see at the beach. The irony is that kite manufacturers still refuse to put 40-ish guys/gals on their teams, they still think 16 year olds are the target market for the sport... WRONG!

very true Pete and some of us do more than just "mow the lawn"..............................

Made it to 60 10 days ago. I think.

I'm keeping track and I agree with Bigkahuna in terms of marketing demographics.

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Originally posted by bigkahuna Quote: Don't know if anyones keeping track but with the responses so far looks like about 45 ish is a good averge Don't they call this an EXTREME SPORT ???? Sounds about right and is in line with what I see at the beach. The irony is that kite manufacturers still refuse to put 40-ish guys/gals on their teams, they still think 16 year olds are the target market for the sport... WRONG!

remember the Best video a month or so ago..............:o

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Originally posted by bigkahuna Sounds about right and is in line with what I see at the beach. The irony is that kite manufacturers still refuse to put 40-ish guys/gals on their teams, they still think 16 year olds are the target market for the sport... WRONG!

Think that might depend on the manufacturer and country.

PKD seems to have a nice mix of team riders.

He||, one of the team riders is a dog

ATB,
Sam

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Originally posted by bigkahuna Sounds about right and is in line with what I see at the beach. The irony is that kite manufacturers still refuse to put 40-ish guys/gals on their teams, they still think 16 year olds are the target market for the sport... WRONG!

Bravo, dead right!
Also, they "promote" their products with the freestyle ballerina spinning-top mosh-pit thrashers ... who cares? Interesting to note too that companies like FSer promote the kite mroe than the rider ... I guess the others are hoping for a flocking to the idol type effect?

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Originally posted by Kyte Slinger I'm 4 years older than god! been at it for 15 years now

Oddly reminded of this (@1:37):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2QHlz2xNg

I expect you appreciate a fine deep dish pizza.

ATB,
Sam

Just joined the site today, and I'm 28 years old.

mmmmm spam! (oh yeah, 53!)

I could go for some Spam and cheese on an english muffin right now.

It seems to be true that marketing for kites has been geared towards the younger, hard charging, unhooked freestyle crowd. You know, the crowd that usually doesn't have any extra $$ to spend on a quiver of kites.

Not to say that the kites should all by mellow Sunday driver style. Or mad super cheap but there should be a middle ground or compromise in some areas. Look at mountain board offerings as a good example.

I usually get grief about this and I can't go into detail now but in my opion the whole "Extreme Sport" lable is NOT helping the powerkite industry. I hate to say it but it's NOT an extreme sport. It's an ALTERNATIVE sport with extreme elements. It's no more extreme than skiing, cycling, indoor rock climbing, kayaking etc. I think the "extreme" lable (which has been beaten to death by the marketing guys since the mid '80's) really runs a lot of potential sales off. Flysurfer seems to be recognizing this a bit with thier marketing of the new Virons.

People sometimes take this position as an insult. I'm not dissin' anyone I'm just trying to keep it in perspective. I drive a '87 Jeep YJ, Jenson Button drives an F1 for Mclaren. We both drive cars but he is at the "extreme" end of the car driving spectrum.

Of course I'm at the "extreme" end of the duct tape and JB weld end of the car driving spectrum.:bouncy:

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I usually get grief about this and I can't go into detail now but in my opion the whole "Extreme Sport" lable is NOT helping the powerkite industry. I hate to say it but it's NOT an extreme sport. It's an ALTERNATIVE sport with extreme elements. It's no more extreme than skiing, cycling, indoor rock climbing, kayaking etc. I think the "extreme" lable (which has been beaten to death by the marketing guys since the mid '80's) really runs a lot of potential sales off. Flysurfer seems to be recognizing this a bit with thier marketing of the new Virons.

Very good point.

And in light of the obvious state of the members of this forum being an aging user group I'd like to share a qoute that I like to live by....

"You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up." -Charles Yeager

and one I like:
"live life to the max and not like a nudist trying to cross a barbed wire fence"

heheheh that's awesome.

51

old fart

I,ve really never kept track , my kids and my wife tell me I'm 56, I thought I was 57. 2nd oldest of 12 kids , I think there are some childhood issues involved.

I'll be 40 in a week. Nobody in school thought I would make it but I did and I've got the scars, stories and eye witnesses to prove it.;-)

43, coming up on 44, which is worse than 40 in asia! Been at it pretty much since I turned 40... Best thing that happened to me that year was running into power kites.