Randy Lands Kite Sponsor

This Fall Randy joined the Outer Banks Trip and brought along a paddle board. He’s typically the first windsurfer out on the water, but when the wind was light, he headed out on his paddle board with a kite folded up that he deployed once off shore.

When he wasn’t windsurfing or kiting, he headed out in his car, returned with shopping bags that he carried up to his room & closed the door.

Of course we were curious, and asked Randy what he was up to. He responded “I’m advancing the science of kiting”. It was all very mysterious.

The mystery deepened when Randy sought out advice from Ted’s wife, Ruth, about sewing technical stitches that shape fabric with complex curves. He also spent a lot of time on his cell phone and said that he was in contact with a designer in Denmark - very strange. We suspended disbelief when we saw Randy trying out the kite that he put together after a trip to the Dollar Tree where he bought water-resistant fabric stitched together with Ruth’s sewing advice. Note the Go Pro helmet camera documenting his scientific advancements. It was all starting to make some sense.



The next day the mystery deepened. Things got really spooky when a character showed up at the house while Randy was out on the water testing his gear. There are some pretty weird characters living on the Outer Banks, but this dude was really creepy wearing a cow suit, with a mask, flippers and a sign that said "Eat Chikin or We Are Sunk". (Also this dude was pretty dumb since he couldn’t spell.)

At first I thought the dude came by to help Alain find the Go Pro camera he dropped in the water. Maybe that’s why the dude was wearing a mask & flippers. The other folks at the house tried to ignore the dude, thinking Halloween was a few days away and maybe this was a surf dude smoking weed.

When Randy came in with his kite all folded up, they walked off to talk down by the shore. I thought I heard something about “sponsorship”, but the wind was blowing and I really couldn’t hear.



Then another strange thing happened. The kite that flies from the tower at Kitty Hawk kites disappeared. For years Kitty Hawk Kites has had a cow-shaped kite flying from their observation tower. Kitty Hawk Kites is the world’s largest kite & hang gliding store just down the road from our windsurfing house. You can climb a tower there and watch kites & hang gliders being flown nearby on the sand dunes at Jockey’s Ridge State Park. It was a real surprise when the cow kite disappeared, but we did have some strong winds.



Suddenly it all started to make sense to me, Randy’s strange experiments with kites that became more and more secretive, the time spent on his mobile phone with a supposed contact in Denmark, the weird cow character who showed up at the house wanting to meet in private with Randy - maybe this was the dude he’d really been phoning all along. When the cow kite disappeared from Kitty Hawk Kites, I realized something was fishy about Randy’s Denmark contact.

Luckily I brought a very long telephoto lens. When Randy set off on his paddle board and disappeared out of sight behind Nags Head Island, I caught him unfurling a very large black & white kite in the shape of a cow.



I hope Randy won’t be too upset that I’m the first to break the news. I think Randy’s negotiated sponsorship from the South's leading fast food chain known for it’s delicious chicken sandwiches. I’m not at liberty to name names, but you know who I mean. It’s the chain that’s closed on Sundays. This is really good news when sponsorship is so hard to find. Now Randy can afford to continue his scientific experiments and buy more supplies at the Dollar Tree.

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Re: Randy Lands Kite Sponsor

This is udderly ridiculous. I don't think I've heifer read anything that's so much bull.

I herd from a good authority that Randy is sponsored by a big fuel center chain where he's been known to dine. It's a long story so I'll let Randy tell it so I don't steer you wrong.

Good pics and article.

--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.

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Re: Randy Lands Kite Sponsor

Well guys, ChickFila and Dollar Tree may not be on par with Red Bull as an extreme sport sponsor, but since Marine Tex and Duct Tape dropped me, I had to go where the money is. And who says a cow would not make a good kite.

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

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--- The Arrogant Jerk: Crabby and irritable since 1998.

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Re: Randy Lands Kite Sponsor

Of all of the cow kites i have ever seen that is the most recent one!. Randy should expand into Pig Kits. Lost of barbecue places around always looking for sponsorship opportunities. Also, I have always wanted to find out what happens "When Pigs Fly?

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