Dumbass of the month award

LOL. Thanks Toby. Well, I got it before you deleted it. Pretty funny, thanks for that.

[BigR]

That was sooooo funny! :lol: :lol: :lol:

You shoud'a let the "expanding center strut balloon" explode!

I hear They make quite a pop ! :shock:

[bryanleighty]

i've heard from both sides and both sides and i choose to take no sides..



lesson learned is that communication is a MUST. Dont ASSUME anything.

[bayflite]

i member this one time a way back...
i was goin2 launch this kite and i looked at the pilot and he pointed up so i launched the kite.
and the pilot got pissed sayin "hey what are you tryin2 kill me, i said wait not go."
bottom line...brothers will fight
now go kite!

I remember that story.

Remember when I purposefully put a very pissed off hamster in your wetsuit while you were kiting? That was the best, Bryan :wink:

How about when I couldn't figure out how to launch your kite at NB and the circus music started coming "out of nowhere" and I got pissed.

I tend to forget most of the little B.S. things and remember each time a guy saved me and vice versa. My list of gratitude is way too long to be complete.

Bayflite and Billy (Shell Island,black sky, get saved by paragliders, get wasted after, day)
Billy, Billy again, Billy again.
Raul and my kite at the skyway.
Mark Townsend saving run away kite after my whole harness blew in half (East beach)
Zack, saving me from death spiralling kite at skyway......
ad naseum.

Yeah... well... I remember the day Scott pulled me in from WAY out at the skyway in NE winds before I got blown over into the rocks. That smellfish dropped out of the sky and I was swimming in deep water with what looked like a big shiny fishing lure!

I haven't had many other big rescues, and I've never lost my kite, but I learned plenty the hard way.

My most recent idiotic moment was self launching in the dark at the skyway at midnight to find my board hanging in my lines 15 feet above my head. It took some creative flying, crawling and jumping to finally get it down without having to ditch the kite. I think I heard circus music too, but nothing like when trying to launch the venom. Launching that thing for the first time is like being gang raped by 3ft clowns at center stage.

:lol:

[bayflite]

i kinda kike circus music

Just today my spreader bar broke (again?) and I was holding on with one hand and blowing my whistle (world's loudest) with the other and Ragg a muffin saved me.
Phewieee... I had no effective leash (it was hooked up to the spreader in the water), so I couldn't have held on too much longer. Definitely helps to have cool people ready to save you around.

[toby wilson]

I can't imagine why it would have broken in a measely 40 knots Scott... :lol:

How did it break that you lost the whole bar!? Did it bust the remaining strap on your harness too?