jumptheshark wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 1:23 pm
This whole $19,000 bullshit is a bit over the top. I'm not sure I've invested that much on kite gear in the 15 years I've been doing it. The truth is, for the well informed,
this sport is one of the cheapest and best bang for your buck out there. The used market is the ripest I've ever seen it. Any kid with drive could get into kiting, foiling included for cheap.
Bought a used 9m kite for $235 last year. It's awesome. You can find a foil for $500 inside of ten minutes. You can make a board to bolt it too for under $50. That alone would get you out and foiling at my local more days than anyone ever prior to foiling.
Second hand gear is cheap as shit. There are almost 100 used foil only listings on ikitesurf right now, another 60 complete with board.
If there is no youth in the sport, its not cost. I routinely see "youth" driving around our university town in $100,000.00 cars.
Maybe the spot used to be cooler and we have wakestyled all the youth out of it!
Whooo, this in
bold? And we talking biased?
Buddy, I'm from the EU, right, half of my family is in Austria. Let me tell you, all Austrians can get privileged ski passes for quite small money depending on the ski slopes locations.
Which for my relatives is about 250km of slopes. Now, when we go skiing, we tend to ski the whole day, which is from 9am till day light, or on well lighten slopes even more.
Which is hundreds and hundreds of hours per season. One gear only. Lasts decades, not a season, two.
Well informed? Again, you guys are as well cherry picking to make a point, isnt it?
What ikitesurf has to do with me? And the US prices? C'mon buddy, just like ebay-kleinanzeigen.de has absolutely nothing to do with you. Or gumtree.com.au
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And this is not about making the point, but merely a statement that foiling is way more dangerous than anyone would like to admit. Fascinating stuff.
Ok, I understand that, you guys got pretty expensive gear (admit, you got a foil kite as well, maybe two), for sure you'll never admit it's shit. Just like you will never admit that you ripped your foil kite on a second sesh
Ferrari/xwz owners never talk how shitty the car is. More expensive, less talking about it.
Or, you'll never admit that you were riding your foil mounted backwards. For a month!
Struggling like hell. See, all examples from the real life, true as.
Comparing Dimitry and his style and the guys in
complete body armor (admit, we are all using helmets, plus other ba), is lame. Just like the opposite.