Titan 18.5M Foil......

[disincarnate]

pmu you are still da man! sohw us some more pysics on those mighty leikites. why for thousands of years leis haveruled the world. paragliders have been using them for millions of years. you see paragliders used to come from mars but now they can't get back to their homeland due to switching to inferior technology, ha de ha de ha.

[Pump me up]

Ted B. took a third on a Titan 15.5, yea you got it right, one of those "ram airs" that new poster was so careful to point out the flaws of. Jeez, he must be one hell of a kiteboarder to overcome all those deficiencies and still place in a competition!

I don't want to diss Ted (again) but ram lovers holding up these sorts of results as evidence of the superiority or just adequacy of ram airs are FULL OF IT.

Coming 3rd in a QUALIFIER event means NOTHING. Ram lovers holding up these sorts of minor results actually works in reverse. If ram airs can't cut it in the major competitions with the big boys, they can't be very good.

New Zealand - March 13-16, 2003
  Dubai - April 9-11, 2003
  Mexico - April 9-13, 2003
  Italy - April 11-13, 2003
  Belgium - April 19-20, 2003
  Italy - May 1-4, 2003
  Mexico - May 29-June 2, 2003
  Israel - June 2003
  Italy - June 27-29, 2003
  France - July 11-13, 2003
  The Netherlands - July 12-13, 2003
  Texas - July 26-27, 2003
  North Carolina - August 15-17, 2003
  Sweden - August 29-30, 2003
  Michigan - September 4-7, 2003
  Poland - September 12-15, 2003
  Venezuela - September 13-14, 2003
  Puerto Rico - September 20-21, 2003

There are 18 qualifying events for the King of the Air. The WINNER from each qualifier wins a trip and spot in the TRIAL rounds of the main event. 2nd, 3rd etc get nothing.

If Ted Bautista on a ram air came 3rd in Nth Carolina, he ranks approx 3rd amongst the other qualifying rounds ie 18 x 3 = 54. So he ranks between 54 and 36. Adding in other competitors like Lou Wainman, he probably ranks a lot lower.

Because of aerodynamic inferiority, ram airs simply CANNOT cut it in the BIG competitions with the BIG boys. At the main Red Bull King of the Air, Ted Bautista and other ram lovers will not make it into the top 50. If an event is small enough and the field is small enough, anyone can win riding anything.

Ignore the lies. Ignore the ram air propaganda. Ram airs are aerodynamically inferior to inflatables and nothing can change this.

[Ted B.]

I would be Proud to be 30th or 50th or even 200th in the world of kiteboarding!!!!But the truth is I am none of the above and I don't care..All I want to do is kiteboard.So what ,I perfer FOILS as my kite of choice!!!I find performance advantages in them and no draw backs!!And that is a fact.I don't run around claiming inflatables suck,I like all kites.All it is is a power source the rider makes the Kite,the kite does not make the rider!!!!!!I am a 37 year old man who works a full time job,I don't get payed to kite,I do it for the love of the sport!!!!So like I said I was proud to stand on the podium in 3rd place next to Dimitri and Damian!!!!!!!So PMU get a life !!!Nobody wants to hear your shit POSER BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TED B

[Urban]

The only remedy to guys like PMU is to ignore them and not get into a debate.

/Urban.

PS. I fly the G-Arc and I like it so far. Time will tell about the durability Ds.