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by GregK
Tue May 07, 2024 12:31 pm
Forum: The Rigging Area
Topic: Aluula selling off OR ??
Replies: 9
Views: 4838

Aluula selling off OR ??

From https://aluula.com/aluula-provides-corporate-update-and-outlines-strategic-refocus/

" Strategic Refocus
ALUULA launched its business in July 2019 with one product, ALUULA Gold™, and one customer, Ocean Rodeo Sports Inc. (“Ocean Rodeo”). ....

To successfully execute this updated strategy and ...
by GregK
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: How to's
Topic: Deleting old PMs ?
Replies: 2
Views: 767

Re: Deleting old PMs ?

Thank you Dave !!!
by GregK
Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: How to's
Topic: Deleting old PMs ?
Replies: 2
Views: 767

Deleting old PMs ?

Is there a way to select and delete a group of old PMs ? Only way I can see is to open a single message and delete it, which is pretty slow if a mail folder is full of old message.
by GregK
Sun Nov 05, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Sailing site info gone ??
Replies: 1
Views: 624

Sailing site info gone ??

Anyone here know what happened to the site info that was part of the Wiki before the most recent BWD site update ?
by GregK
Wed May 25, 2022 12:53 am
Forum: Kiteboarding Discussion
Topic: Older Valve Repair - Ocean Rodeo
Replies: 3
Views: 2355

Re: Older Valve Repair - Ocean Rodeo

Joost at Comox Kite Repair ( www.comoxkiterepair.ca ) has replacement valves and can do it if your friend doesn't want to DIY.
by GregK
Tue Apr 26, 2022 5:38 pm
Forum: Wingfoiling Discussion
Topic: Wingfoiling Water start
Replies: 2
Views: 1318

Re: Wingfoiling Water start

Need to sharpen the front wing tips to Razor blades !
After decades of shortboard windsurfing where it wasn't too hard with board and sail connected, I want to learn to wing waterstart that way too.
by GregK
Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:26 pm
Forum: The Rigging Area
Topic: Universal foil mast
Replies: 17
Views: 9446

Kyle - done any FEA's on carbon and aluminium struts, or masts as most North Americans like to call them ? Would love to know how close the stress from typical hydorfoil use is to the fatigue strength of the aluminium alloys used in "masts".

Can't be too close as fatigue failures have yet to become ...
by GregK
Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:11 pm
Forum: The Rigging Area
Topic: Kite repair in Greater Victoria
Replies: 4
Views: 3878

Tofino Bus Co have decided to close the Courtenay bus station, so sending kites on the bus up-island is no longer viable ( have to be at the bus stop in Courtenay to meet the bus to ask the driver to unload your package, or not ).

For about the same cost as a trip on the bus, provided you have a ...
by GregK
Fri Aug 16, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: The Rigging Area
Topic: scha-wing
Replies: 42
Views: 21220

I want mine made from Aluula :D
by GregK
Sun Jan 13, 2019 4:30 pm
Forum: Kiteboarding Discussion
Topic: Time commitment for this sport
Replies: 12
Views: 7443

IMO ( and experience albeit a long time ago ) having your kiting days close together is way better for your progression than a day or two a month apart.

Go on a holiday somewhere warm and get 5 days in over a week or so and you will almost certainly see a HUGE and permanent improvement. May be ...
by GregK
Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:51 pm
Forum: The Rigging Area
Topic: Kiting in Nanaimo
Replies: 38
Views: 20571

Well, Markus, kiters are not "you" and windsurfers are not "us" - many of us, myself included, did or do both.

So why should we be more diligent in helping new kiters steer clear of the hazards ? Watch a few kitemares ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU0mEWKf-_Q ) and it's obvious the potential ...
by GregK
Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:38 pm
Forum: The Rigging Area
Topic: Kiting in Nanaimo
Replies: 38
Views: 20571

Thanks Kus for updating the Pipers wiki Kiteboarding Hazards sections, and being there to help after it happened.

Gotta admit kiting accidents affect me deeply, it's a residual guilt thing from walking past one of the worst kite accidents in the Gorge just seconds before it happened. I thought "I ...
by GregK
Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:16 am
Forum: The Rigging Area
Topic: Kiting in Nanaimo
Replies: 38
Views: 20571

Copied from KiteboardBC forum :


Fri Oct 12 - Lost Red Airrush 7M Kite - Pipers Lagoon
Postby mparkes » Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:15 am

My cousin lost his red 7m Airrush and bar in the late afternoon. It flew down from pipers lagoon heading towards the Nanaimo harbour. PM if found. Thanks

http ...
by GregK
Thu Jul 12, 2018 5:29 pm
Forum: Kiteboarding Discussion
Topic: ** NEED 9mm Inflate Valve for Prodigy!!**
Replies: 2
Views: 3053

Just packing up a pair for Adrian, going Canada Post Expedited parcel service, which used to be next-day delivery when CPC did the island mail sorting in Victoria, now everything on the Island goes to Richmond first.