Nagging Kitey Thread.

by **Stone Fox** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:14 pm

Where did the design come from?

by **northswell** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:28 pm

KS that is pretty damn good, Paul i bet your chuffed to f00k

by **miamisurfer** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:04 pm

WOW!! That board is awesome. I just ordered my blanks and resin.

by **essex sucks** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:37 pm

miamisurfer wrote:WOW!! That board is awesome. I just ordered my blanks and resin.

me too

by **TicTac** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:39 pm

Lovely board kitey, nice spray job as well! :thumbs:

getting more stoked now, just want to start making boards but lack a shed and tools

by **pault** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:20 am

As Northswell apatly put it, I am chuffed to f00k!!!!

And Stonefox I came up with the design, it's something I had been toying with for a little while, and Kitey really made it come to life

by **Phil** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:38 am

that looks amazing nice one kitey

by **Dec** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:48 am

Well, at least this one isn't pink :wink:

When are they going to collect them?

by **drowningbitbybit** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:23 am

Dec wrote:Well, at least this one isn't pink

Kitey's adding the pink bits later. The white bits in the llion's head are going to be filled in soon - full pinkness will be the last finishing touch. :wink:

Dec wrote:When are they going to collect them?

Board completion is neatly coinciding with a flat spell :roll:

As soon as there is some south or west coast swell, I'll be on my way to the coast via Kitey's shaping shack

Then we can expect much wobbliness :shock:

by **Stone Fox** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:28 am

While we're here by the way, can someone please explain to me the concept of a fat boy flyer?

by **kitesurfer** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:41 am

Hey matt ur pessimistic again. Phil reckons there will be good swell this weekend down the west coast.

Fat boy thruster/funboard. Well it's not a minimal and it's not a thick bouyant thruster either, it's somewhere in between. Whereas someone who's lookng to move to a shortboard from a minimal might go for a shortboard with a bit more thickness first (like matts new board) a fat boy flier would be great all round board for someone starting or for a big guy wanting a board for when the waves arne't good for his shortboard.
Great for learning on. Its another one of those hybrid inbetween boards that are becoming more and more popular. They've allways been about if you've wanted one making but these days all these boards are getting names.
Thats my view on it anyway.

KS

by **pault** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:54 am

Dec wrote:When are they going to collect them?

Well It looks like i'm going to get mine shipped to me, as things are very busy for me over the next month or so.

I don't care if there's waves or not as soon as I get it I'm heading out

by **drowningbitbybit** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:54 am

kitesurfer wrote:Hey matt ur pessimistic again. Phil reckons there will be good swell this weekend down the west coast.

Might be by sunday. Could be nice, although not very big - which is probably best for a new board

Work out the details later in the week...

kitesurfer wrote:Whereas someone who's lookng to move to a shortboard from a minimal might go for a shortboard with a bit more thickness first (like matts new board)

While, me, I just need the thickness 'cos Im a fat, heavy, unfit flesher. :roll:

by **thaya** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:55 pm

that looks fantasic KS!

by **pault** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:32 am

Ah my board has now been glassed :thumbs:

So Kitey's working on finishing your board now DBBB, bet you can't wait for the weekend

by **drowningbitbybit** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:46 am

pault wrote:Ah my board has now been glassed

So Kitey's working on finishing your board now DBBB, bet you can't wait for the weekend

I'd invoke little bouncey man (again) but Im a bit worried it might be flat this weekend.... :roll:

But I still want to go into the water with it anyway

....mostly to see if it'll float with me on top of it, and whether I can paddle it :roll:

by **Phil** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:22 pm

it will be a little more than a ripple on sunday, at least sholder to head high is my prediction

by **drowningbitbybit** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:38 pm

Charts and predictions undecided as yet - sunday could be anything from pointless 1ft to headhigh at the moment :roll:

Tide is all wrong too :roll:

Being optimistic, I think there'll be some kind of wave on sunday although not shoulder to head (what charts are you looking at?)

by **Phil** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:52 pm

the low tracking towards iceland by friday will send in some swell theres no doubt about that, with any luck will have a semi decent period as well

by **kitesurfer** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:55 pm

Well the seaweed in the back of my van is indicating 5ft, light offshore breezes and hula, hula girls on the beach to bring us hobgoblin when we finish surfing!

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