Yer I can see a few high profile riders, who are not interested in racing a the moment, having a crack at kite racing in the olympics.
I think Ben's comments were more him being a good ambasador for the sport rather than him actually thinking about trying to qualify for the team. For him he would be better off having his designers design some race specific equipment and sponsor an up and coming sailor who has the race experience. That way he would still get the commercial exposure. All of his time is taken up with being the spokesperson for his company which wouldn't allow much time to train for a racing event and doing all of the races domestically and overseas to qualify.
Cabrinha Crossbow is meant to be good. Here's a 16m Crossbow with race board in less than 8 knots
I'd love to see who qualifies for the Olympics for aus, I've raced for 10years now and I'll do my best to give kite racing a go, as said before the best performer would have the match racing skills from one design dinghy and then have sufficient kitesurfing background to merge the two rather than starting either one from scratch. BWS would be an excellent brand to get behind someone.
A question for all, what's the racing scene like for nationals in Australia? Can it be compared to a sailing skiff event?
I would have liked to have seen the JEEP logo more.
JEEPJEEPJEEPJEEPJEEPJEEPJEEPJEEPJEEPJEEP
There that's better.
I hear they have the power of a Mack Truck but turn like a Cooper S.
Don't they test for pimping in the olympics? ![]()
And before the BWS payroll arcs up, you pimp it - I pull the piss outta it - that's how free public forums work. ![]()