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Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 12:31 pm
by angelo
http://vimeo.com/57833343

Check it out ex World PKRA Champion Andy Yates has signed to Xenon Kiteboards


Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:32 pm
by Alfarosi
Looks great! I hope he will come back to PKRA this year

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:17 pm
by eldadgold
It sure would be amazing to see him compete again in the highest level.
Was he the first to beet Hadlow?

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:02 pm
by intheloop
just had a chat to Andy the other day and he told me he is riding better than ever :P

Cant wait to see him back in action at our local. Rumours are also that he joined Ozone and left SS completely.

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:24 pm
by jedi1
eldadgold wrote:It sure would be amazing to see him compete again in the highest level.
Was he the first to beet Hadlow?
Andy won in 2010, when Hadlow was out of tour. Kevin Langeree was the first to beat Hadlow in 2009.

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:12 pm
by kungfupete
That's great news for Andy Yates. I always thought it was really weird that he was PKRA champ 2010 and slingshot did nothing to promote or market him. If you went on their website you wouldn't even know about it. Whether you like PKRA or not, its the type of publicity that any kite company would be all over generally.

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:00 am
by bob10
but he has no power or style, so he wont do well on the pkra anymore.

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:21 am
by intheloop
kungfupete wrote:That's great news for Andy Yates. I always thought it was really weird that he was PKRA champ 2010 and slingshot did nothing to promote or market him. If you went on their website you wouldn't even know about it. Whether you like PKRA or not, its the type of publicity that any kite company would be all over generally.

SS doesnt do much to promote any of their riders.
That might be one of the reasons they all leaving now, simply poor team management.

you can see how much Youri gets promoted now with Best- not that he needs it

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:25 am
by intheloop
bob10 wrote:but he has no power or style, so he wont do well on the pkra anymore.

fully disagree

Re: Andy Yates joins Xenon...

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:49 am
by 2extremes
nice to see him riding again, i doubt he will be able to get to the same level as some of the guys due to that shoulder injury