I think you need to put your reply on the "alcohol and kitesurfing" topic. Or at least it is my opinion that you are a little off. It's really becoming evident that you are not here for the exchange of knowledge and opinions. I would say that you are here to hear to find an echo chamber for your way of viewing kiteboarding. Unfortunately, this place is very much the opposite for you, and almost any kiter. So let's get started, shall we?
downunder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:53 am
Matt V again in more than 2000 words, not respecting or knowing any single point about the local conditions and riders ability...
Your word count is off. And my point is exactly that local conditions (and conditions on that day) are a variable that one cannot account for unless you were there.
BUT, there are no local conditions where a 12m kite will work in 50knot winds for a 100kg rider at any altitude on this earth where liquid water exists. So yes, I can
DEFINITIVELY state that as the issue, if those were the conditions, from half way around the world. That is why my response was 2 part. You can think of it as "minor variables" vs "major variables"
downunder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:53 am
No matty, if someone wants to use a snap shackle, that has nothing to do with you and your opinion does not count. Same with my opinion.
If you do not want opinions contrary to yours, then you are in the wrong place. I am glad you are here to present your opinion and your opinion
is more valuable than mine. That is because you have a dissenting opinion which goes against the norm and brings to light the reasoning behind why your opinion is seen as wrong by the evidence. That is how a free and open forum works to better the knowledge of it's users. Again, let me restate that YOUR OPINION, being dissenting, IS MORE VALUABLE here than mine. The problem you have is that you refuse to hear reasoning and evidence contrary to your opinion. And that is ok as there is always a certain percentage of the population at the lower tail of the bell curve. I can't stop that, nor can this forum. The hope that experienced forum participants have is that there may be a way to sway those who are close to that lower end of the bell curve, and our advice can bring them up a little bit.
downunder wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:53 am
So please stop telling people YOU dont know or go and talk to Dimitry to stop jumping off/on things....
Because WE know you cant. And he can.
Please re-read your post wording here. This is where I got the whole 'you should be on that other thread thing'. Maybe you are ESL? If so, then no problem. But I still need, "go and talk to Dimitry to stop jumping off/on things...." re-written to understand what you mean here. But it seems that you may have a little bit of a one person fan club going here since you are mentioning him to me so much. I respect him, but I don't think I want to join your club as it would ruin the auspicious connotations of if being a club of one.