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Old 08-28-2012, 05:44 PM
kitepower kitepower is offline
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Smile How it really was

Kitesurfing came to Australia when Ian Young from Western Australia started to import and sell Cory Roesler's Kiteski in 1997, Ian also imported and sold Concept Air kites well before Matt Colefax came along with the first Wipika. Even I had begun to kitesurf prior ro matt turning up at Mooloolaba in Qld where I flew that first Wipika and chose to keep kiting with Flexifoil Blades. My friend Bob Dawson and I first Kitesurfed at Sawtell and Coffs Harbour with one of Bobs huge delta D-Wing kites and surfboards.

Matt was the first to import and sell an inflatable kite for sure, but there were already others here who had purchased kites in Hawaii, but a claims a claim (and thats all)
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