waveslave,
IMHO there is nothing that beats the feeling of freedom whilst surfing with no-one around on a lonley remote break. Peace, quiet you and the ocean alone, its pure soul.....Wakeboarding will never even come close.

What about sex with your favourite foods??? [}:)]

Wakeboarding is just a workout for kiteboarding that's slightly more fun than going to the gym.

Shannon Best, Lou Wainman.....

I gave wakeboarding a go a couple of times.Its fun but definately a major workout.Those guys that do it regular would have to be super fit,but i`d say that even for them 20 mins would be max??Waveslave you must be getting bored down there starting threads like this.I would have thought you would have options for kiting these winds?maybe need a bigger kite??

Aha! I just realised why wakeboarding comparisons and wake-style moves are encouraged by kiteboarder magazine etc...

Lotsa' kiddies have heard of wakeboarding, and wakeboarding involves having a big engined boat (money) plus a bit of thrillseeking. Most of affluent North America has no waves, nor seabreeze, just lakes (poor bugggers). For selling kites in N.America, you'd be silly not to entice moneyed, thrillseeking boyz by using wakeboard-type thinking.

So to all those in Oz who quietly aspire to soulkite, be nice and forgiving to the hardcore mentality that could bring us such things as...
"My kite generates 55 HP in 10 knots of wind, how 'bout yours?"
and...
"KBM's feature article: Low-wind ways to get pulled! Helicopter vs. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Which is best?"

(Actually, these ideas aren't a silly as I 1st thought :-)

quote:

---

Originally posted by NumNutz

Can You Compare Sex and The taste of Your Fav Food????
2 different loves...

---

one and the same dude!!!

We just had a cable ski park open here in Cairns, which has given all riders a light wind option without having to suck up to the moneyed riders with boats. Great to practice tricks going out on the kiteboard, but nowhere near as entertaining as getting out in the real ocean with a real kite, real swells and real wind.

quote:

---

When wakeboarders go out and get wet behind their boat, what's the average duration of their actual session......5 minutes, 10 mins, 15, Don't know?

---

Most wakers would do 2-5 laps/circuits (10-30mins) of their local course because: a)they are sharing the boat with 2-6 (sometimes more)other people and any more water time would deem them greedy - as GreenPat points out, their time will come around again... & b) they wake without the luxury of a harness - ever tried skiing or waking 'slave? Big workout, but you get another shot later when you can feel your arms again...

quote:

---

Can wakeboarding legitimately be linked to the 'surfing' genre?

---

Why link it to the bloody surfing genre? Dunno if I'd link kiting to surfing genre either. I reckon Windsurfing is much closer... Probably skiing is closer to waking, with skurfing next to that.

Generally Wakeboarding is the prefered sport of the crew who are more than 30min/1Hr from the coast and have a lake/dam nearby, so I reckon it is horses for courses and whatever gets you on the water is good - comes back to "live and let live" I reckon 'slave. Most of these guys do not have the luxury of wind to power a kite, and geez, how much fun it is shredding a wake on a perfectly flat glassy lake on a boat with a big full esky and 2-10 of your mates???!!!!

My wife too wants us to buy a wakeboat Hunglong. We looked at a couple of V8 Skicrafts and they were absolute bloody beasts! I think she reckons at least the family will be together on the non-windy days!!!

Don't knock what you're not into. There's a whole big fat world out there 'slave, with plenty of room for everyone to enjoy!!!