Kiters vs. Polies . Who is smarter ?

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9 years ago

Shooting the breeze.

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

29 Jan 2017 8:59pm

There is commonly accepted misconception that windsurfers are.
Now thanks to social media we could perform scientific study.
Lets do this quiz : Kiters and Polies are invited to send their scores.Then we could work out average of top 10 for each group.

Just click on the link to get your own IQ calculated by Facebook :

en.nametests.com/test/how-high-is-your-iq/9860/

lotofwind

NSW

6451 posts

lotofwind

NSW, 6451 posts

29 Jan 2017 10:16pm

Not really a fair test when most polers are really old and dont even know what facebook is, let alone can work out how to join it.

windsurftom

NSW

402 posts

windsurftom

NSW, 402 posts

29 Jan 2017 11:08pm

Better bring your windsurf average up..

decrepit

12872 posts

decrepit

WA, 12872 posts

29 Jan 2017 8:38pm

lotofwind said..
Not really a fair test when most polers are really old and dont even know what facebook is, let alone can work out how to join it.

For once I'm almost in agreement with lotof.
There's such a variety in both camps and even a fair overlap with those who do both. This test is almost meaningless.

Apart from that as an octogenarian I don't feel "really old", and I know too well what facebook is, which is why I'll never join it.

GreenPat

QLD

4103 posts

GreenPat

QLD, 4103 posts

29 Jan 2017 11:15pm

I don't know who is smarter out of kiters and polies but I had a guy from the wakeboarding industry tell me once that kiters are way smarter than wakeboarders...

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

29 Jan 2017 11:53pm

GreenPat said..
I don't know who is smarter out of kiters and polies but I had a guy from the wakeboarding industry tell me once that kiters are way smarter than wakeboarders...

If we engage another test by comparing how difficult is their equipment to setup ( must be some correlation to IQ here ...) then bottom feeders could be SUPer, Just board and paddle to worry about. Not much to mix up here.
Wake-boarder seem to be genius here...able to convince another boat guy to pull them for hours, for free.

cauncy

8407 posts

cauncy

WA, 8407 posts

29 Jan 2017 10:00pm

Pole dancers
as most I've met are single

theDoctor

NSW

5786 posts

theDoctor

NSW, 5786 posts

30 Jan 2017 1:30am

Macroscien said..
...able to convince another boat guy to pull them for hours, for free.

He he he

fruuugz

NSW

114 posts

fruuugz

NSW, 114 posts

30 Jan 2017 9:41am

Macro, talk about walking into it. And i apologise in advance.

But given that you got run over by a bloke in a boat and it took 4 jet skiers rideing double and even using ropes to try capture me yet they still did not get me.

Id say kiters win.

So it goes
kiters,
psycho in a boat,
2 bogan jetski couples with ropes,
then windsurfer in that order.

FormulaNova

15100 posts

FormulaNova

WA, 15100 posts

30 Jan 2017 6:58am

GreenPat said..
I don't know who is smarter out of kiters and polies but I had a guy from the wakeboarding industry tell me once that kiters are way smarter than wakeboarders...

You would have to wonder... one does a sport where they have to get the right wind conditions and rig the right size kite, and the other can rock up to a cable park and get going with no preparation in almost any weather condition.

That wake park at Baldivis has sucked me in! Ahhh... reliable "wind"

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

30 Jan 2017 10:50am

There is another 100 % accurate test.We all know that Blondie are famous for their intelligence.
So which sports attract more Blondie ?

She thinks, snowboarding is fun ....

Imax1

QLD

4937 posts

Imax1

QLD, 4937 posts

30 Jan 2017 12:10pm

Its easy ,
Windsurfers are always smiling and look daggy.
Kiters seem to be grumpy and need to color match.
I only need to be smart enough to know that i want to smile

Smithy

VIC

859 posts

Smithy

VIC, 859 posts

30 Jan 2017 1:44pm

Imax1 said..
Its easy ,
Windsurfers are always smiling and look daggy.
Kiters seem to be grumpy and need to color match.
I only need to be smart enough to know that i want to smile

Seems in the forums the Windsurfers are the grumpy ones, on a per capita basis there are far more threads on the Windsurfing side bitching about kitesrs than the opposite...

From an intelligence perspective, as a kiteboarder I have seen a lot more stupid things done by kiteboarders than in the entire 35 years I have windsurfed...

actiomax

NSW

1576 posts

actiomax

NSW, 1576 posts

30 Jan 2017 2:08pm

Who has the highest death rate would be a good indicator to me .

Shifu

QLD

1997 posts

Shifu

QLD, 1997 posts

30 Jan 2017 1:52pm

Macroscien said..
There is commonly accepted misconception that windsurfers are.
Now thanks to social media we could perform scientific study.
Lets do this quiz : Kiters and Polies are invited to send their scores.Then we could work out average of top 10 for each group.

Just click on the link to get your own IQ calculated by Facebook :

en.nametests.com/test/how-high-is-your-iq/9860/

You did not explain how this was a "misconception"

superlizard

VIC

702 posts

superlizard

VIC, 702 posts

30 Jan 2017 3:24pm

actiomax said..
Who has the highest death rate would be a good indicator to me .

so that would be windsurfers right? Because of much higher ratio of senior members...

decrepit

12872 posts

decrepit

WA, 12872 posts

30 Jan 2017 1:03pm

decrepit said..

lotofwind said..
Not really a fair test when most polers are really old and dont even know what facebook is, let alone can work out how to join it.

Well case in point, silly old fart gets his words mixed up! How could you forget you're really a septuagenarian, not an octogenarian?

And yes death rates are high amongst my generation, but probably not while windsurfing.

Imax1

QLD

4937 posts

Imax1

QLD, 4937 posts

30 Jan 2017 3:11pm

And ...... kiters get bored of what there doing before they get old.
Whats the point of kiting once youve lost your youthful looks ?

FormulaNova

15100 posts

FormulaNova

WA, 15100 posts

30 Jan 2017 1:52pm

Macroscien said..
There is another 100 % accurate test.We all know that Blondie are famous for their intelligence.
So which sports attract more Blondie ?

She thinks, snowboarding is fun ....

Who is that girl? Is she meant to be a famous kiteboarder? You would think that she is an instructor at all kitesurfing schools, given that a lot of them seem to use her image for their websites.

Imagine my disappointment when I booked a lesson and instead of her there was some aussie guy running the lessons

kiteboy dave

QLD

6525 posts

kiteboy dave

QLD, 6525 posts

30 Jan 2017 5:12pm

Macroscien said..
There is commonly accepted misconception that windsurfers are.

Lol only amongst your sample group: windsurfers.

Mark _australia

23647 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23647 posts

30 Jan 2017 3:58pm

cauncy said..
Pole dancers
as most I've met are single

No they just say that when they meet you

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

30 Jan 2017 10:24pm

Mark _australia said..

cauncy said..
Pole dancers
as most I've met are single

No they just say that when they meet you

could be true this time

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

30 Jan 2017 10:29pm

cauncy said..
Pole dancers
as most I've met are single

but not for long...that last one you saw is asking for your address and contact details

cisco

QLD

12365 posts

cisco

QLD, 12365 posts

30 Jan 2017 10:59pm

There are at least 7 kinds of intelligence. Eg, academic, artistic, athletic, aesthetic, arguementive (KBD's specialty), body awareness, charismatic, diplomatic, financial, futuristic, so there are ten so far. Which particular one are we talking about here??

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

30 Jan 2017 11:47pm

cisco said..
There are at least 7 kinds of intelligence. Eg, academic, artistic, athletic, aesthetic, arguementive (KBD's specialty), body awareness, charismatic, diplomatic, financial, futuristic, so there are ten so far. Which particular one are we talking about here??

I am surprised that religious kind is missing on the list....
BTW I wonder in which category you classify following intelligence ?

I am torn between : aesthetic, athletics and sexual intelligence

as opposite to that one that have purely aesthetics value:

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

31 Jan 2017 12:04am

FormulaNova said..

Macroscien said..
There is another 100 % accurate test.We all know that Blondie are famous for their intelligence.
So which sports attract more Blondie ?

She thinks, snowboarding is fun ....

IN such case fund yourselves wave sailing lesson,
but hurry up ! She could also be already oversubscribed

Macroscien

QLD

6809 posts

Macroscien

QLD, 6809 posts

31 Jan 2017 10:55am

kiteboy dave said..

Macroscien said..
There is commonly accepted misconception that windsurfers are.

Lol only amongst your sample group: windsurfers.

but some people never change... same confrontational characters for years already

Dave , you just forget to mention
electric catamarans and accountants to illustrate your point of view...

Imax1

QLD

4937 posts

Imax1

QLD, 4937 posts

7 Feb 2017 8:17pm

I had to pull this old forum up.
Today a Kiter with a euro accent ( couldnt pick where from ) came up to me while I was de rigging.
Polite guy and was asking about the conditions.
He noticed the tide was low ( and it was ) and said " is it this low always and is it because it's summer "
It was a big bay connected to the ocean.
I rest my case.

Ian K

4169 posts

Ian K

WA, 4169 posts

8 Feb 2017 7:20am

If you based the comparison on political smarts, you'd have to give it to the Polies??

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