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old gear...
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:44 am
by ambientrax
I think the dude is asking a little much for that old stuff, it must mean something to him...maybe keep it instead so you can ride it again? Hey I got an old mistral skreemer, had a few dings that got sticked... FREE! or gimmee a 6 pack for it. or I'll just keep the thing so the kids can play with it... whatever
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:22 pm
by winddude
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified- ... e_24690429
That flat rocker and asa skin, oh boy, this is a sweet deal if I've ever seen one! Plus look at those harness lines, far apart and far forward, I'm surprised the board still has a nose, guess that 20lbs of asa really is valuable!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:26 pm
by winddude
There's just to much.
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified- ... t_22493472
It pains me to think of someone buying this gear wanting to get into the sport.
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:39 pm
by downwind dave
that Bic with the centreboard would be a pretty decent starter, and its cheap. no aluminum mast or tie on boom.. i vote no shame!
plus i typed bic samba into google image and found this:
so obviously it rips!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:44 pm
by rvanderbyl
Hey It's Martin at Nitnat!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:28 pm
by winddude
Okay, I'll give it far from the worst on here, but still a steep price for 25 year old gear.
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:18 pm
by Ryball
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 2:21 pm
by winddude
yes admitting you have kite gear, even to sell is quite shameful
probably trying to upgrade to this sweet windsurfing setup ->
http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified- ... t_22493472
Just look at that one piece mast, and colorful dacron
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:54 pm
by nanmoo
$400!!!! Ha! That is not nearly as bad as some of the examples we've seen but still!
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:18 pm
by juandesooka
Funny you post that. I am helping a teenager here in Sooke get started in kiting....he emailed me about this "great deal" yesterday! My response:
"DEFINITELY NOT!!!!!!!!!!! Highlights the problem with buying used kiting gear......this is obsolete, outdated, and unsafe. Should not be given away much less sold at any price."
Sadly, this may sell to the wrong person, who figures they can just tame that wild Bronco without lessons. The result being somewhere between hilarious youtube fail videos and super tragic injury or worse.
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:35 pm
by more force 4
juandesooka wrote:
"DEFINITELY NOT!!!!!!!!!!! Highlights the problem with buying used kiting gear......this is obsolete, outdated, and unsafe. Should not be given away much less sold at any price."
Sadly, this may sell to the wrong person, who figures they can just tame that wild Bronco without lessons. The result being somewhere between hilarious youtube fail videos and super tragic injury or worse.
The trainer bar, pump and kite might be worth half the overall. I can't see anything particularly obviously obsolete there - but that is because I am too new to the sport and can't recognize the parts of the technology that have changed so much that this would be classed as outdated and dangerous. Glad i was able to buy new. Killer deal.
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 6:18 pm
by juandesooka
you know what, you're right....the trainer and the harness and pump could be worth something towards that amount. I just saw Bronco and jumped to "FORGET ABOUT IT" for my friend.
Good kites in their day, state of the art maybe in the c-kite era, but nowhere close to modern standard, especially for a beginner.
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:56 pm
by KUS
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 8:09 pm
by winddude
Wow, that's beyond satire! But those "original" prices he probably could have bought a place in hood river At the time the gear was new.
4 new footstraps today aren't even $120,
http://ca.dakine.com/p/windsurf/footstr ... tstrap-15s
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:05 pm
by winddude
Some people's retro collection amaze me, check out this one. approx 5' feet of fencing and and 7 sun shades for only $1500!!
http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/rch/spo/4924135176.html[/url]
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