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Created by flipper4444 > 9 months ago, 9 Jul 2010
flipper4444
VIC, 1214 posts
9 Jul 2010 1:25PM
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www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67737 well least kiters can put a smile on ya face some times reading there forums enjoy fellas

seano
NSW, 150 posts
9 Jul 2010 9:39PM
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point higher? who are they trying to fool..

saltiest1
NSW, 2475 posts
9 Jul 2010 11:22PM
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ha ha.......

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
10 Jul 2010 4:33AM
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I don't understand that "it's easier, less effort, faster to learn than WS, therefore more fun".

If I wanted easy, I'd stay home (and to me, in the scale of things, kiting looks closer to staying home and watching TV than a sport).

Yes people take up kiting faster, not unlike playing solitaire, say.
Yes WS takes longer to master - there is more to it, that's normal.

Strange how people think... they just want it easy and less sporty. No wonder they take it up.

Al Planet
TAS, 1546 posts
10 Jul 2010 11:13AM
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I imagine the only people who really want kitesurfing to grow exponentially are the retailers and schools. To use snowboarding as an example, growth just means longer lift lines and more crowding.

I think SUP will be bigger than both sports combined, is that significant? ..No, doesn't mean a thing.

And "easy" is Base Jumping....how hard is running of a cliff with a parachute?

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
10 Jul 2010 12:06PM
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Not a fan of the SUP thing, but I had the chance just last weekend to horse around on a (lent) Starboard SUP 12'6".
Monster of a board, but rather pleasant experience to freestyle and screw around in lesser winds, if one must get out under 15 knots say.
Here's the results - good for a joke, was OK fun.

Note my brand new One-Design Aussie W-S sail...



Al Planet
TAS, 1546 posts
10 Jul 2010 12:50PM
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Does all the rocker curve in those 12 6 sups cause issues when you rail ride?

I have only done that trick on the original Windsurfer and that is pretty flat.

Windxtasy
WA, 4013 posts
10 Jul 2010 10:52AM
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It's just human nature to encourage others to do the things we enjoy.
Kiting looks like fun. I'd like to try it but I'm happy windsurfing so I probably will never make the effort.

jsnfok
WA, 899 posts
10 Jul 2010 12:40PM
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in this day and age where so many people are so busy with work and paying of their perth apartment and there other 10 houses and their missus X5 and a R8 maloo ute i see the attraction to kitesurfing because its easier, there is a much bigger wind to kite range and if they can only get out half as much as windsurfers they can still rip, and there gear is so compact. but i have done both and yes kitesurfing is soo much easier and thats why its growing so fast, and i enjoy it, but im a windsurfer, thats what i do, and thats what i prefer to do, i dont mind grovelling around in between the gusts because im still windsurfing, im still out on the water having fun sure i would love to be powered up on my 4.7 and wave board all the time but being out on a big kite only just powered up is crap anyway.
So kitesurfing has its pros and cons, and windsurfing has its pros and cons, windsurfings just cooler because its so different and vast from any other sport that its just cool. kitesurfing is easier to pick up and gets you out on the water sooner

saltiest1
NSW, 2475 posts
10 Jul 2010 5:05PM
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im still trying to figure out how pierrec45 got up in the sail and boom like that.....

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
10 Jul 2010 10:18PM
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Al Planet said...

Does all the rocker curve in those 12 6 sups cause issues when you rail ride?

I have only done that trick on the original Windsurfer and that is pretty flat.

Yeah, it's quite different. The new Windsurfer in Australia is kinda flat, and railrides funny (but it does well). The older ones, most had a bit of rocker and yes, riding the rail moves you up or downwind, depending on which.

The SUP is actually very difficult to rail: being wider, you have to pull it much further away. Then once it's up, you're higher than a windsurfer. Plus you can't use the dagger (too far back), and the rail is slippery like hell. Anyhow, fun to do.

In 13-14 knots, it's that or the 105-liter with a 7m sail...

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
10 Jul 2010 10:22PM
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saltiest1 said...

im still trying to figure out how pierrec45 got up in the sail and boom like that.....

Look at my avatar pic, will give a clue...

(better yet: have a guess where it's at)

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
10 Jul 2010 10:25PM
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Windxtasy said...

It's just human nature to encourage others to do the things we enjoy.
Kiting looks like fun. I'd like to try it but I'm happy windsurfing so I probably will never make the effort.


I may pick it up when I'm too old for sports, and totally decrepit.
Bridge too, perhaps.



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