Kiteboard kite dilemma

downhiller · Post by **downhiller** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:59 pm

Hi,
Alright I have a big dilemma. So I got a deal to buy a 2007, liquid force assault 2 for $500 that has been used less than 5 times. I live right next to Richardsonís bay, in Marin. I know the kite-boarding season is starting to end, but I know I probably have another few months. For me, there is no one around here that said that they wanted to kite with me, so I would be in Richardsonís bay all by myself. Once I got good at going upwind then I could go to larkspur and kite there. I am interested in many things and I donít have that much money. I donít know if buying a kite is worth it because I wonít be able to use it that much. But with kite boarding I could only use it 3-4 times a month, and without someone to kite with, that doesnít help out the situation. So basically I am asking, do you think that I should wait till the new season starts and then get a kite then? Would there be better deals on 2007 kites then? What do you think that I should do?
Thanks.
Zander.

sailor · Post by **sailor** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:02 pm

dude, just wait until next year when reid and i get a kite and then we could go with his dad and get rides.

al-kite-a · Post by **al-kite-a** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:52 am

By yourself.
Richardson Bay.
End of the season.

All say don't do it.
And the post above says you do have frieds that will ride with you next year.

Get a trainer kite. Fly it all winter. Once you get go with the trainer jump on a skateboard. Come Spring you will be ready.

Also there will always be deals on kites.

If I where you I would go over to Live2Kite and see if they have some things you can do over the winter on the weekends to earn a kite.

downhiller · Post by **downhiller** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:02 am

How old do you have to be to work at live 2 kite?

adamrod · Post by **adamrod** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:11 am

I would stop in at the store and arrange a meeting with Evan . . .

Bulldog · Post by **Bulldog** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:51 pm

I'll bet Evan doesn't get much of a chance to mow his lawn (the grass, I mean) ... I know I don't.

moblvet · Post by **moblvet** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:14 pm

Hey Zander,
I live in Sausalito weekdays and have kited R. Bay since 1998, but not since the float plane incident with a friend of mine, a few years back.
The heliport and sea plane people called every enforcement organization in existance and they all came, Sausalito police, sheriff, CHP, FAA, and harbormaster.
My friend was given a warning with a promise of heavy fines if he kited there again. So if money is a concern of yours, if your life is important, forget R. Bay. There are other places to launch in R. Bay, but none really for a beginner, and then once you know what you're doing, you'll go elsewhere.
Ray

sailor · Post by **sailor** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:41 pm

we should just go practice in alemeda or 3rd. maybe we could take a few lessons in the rio vista also.

jjm · Post by **jjm** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:07 pm

Ya, I was wondering how the sea plane company would feel about kiters there...

downhiller · Post by **downhiller** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:16 pm

wait were is the sea plane company?

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