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Created by ash > 9 months ago, 13 Feb 2008
ash
NSW, 64 posts
14 Feb 2008 12:59AM
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Nebian has moved and is now riding Ezzy (soooo WA - next he'll be Serverne and SSD)

Racism & kiteism is so last week.
All people should be pre-judged based on the equipment they sail...

Tushingham = You exclusively sail Scarborough shorebreak and/or have just moved out from the UK.

SSD / Delta = You support the local guy but on holiday you travel north or south respectively

North = You wear socks and sandels or have been influenced by someone wearing socks and sandels (guilty)

Pryde = You work in Oil & Gas

HotSails = You've met Jordo

Simmer = You read international reviews and go out of your way to import what you want.

3 Sails and 3 different brands = Your a tight arse who seaks out bargains (guilty)

Hybrid = You were born on Sydney's North Shore and you'll happily die there.

Starboard Acid = You visit Lancelin 3 years agos, loved the fashionable red and still wear leather puma sneakers.


nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
13 Feb 2008 11:51PM
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ash said...

Nebian has moved and is now riding Ezzy (soooo WA - next he'll be Serverne and SSD)


Guilty as charged m'lud... Almost bought a SSD too...

Pryde = Fashion victim
Quatro = Want to look like a pro


greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
14 Feb 2008 1:19AM
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umm pryde = no 1, all the rest follow. (used them since 1980) i still like all the other brands for their input or copying.

quatro = haiku cannery best place to see the worlds shapers in action upcountry from hookipa, it's da hub!

P.C_simpson
WA, 1492 posts
14 Feb 2008 10:27AM
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Pryde= your a victom to fasion, and like the attention the pretty colours get you and just like to look like a pro.

Quatro= You know how to sail and demand good boards.

Sailworks= You want gear thats bombproof and works, but don't care about the latest fasion.

Gaastra= dunno haven't seen a new one on the water for 10 years..

JP= if JP rips on them so will i, but usually don't.

Starboard= you live in W.A or only sail on the flat stuff.

knot board
QLD, 1241 posts
14 Feb 2008 11:40AM
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Bombora = Because you purchased it new in the 1980's and your waiting for Tri fins to come back in fashion


P.C_simpson
WA, 1492 posts
14 Feb 2008 10:45AM
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knot board said...

Bombora = Because you purchased it new in the 1980's and your waiting for Tri fins to come back in fashion





but it is still a great board and i'll keep it for high winds..

Stewie
VIC, 218 posts
14 Feb 2008 5:04PM
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Pryde = cool dude.

Gaastra = cool, a bit underground.

Ezzy = Little bit different kind of people.

Hotsails = cool, a bit old school kind of person.

North = cool, clever people.

KA = unhappy, not very nice, always angry, unkind to Stewie.

Spaggetti
NSW, 38 posts
14 Feb 2008 5:22PM
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If you are sailing with anything other than Severne sails, you're not a real Aussie..!

Wet Willy
TAS, 2317 posts
14 Feb 2008 6:28PM
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Spaggetti said...

If you are sailing with anything other than Severne sails, you're not a real Aussie..!


Hey, you spelled "Spaghetti" wrong!!! Are you sure YOU'RE a real Aussie??

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
14 Feb 2008 6:35PM
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Stewie said...

Pryde = cool dude.

Gaastra = cool, a bit underground.

Ezzy = Little bit different kind of people.

Hotsails = cool, a bit old school kind of person.

North = cool, clever people.

KA = unhappy, not very nice, always angry, unkind to Stewie.


Shutup Stewie!

Hey, you're right

Wet Willy
TAS, 2317 posts
14 Feb 2008 6:35PM
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Pryde - You like safe choices, have more money than sense (and you always wear Levi jeans and Reebok sneakers and Crocodlie shirts?)

Ezzy - Too cool for school, and you acknowledge that you sail hard and wipe out a lot

Hot Sails - You're radical yet oldschool at heart, and wish to God you lived on Maui

Starboard - Ditto for Pryde; afraid to try something different

JP - either you are a good wavesailor or you wanna be one (nothing wrong with that!)

Maui Sails - You just like anything with the word "Maui" in it

Sailworks - Looks are everything to you. Performance? What's that?

Old, old, old boards, usually bought for less than $100 - you are just like me

curac
WA, 1160 posts
14 Feb 2008 4:59PM
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3 Sails and 3 different brands = you break a lot of sh1t and don't want to pay the prices that the stores ask so you source the cheapest of the brands you like

Arnold
46 posts
14 Feb 2008 5:00PM
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I sail Ezzy now, don't sail hard and wipe out or live in WA, though maybe I am a little bit different.

I have been on KA but I am not unhappy or angry (although maybe I would be if I still sailed them)

I have also been NP, I try to be %100 Aussie but I have never sailed Severne, I didn't think any sails were made here.

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
14 Feb 2008 6:22PM
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Sails anything you can get your hands on to stay in the waves . Not concerned with brand names or fashion. All gear is expendible = Soul sailer

Oh except for J.P. and N.P. Wouldn't be seen dead on that stuff

monster
TAS, 495 posts
14 Feb 2008 9:07PM
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stribo said...

Sails anything you can get your hands on to stay in the waves . Not concerned with brand names or fashion. All gear is expendible = Soul sailer

Oh except for J.P. and N.P. Wouldn't be seen dead on that stuff


im with stribo my last board cost me 150 bucks its old but unbreakable, fast and soft to ride and i like sails that i bounce of rather than go through , [}:)]

FilthyAmatuer
WA, 877 posts
14 Feb 2008 7:45PM
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JP and NP.

You are a gear whore


Edit: Also wouldnt buy JP/NP (Unless it was ridiculously cheap and second hand)

sick_em_rex
NSW, 1601 posts
14 Feb 2008 9:54PM
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ash said...

Nebian has moved and is now riding Ezzy (soooo WA - next he'll be Serverne and SSD)

Racism & kiteism is so last week.
All people should be pre-judged based on the equipment they sail...

Tushingham = You exclusively sail Scarborough shorebreak and/or have just moved out from the UK.

SSD / Delta = You support the local guy but on holiday you travel north or south respectively

North = You wear socks and sandels or have been influenced by someone wearing socks and sandels (guilty)

Pryde = You work in Oil & Gas

HotSails = You've met Jordo

Simmer = You read international reviews and go out of your way to import what you want.

3 Sails and 3 different brands = Your a tight arse who seaks out bargains (guilty)

Hybrid = You were born on Sydney's North Shore and you'll happily die there.

Starboard Acid = You visit Lancelin 3 years agos, loved the fashionable red and still wear leather puma sneakers.




I'm a tight arse

WINDY MILLER
WA, 3183 posts
14 Feb 2008 7:56PM
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how come ezzy had got this hardcore image

is it because nebs is riding for them now,,,,,,


ring ring...ring ring.....ring ring


Mrs Miller "Windy.....David Ezzy is on the phone for you."

Windy groans "not again!! tell him ive taken up kiting"


WINDY MILLER
WA, 3183 posts
14 Feb 2008 7:59PM
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SSD / Delta = You support the local guy but on holiday you travel north or south respectively



ploize exploine

Wet Willy
TAS, 2317 posts
14 Feb 2008 10:06PM
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WINDY MILLER said...

how come ezzy had got this hardcore image

...


Coz one look at these sails and you can see they are designed for MAXIMUM CARNAGE, the survival thereof.

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
14 Feb 2008 9:06PM
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2 pryde, 2 north, 1 naish. I get gas, I wear sandels and socks(not at the same time), whats the Naish trait ?????? floral board shorts ??????

silvec01
WA, 645 posts
14 Feb 2008 8:20PM
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Maui Sails: Time to go back to the grand master designer.... Sick of using imitations....

Did you see even KP bought a Maui sails Boom.........

jord070
WA, 1109 posts
14 Feb 2008 8:47PM
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ash said...

Nebian has moved and is now riding Ezzy (soooo WA - next he'll be Serverne and SSD)

Racism & kiteism is so last week.
All people should be pre-judged based on the equipment they sail...

Tushingham = You exclusively sail Scarborough shorebreak and/or have just moved out from the UK.

SSD / Delta = You support the local guy but on holiday you travel north or south respectively

North = You wear socks and sandels or have been influenced by someone wearing socks and sandels (guilty)

Pryde = You work in Oil & Gas

HotSails = You've met Jordo

Simmer = You read international reviews and go out of your way to import what you want.

3 Sails and 3 different brands = Your a tight arse who seaks out bargains (guilty)

Hybrid = You were born on Sydney's North Shore and you'll happily die there.

Starboard Acid = You visit Lancelin 3 years agos, loved the fashionable red and still wear leather puma sneakers.





OMG i love it!!!!

jord070
WA, 1109 posts
14 Feb 2008 8:48PM
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what about goya sails??

bubs
SA, 924 posts
14 Feb 2008 10:30PM
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ash said...

Nebian has moved and is now riding Ezzy (soooo WA - next he'll be Serverne and SSD)

Racism & kiteism is so last week.
All people should be pre-judged based on the equipment they sail...

Tushingham = You exclusively sail Scarborough shorebreak and/or have just moved out from the UK.

SSD / Delta = You support the local guy but on holiday you travel north or south respectively

North = You wear socks and sandels or have been influenced by someone wearing socks and sandels (guilty)

Pryde = You work in Oil & Gas

HotSails = You've met Jordo

Simmer = You read international reviews and go out of your way to import what you want.

3 Sails and 3 different brands = Your a tight arse who seaks out bargains (guilty)

Hybrid = You were born on Sydney's North Shore and you'll happily die there.

Starboard Acid = You visit Lancelin 3 years agos, loved the fashionable red and still wear leather puma sneakers.





I am defently a number 7. Theres nothing wrong with hunting the bargains. I can't afford the brand new gear or all in one brand lol. We actually have 4 boards and 4 sails between us and they include 6 different brands. Then masts and booms are the same sort of thing. 4 booms and 3 brands and masts, the best of all is 4 masts with 2 brands.

I've got great value for money i'm telling you. That way i can afford mast, boom, uni joint for wach sail and what not. I'm happy to live with a tightass name lol.

Cheers
Bubs

bubs
SA, 924 posts
14 Feb 2008 10:33PM
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bubs said...

ash said...

Nebian has moved and is now riding Ezzy (soooo WA - next he'll be Serverne and SSD)

Racism & kiteism is so last week.
All people should be pre-judged based on the equipment they sail...

Tushingham = You exclusively sail Scarborough shorebreak and/or have just moved out from the UK.

SSD / Delta = You support the local guy but on holiday you travel north or south respectively

North = You wear socks and sandels or have been influenced by someone wearing socks and sandels (guilty)

Pryde = You work in Oil & Gas

HotSails = You've met Jordo

Simmer = You read international reviews and go out of your way to import what you want.

3 Sails and 3 different brands = Your a tight arse who seaks out bargains (guilty)

Hybrid = You were born on Sydney's North Shore and you'll happily die there.

Starboard Acid = You visit Lancelin 3 years agos, loved the fashionable red and still wear leather puma sneakers.





I am defently a number 7. Theres nothing wrong with hunting the bargains. I can't afford the brand new gear or all in one brand lol. We actually have 4 boards and 4 sails between us and they include 6 different brands. Then masts and booms are the same sort of thing. 4 booms and 3 brands and masts, the best of all is 4 masts with 2 brands (however one mast is two different masts from the same brand which we sanded down so they would fit. It's probably our best mast and brand new would have been bloody expensive. Got it for free aswell from a guy who just didn't want it anymore. He went sailing with a mate when they were a bit to full i think and they just wacked them together and got them 3/4 down and couldn't get it apart or completely together. Don't know where the other mast went with the right parts.)

I've got great value for money i'm telling you. That way i can afford mast, boom, uni joint for wach sail and what not. I'm happy to live with a tightass name lol.

Cheers
Bubs




Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
14 Feb 2008 11:54PM
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bubs said...

I am defently a number 7. Theres nothing wrong with hunting the bargains.
Cheers
Bubs





I am number 7 too. However I have decided to bide my time and only get Neil Pryde gear. So I know what I want and I wait till I see it and then I buy it. I was never a Pryde sailor before. However my first new sail purchase was a NP slalom rig. That sort of makes me keep buying NP slalom gear. I have Sailworks wave sails, Revo 5 and 4.4. Given the **** wind in Sydney I never use them. I reckon Neil Pryde makes the best racing sails so why not buy them? Not sure about their wave stuff, there I reckon Sailworks is good.

Anyway I have a Tabou board. What does that mean? Personally I believe it shows I have style and class.


Pointman
WA, 437 posts
14 Feb 2008 10:38PM
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In my quiver....
Kinetic, SSD, Severne & KA.

Never really thought about it, but I guess that means I support the Oz product. OK most of it is made O/S, but the design and R&D comes from Oz.

And generally speaking it's good value for money.

mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
14 Feb 2008 10:45PM
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Pointman said...

In my quiver....
Kinetic, SSD, Severne & KA.

Never really thought about it, but I guess that means I support the Oz product. OK most of it is made O/S, but the design and R&D comes from Oz.

And generally speaking it's good value for money.


Pointman, have two Severne sails, freeride stuff. Do you find that the boom needs to site near the top of the cut out, compared to the other sails you have?

Mineral

Pointman
WA, 437 posts
15 Feb 2008 10:33AM
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Mineral, I'm fairly tall and tend to rig all my sails at the of top the boom cut-out. Hadn't particulary noticed if the Severne sails I have rig differently.

I did read in another thread a post by Ben Severne saying that the trend was for longer harness lines and hence he was designing sails with higher cut-outs. What year are yours?

ash
NSW, 64 posts
15 Feb 2008 5:16PM
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WINDY MILLER said...

SSD / Delta = You support the local guy but on holiday you travel north or south respectively



ploize exploine


Sorry for the slow reply Windy,

If you travel north in WA coast you stop in Geraldton and invariable end up wanting/buying the art work that is an SSD board. (Nebbian admitted as much)

If you travel South you end up in Pad Redman territory.

These reputations are gold!
I would love someone associated with a brand to explain its reputation.
Like the Delta's have a wide tail, particularly under the front foot.
Is this because they anticipate sailors schlogging out at Margaret River,
were Stoney makes some pretty tiny machines - but then again he does not have a problem with lack of wind.

How does a brand's origin influence their designs?



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