Contact   Imprint   Advertising   Guidelines

what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Forum for kitesurfers
KiteCulture
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 513
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:56 pm
Gear: Epic Renegades, Screamer LTD
Brand Affiliation: EPIC kites www.epickites.com
Location: ontario
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0
Contact:

what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby KiteCulture » Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:36 pm

this site has been great, but is clearly going through some challenges. Anyone know what's up? Seems to be wonky for the past several months and now is totally offline.

User avatar
justbob
Medium Poster
Posts: 182
Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:38 pm
Kiting since: 2010
Local Beach: Southern Ontario
Favorite Beaches: Mbay, Rondeau, Kettle Point
Gear: 14m Switch Nitro 4
12m Switch Nitro 7
11m Switch Element
10m Switch Nitro 6
8m Switch Nitro 4
Jimmy Lewis Model 3
Shinn King Gee
Axis Vanguard
Shinnster
Brand Affiliation: none
Location: Southern Ontario
Has thanked: 27 times
Been thanked: 11 times

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby justbob » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:18 pm

Ya, noticed sometimes I can get on sometimes not.
Probably a virus or a hacker maybe. Let's hope they
get it sorted soon.

fs3
Rare Poster
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:07 pm
Brand Affiliation: None
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby fs3 » Tue Mar 05, 2013 4:23 pm

Any other web site to buy and sell in Ontario?

KiteCulture
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 513
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:56 pm
Gear: Epic Renegades, Screamer LTD
Brand Affiliation: EPIC kites www.epickites.com
Location: ontario
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0
Contact:

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby KiteCulture » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:00 pm

not that I really know of... got some kites on there to unload too!

bigwave
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 519
Joined: Tue May 28, 2002 1:00 am
Kiting since: 1999
Style: Foil and Surf.
Gear: Kites: Slingshot UFO
Foil: Armstrong
Boards:Slingshot DC100
Harnesses: Mystic Stealth
Wetsuits: Mystic
Glasses: Lip
Brand Affiliation: silentsports.com
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 12 times

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby bigwave » Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:20 pm

It has its issues for sure. I could not get it to work for the longest time. Actually its like are wind here, up and down..lol

User avatar
justbob
Medium Poster
Posts: 182
Joined: Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:38 pm
Kiting since: 2010
Local Beach: Southern Ontario
Favorite Beaches: Mbay, Rondeau, Kettle Point
Gear: 14m Switch Nitro 4
12m Switch Nitro 7
11m Switch Element
10m Switch Nitro 6
8m Switch Nitro 4
Jimmy Lewis Model 3
Shinn King Gee
Axis Vanguard
Shinnster
Brand Affiliation: none
Location: Southern Ontario
Has thanked: 27 times
Been thanked: 11 times

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby justbob » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:18 pm

Kingston has a local kite group that sells stuff, there's probably a few more local ones
around as well. Kijiji has quite a bit of kite equip on there too.

DenisLaMenace
Medium Poster
Posts: 155
Joined: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:49 am
Local Beach: It's a secret spot
Favorite Beaches: Ask flipper231
Style: I'm French Canadian so my style is weird
Gear: Everything that can fit into my Honda Odyssey
Brand Affiliation: Webmaster at http://www.kiteforum.ca
Location: Montreal Canada
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0
Contact:

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby DenisLaMenace » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:24 pm

Guys

I managed http://www.kiteforum.ca

even though it's mostly a french speaking forum by riders from Quebec, we often have bilingual discussions, English speaking riders in QC and sometimes from other provinces

We have currently almost 1300 registered members, probably twice more silent readers (from everywhere in Canada, France,...)

We get more than 6000 different uniques IP hits per month.

The forum is simple, efficient, with a video library and a chat box, and few banners.

I can easily setup up an Ontario, or other provinces sub-forums. Even better I could setup a MAIN page where you choose Ontario/QC/Maritimes/etc... and you have a full forum.

It would probably take very few hours over the weekend to implement this.

However to make a forum SUCCESSFUL, it needs (in the beginning) people to entertain the forum, bring others on the forum and moderate it. And it takes someone from Ontario who knows the local riders, so I cant do this.

But I can provide the support and web site. Then I need someone already implicated on the kitesurf Ontario community to become the mod.

Of course, for this section, we'll have your Ontario shops banners or sponsors.

So far with the site sponsors profit, we all re-invested into marketing stuff like CAR and BOARD STICKERS, t-shirts, etc... I (and my partner) have real jobs for living :o we don't make profit with the site

Since 2010, we have already given to members through draws, 2 kiteboards, 1 kite, 1 snowboard, lots of t-shirts, accessories, etc.. These draws are very fun.

If you think, it is worth it, don't hesitate to contact me on my email at

Image

jbdc
Medium Poster
Posts: 126
Joined: Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:51 pm
Local Beach: Ashbridges Bay, ON
Cherry Beach, ON
Hanlan's Point, ON
Favorite Beaches: Hanlan's Point, ON
Cherry Beach, ON
Ashbridges Bay, ON
Delray Beach, FL
Style: Intermediate
Gear: 2012 Pansh Aurora 15m
2010 Slingshot Octane 13m
2011 Cabrinha Crossbow 9m
2012 Ocean Rodeo Rise 7m
2012 Ocean Rodeo Cypher 5m

2010(?) Imagine Surf Fat Fish 5'2"
2011 Nobile NBL 142x42cm
2012 Ocean Rodeo Mako FR 135x37cm

2004 Gaastra Force 14m
2002 Liquid Force Switch 185cm
Brand Affiliation: None
Location: Toronto, ON
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby jbdc » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:27 pm

Hey all,

thechickenloop.com has been having trouble since this time last year when it was hacked and put on google's warning list. I'd been a lurker up until then and finally registered an account last summer, but still await activation. I've asked a few different parties to contact the admin on my behalf (thanks Laughingman and OKA Matt), but I haven't heard anything yet.

Since then, it seems the site needs to be restarted periodically lest database connection problems appear. I finally took it upon myself just now to contact the admin directly and offer some assistance. He's out of the country at present, but hopefully I'll hear from him soon and he'll take me up on the offer.

In the meantime, if any of you are selling a 7m kite, line extensions or board bags at a reasonable price; drop me a line! :D

KiteCulture
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 513
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:56 pm
Gear: Epic Renegades, Screamer LTD
Brand Affiliation: EPIC kites www.epickites.com
Location: ontario
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0
Contact:

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby KiteCulture » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:34 pm

I'm sure David would love the help. He's reached out before for the site. The sad thing about sites like this is that problems drives people away. It's seen really light use since the first issue.

PM sent about the kite
brian

KiteCulture
Very Frequent Poster
Posts: 513
Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:56 pm
Gear: Epic Renegades, Screamer LTD
Brand Affiliation: EPIC kites www.epickites.com
Location: ontario
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 0
Contact:

Re: what's going on with thechickenloop.com - Canada forum

Postby KiteCulture » Tue Mar 05, 2013 8:44 pm

not sure my PM is working... anyway, 7 meter Renegade, great shape, e-mail me at brian.ready@rogers.com if there is interest and I'll give you the details


Return to “Kitesurfing”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: airsail, alekbelia, andylc, Bing [Bot], Blackened, Bladebarry, bragnouff, Brent NKB, bshmng, DanielorDani, elrizo, fleetrico, FunOnTheWater, Gonzavala, Google [Bot], Indulang, jjm, JON MODICA, Leon van Bergen, omg, rnelias, SENDIT!, Xtream, zlatko23 and 449 guests