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Postby RickI » Fri Jun 06, 2014 4:15 pm
I just returned from an outstanding dealer meeting in West End, Grand Bahama Island in great winds with tons of excellent 2015 gear. The official roll out of the new gear isn't for a while yet so we need to be careful about what imagery and details are posted before that time. I am working on a write up at present though and will upload it soon with imagery from the islands.
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Postby RickI » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:47 pm
As an after thought, I wanted to post something here that has almost nothing to do with kiting.
It is a piece I put together just before the dealer meeting:
"The Original Bahamian Bootleggers."
(CLICK text to see article)
Given that the title of the Cabrinha meeting this year was "Bootleggers Bash," it seemed appropriate
to pass along some stories from the wild days of Prohibition gone by.
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Postby shawn13 » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:55 pm
RickI wrote:
Black and White. You're such a tease, just like my ex gf....
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Postby jespin4845 » Sat Jun 07, 2014 3:57 pm
Looking at the wingtips they prob just changed the color of the kite and bar sayimg its faster and more powerful on aug 1, or they can do what they did in 2013 and make it a worse kite, closeout 2014 is where its at!
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Postby flipper231 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:23 am
In kitesurfing, à l'eau is à good thing... I Will need to change my 10m and 7m, whatever do I do? RPM 2014 or I wait 8 weekend with m'y current 10 and 7. And see whatever thé Cab 2015 is good for? If I but RPM´s cab sont sellée me kites before 2017.
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Postby Séb » Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:48 pm
Flipper, you should turn off your auto-corrector or select your english keyboard if you use a tablet just like me
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Postby southflorida » Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:42 pm
OK, I'll bite since the B/W overhead shot by Rick was obviously approved to be published
I count 3 struts on a kite with curvy tips.
Curvy tips rule out the Vector or Drifter shapes...so, must be a 3-strut Switchblade.
Is that the big secret?
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Postby heinzbush » Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:17 pm
southflorida wrote:OK, I'll bite since the B/W overhead shot by Rick was obviously approved to be published
I count 3 struts on a kite with curvy tips.
Curvy tips rule out the Vector or Drifter shapes...so, must be a 3-strut Switchblade.
Is that the big secret?
do you mean the kite where the camera was attached?
Not a switchblade... you can see the "air collection logo"... so its the new Contra...
(I guess)
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Postby southflorida » Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:36 pm
Heinz,
Yup, I was referring to the picture from the camera that is attached to the center strut looking down at the beach (in B/W).
I stand corrected. Now that you point that out, yes, that triangle logo, and the A on the far right would match up with "CONTRA"
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