Original Thread can be found at:
http://www.kitescoop.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9030

If you are interested in either of the programs, respond to the thread linked above (registration required).

Snipped from another (KiteScoop) Forum:

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Originally posted by EvanOR Hi All, We are offering you the opportunity to try our killer new park/wake Cypher kite with no strings attached..... You'll have a couple of weeks to ride the kite (9m) and then ship it on to the next in line - your only obligation will be to take care of it and pay the shipping cost to move it forward. To get involved, respond to this thread - the kite will circulate in the same order as the responses. You'll PM the person in front your shipping address. Note: this program is specific to US riders/addresses only! Team Riders: We are also recruiting regional Cypher riders (you'll get team rider pricing, NOT free kites) for the following locations. It's up to you to show us why you want to be part of the Crew. Seattle/Pac NW Hood River/Portland SF Bay, Sherman Island LA Boston New York NC and SC Texas - South Padre, Dallas, Huston, Corpus Christi Florida - Jupiter/Miami/Tampa/St Peterburg Hawaii Cheers, Evan Ocean Rodeo Hyperflex Wetsuits

Ocean Rodeo Cypher 12M (Note: The kite being passed is a 9M.

More info on the kite can be found here.

ATB,
Sam

... Japan? :D I got a buddy here who'd try it - be good to change his mind about OR too ...

U.S. Only for now, I believe. If you are really interested, I can give OR a call in the morning to see if there is anything planned for other countries.

ATB,
Sam

Dig the new Avatar Indigo

Rich posted it on FB for me. Made me smile.

ATB,
Sam

I've never seen OR anything here - I'm getting a Mako soon though :D
If you want to contact them, that's groovy ... but I doubt anything'll happen

<- Kami you will like the Mako :D
I never heard of Kite Scoop. Where is that forum based? I signed up and right off the bat have some punkass startin with me.

What one's that in the pic? I'm getting a 150 cos I figure I'm too fat for the 140 :o

You use the same username? Probably The Doctor having a dig

That is the king riding mutant in the pic. The makos don't have pop but they make it up for it in speed so you go fast, load up, send it pull in the bar and away you go.
Same username.

That's pretty much how I jump the Speed too - seems to produce the best result ie. height and ha-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang time :wee:

I think that guy was targeting me with that post rule not you AD72...

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Originally posted by AD72 <- Kami you will like the Mako :D I never heard of Kite Scoop. Where is that forum based? I signed up and right off the bat have some punkass startin with me.

Not sure where the forum is based. I actually got the info on the pass and TR recruiting from OR's Twitter feed. Not sure why you are getting hassled, and if they wanted a minimum number of posts, they should have specified that in the original post and not linked to the forum on Twitter (which would obviously pull in folks that don't normally read KiteScoop).

Will contact OR and see if I can pry loose some more details.

ATB,
Sam

He started with the gojoe comment with me and then I saw the 1 post rule. What is with the ice cream scoop and starwars theme there?

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Originally posted by AD72 He started with the gojoe comment with me and then I saw the 1 post rule.

The 'net and forums in particular are full of people that jump at the opportunity to bludgeon people with cited rules even if the infraction was made innocently. Internet & Measured Responsed are too often mutually exclusive.

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Originally posted by AD72 What is with the ice cream scoop and starwars theme there?

I assumed "Scoop" had to do with the news aspect of the the website. I assume the forum is using a canned template with a Star Wars theme.... with the white/vanilla Storm Trooper icons it does make for a combination where it's tempting to assume that there was some designed intent there when there might not be.

ATB,
Sam

Yeah what is annoying is if there are ruloes, POST EM where people can find them. I skimmed around for a bit and never found any rule or notifications about post counts etc. I can't argue it makes sense with a pass around, but say something 1st.

THEN if I post you can comment away :-p

Wow some really high class winners over on that site.. I have contacted the OR rep directly on it and will let you know. Sounds like he is getting pretty severe grief as well. I am going to invite him to this forum where he and his products will get a fair, thorough and CLASSY review.:bigok:

Less than two min on that site was more than enough to keep me away permanently.

Best of luck to any who participate in the pass, O.R. is a nice product.

Yeah I hear yah Erratic. Once this pass it on is over I do not ever plan to return to it.

wow they bash you about the RULES and let someone post THAT pic:megan:


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never mind thats not a kite forum its a porn forum with kitesurf chatter.
Nothing wrong with that just not what i'm looking for

I reported it. Let them give me crap I really don't care. That was just out of line. I get the feeling the avg age of the forum regulars/mods over there is in the mid to low teens who think they are all that...

Nothing against you younger generation were were all there once (except maybe Indigo, I think he might be a :borg but they have no respect for anything or any manners.

Really sorry for the grief. Originally heard about the pass on the OR twitter feed, so I would have thought that there would have been an implicit pre-vetting of forum. Apparently not. Given the forum's atmosphere, perhaps OR would be amenable to changing the venue..... to just about any other forum.

ATB,
Sam

makes me thankful for what we have on the best Kite forum in the world:duh:

So True Indigo. I sent EvanOR a PM saying just that and letting him know that here he would recieve a much more thourough, professional and passionate response and that we would be glad to have him...

oh ya, getting the kite up to Canada would be great. Would really appreciate the chance to give this kite a try.

I can talk to John at O.R. to see about doing a Canadian kite pass. In general they rely on dealers to make kites available to anyone to try. I haven't got the new cipher to demo but I do have the new Rise and Flite - thinking I might have to get the Cipher for more wave riding sessions. Anyone in my area (southern Ontario) is always welcome to try any of my gear out.

How do you like the new Rise and Flite? Your input encouraged me to get OR kites and they have been great! I have an 09' and 10' Rise model. I actually like the 09 with the center strut better.

Hey Adrian
Haven't had enough luck with wind yet to get a good go of it to see how much difference there is in performance. It was swirly on/off wind when I took a new 10 Rise out but after working the kite to get away from the crap shoreline wind I was a distance out and a gust and swirl and the kite went way overhead and behind then slack lined and sat on my ass in the water watching it drift back down overhead doing a nice twist - #@%$#!e. Managed to turn it and get it to untangle the line and called it a day - that's been the only chance on the water in the last month. But this weekend is calling for 40km west wind so I'll get out and surf (getting really cold though) and then hopefully a good buggy session. way too much to try out the Flite.
I'll update you once I get a better feel for the new shapes - especially with the reduced strut configuration on the Flite.
I've heard good reviews on the Cypher and thinking for our days when the wind is up it's always waves so I should be getting into those in a 7 or 9 but was really impressed with my 2011 7m Rise so hate to retire it after only two sessions on it (what an overall lousy year for kiteboarding around here).
Bottom line - if you get on the Cypher kite pass I think you'll like the ride - might not be what everyone is looking for depending on riding style though as it sits deeper in the wind window for steady power
Mark

I will put it through the paces if it makes its way here. I plan on going back to the coast to get better at wave kiting since the season is done in the river delta. I really liked the 7 North Fuse I got the last time I was out in high wind.

How is the low end of the 7m Rise? I have found my 2010 9m with 6 struts easier to backstall than the 2009 12m with the center strut. The objective of removing the center strut was for improved aerodynamics and lower weight in the center of the kite but it is possible that the rigid wing structure has been sacrificed without the center strut. I want to see how the Cypher with 6 struts (no center strut) performs. I have become used to the way the 2010 flies. It is just more sensitive to bar input with stalling. If I let the bar out more, it flies faster. I checked my bar and lines and all are in tune.