Pismo Beach Event

Dimitri M · **Posted:** Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:42 pm

Hello guys,
Just wanted to thank the guys at Pismo Beach California for the good event they put up. A lot of companies showed up to show their gears. Everything was very good except the lack of wind. But it looks good for today. In one way this was good because yesterday we had the chance to talk about our product and today every body can put the gear to a test. These are few pictures from the event so far from yesterday on a non wind day, of course most of them will be from ECLIPSE KITES

. More people need to get on this Topic if they want to share their pictures with others.

Eclipse NW · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:36 am

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!

grantman54 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:52 am

Hopefully someone will post photos of sunday (today)! It looked like there were at least 150 kiters riding! as far as the eye could see!

K3rM1t · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:08 am

Here are some pics from the BBQ and Sunday. Wind finally arrived right when the raffle was happening. There were a lot of drooling kiters yelling at the raffle people to HURRY UP!!!

San Diego once again took home a lot of good raffle prizes including the Best kite.

I had the chance to demo a some of the Eclipse gear. The Sabre 128X38 rocks. The board looks sick and rides awesome. There's a really sweet snake skin looking texture on the deck that is a really nice touch. I didn't ride it but the Dimitri Pro looks great as well with a see-through wood deck.

Had a go on the 9m Kima right at the end of the day when the wind wasn't so hot. I have an 08 6m Nano and the Kima is very similar in characteristics. The new Morph bar was on the Kima and is pretty nice. Much cleaner than the 08 bar, but I like the above the bar depower on the 08 personally. Dig the longer throw on the Morph and the idea that you can change the bar size. The 9m kima is very fast turning and when riding a wave (or trying to ride big messy swell as the case may be) it's really fun. I had a little trouble getting it to park and pull to get upwind as the thing just wants to be turned, but I have a feeling that was the wind dying off. I did notice a bit of bar pressure on the Kima that I'm not used to from the Thrusters. I definitely want another go with this kite!

Also rode a 12m LF Havoc which is a really nice kite. Powerful and predicable. LF's bar is really simple and clean. The Havoc is just a really easy kite that feels comfortable immediately. Hopped on a 130 LF Recoil as well which was cool. The pads and straps are just so comfy!

Otherwise, I was pretty lame and just rode my own gear (8m, 12m 08 Thrusters). Even demo'ed it out to curious people. There were tons of kites up. It was the wild wild west in the water at times. I'm pretty sure no one even remembered right-of-way or courtesy rules. The key was to get out and away from the demo area.

Good times! Thanks Kinsley and Marina and everyone!

more pics after food is ingested!

K3rM1t · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:22 am

another pic.

Kevin up to mischief...

mischief accomplished! Dimitri now rides for Cabrinha!

He has no idea....

Sabre 135x42

I won this in the BBQ raffle! A crazy bucket of fun from Freak Dog kites. Dog biscuits were enjoyed by some. RedVines were enjoyed by many

BBQ

More BBQ

Corky and Paul, deep in conversation

EvanOR · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:14 pm

Yes, overall it was a great weekend. Thanks to all who attended from myself, Ocean Rodeo and Hyperflex Wetsuits. A few pics of ours.

Cheers,

Evan

Ocean Rodeo
Hyperflex Wetsuits

Performance over Hype

H2orockett · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:26 pm

Dimitri and Evan,

Nice Pismo pics! The wind is picking up back here in the OBX! The new Diablo looks good.

:thumb:

Aloha,
Jeff

WCK · **Joined:** Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:31 pm **Posts:** 62

Just got a gallery of photos up, check it out at:

http://www.paullangphotography.com/pismo_09

Thanks to everyone who came!

Paul Lang
The Kiteboarder Magazine

K3rM1t · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:39 pm

Come on Paul, I know you have another picture that's not up there! I dare you to post it!

marina · **Joined:** Wed Dec 05, 2001 1:00 am **Posts:** 1017

Wait for the mag and video! New issue (June09) starts mailing at end of April...until then, post more pictures:-)

Thanks to all who made it out to Pismo for this year's event. The vibe was awesome and seemed as if everybody left with a smile. That's what it's all about!

Next year's event will be mid March along with the La Ventana Classic & KiteXpo in Jan....more stuff in store. Stay tuned to www.thekiteboarder.com

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