" a sweeeet hunk of a man like yourself can always handle my gear"... "maybe we can catch up for a spritzer later?"
Sorted!
another way to combat this is to charge them a pump rental fee and take their credit card details and proof of ID as insurance 
I am one of those disgusting Euros and have lent my pump to other disgusting Euros, to Aussies, to Kiwis, to Yanks and I have never had any issue...oh, and I say "mate" to strangers, too. Actually, everybody I meet on the beach does!?
Peace and harmony, brothers!
I lend mine out whenever asked, that being said, I have lent it out to a couple of teachers from schools, and then found it lying amongst there gear after i've finished my session. Thats kind of annoying... Wouldn't stop me loaning it out again though
i bought a kite and didnt get a pump with it.. i had to ask for a pump but i cant figure out how the **** to blow it up... .anyone know where the valve is for my foil kite?
I lend my pump out all the time, with one simple instruction " Don't shock load it !" I've had a couple of mates fck a pump of mine over the years. On both of those occassions , the kite was fully inflated, but in an effort to get max psi, then they decided to use maximum force, by bringing body mass in to the equation at the top of a stroke .
I'm sure some of yiz are familiar with the popping sound the valve makes when dislodged . Shock loads fck pumps most of the time, that's my experience anyway, J
Whole lot of selfish, old grumpy grannies on this topic. A few years from now, when kiters are hating on each other, like most surfers do in the line up these days, remember your part in creating that vibe. Or you could just lend your goddam pump and stop being such a f**k knuckle. I've been on both sides of the equation - lent and borrowed. That kind of camradarie with strangers makes this sport unique in my opinion. So if I ask, and you say no. Fine. Don't wanna know you anyway, you old Scrooge.
Not calling someone ( mate ) is un-Australian.
I will let all of you borrow my pump if you pump my kite up first. 
If someone is polite enough to ask they'll prob put it back.
For everyone else if you get stuck and there is one left with someone's gear, put it back for ****s sake and treat it like its your baby.
S*!?, id hate to ask some of you guys if I could please use some of your wax........Mate, please matey mate. I hope I got it right
I think the answer might be rub some sand in it, ****face.
hahaha i'll try that next time "can i borrow your pump ** head". and if they say no i'll say "stop being a F*ck knucle"
imagine if people talked face to face like they do posting on a forum hiding being a computer with a fake name!!.
ahhh i'm amused at the pump rage. there must be an inordinate amount of pump related altercations in wa....
Maybe i'm too trusting. There was one time a guy I sorta knew left his pump behind. I was already launched and ready to go. So i told him how to break into my car so he could steal the pump and use it. The dude used the pump, put it back, didn't steel my car and everyone was happy.
Maybe its a bit of karma paying back the angry F*cktards.
I say pay it foward boys. Lend that pump. hell go an buy a second pump and lend it with reckless abandon. While your lending your pump. launch and land some guys and give a newbie some advice.... and grin like a school boy whose just found his old mans stick mag collection. you might discover the world is not as bad as you think!
there is a **** load of kite school pumps not being used at woodies now wants some
Has anyone tried the suggestion made earlier re the $15 target pump?
-Anyone even seen one up to the task?
Get a permanent marker /stencil/spray and get artistic on your pump. Ones where I bothered to do this lasted until they wore out, never taken by accident and if i ever left it behind would always make their way back somehow. Loaned it out with no issues ever.
I just put a no-brand Big W pump next to a branded kite pump then pulled them both apart. They looked like they have come from the same mould bar a few small differences. Metal shaft v plastic, kite leash thingy and better valves internally. Probably cost an extra 20 cents to produce and doesn't equate to an extra $25 at the shop, but I can't see the cheapie lasting as long as a better one.
