Hate to say it, but makes kite wavesailing look boring. Didn't see anyone trying to ride strapless! (Just an observation- Dont have anything against strapless-except competition bias!)
Looks hardcore and pretty gnarly, but, still looks gay.. Just my humble opinion. The thing with windsurfing is it can never get the same grace and style as wave or kitesurf because of that sail and the position of the arms/hands all the time.. Hardcore sportsmen and some nice photage though...
quote:thing with windsurfing is it can never get the same grace and style as wave or kitesurf because of that sail and the position of the arms/hands all the time
ppffft hahahahahaha! give yourself an uppercut for that one Dave. obviously not from a wavesailing background
DAVE !!!!!!! gay!!!!!! have you had a look at your self ,you are about as close to a rent boy as it gets . are you a boy or a girl ? you know the difference pwa and you they have skill and get paid for doing it and you suck . anyone can learn to kite but not everyone can learn to windsurf as it take years to master
Yeah i think it does prove kiting has some way to go towards proving itself in solid cross-off real down the line waves.
For my money Felix comes close on a kite for really having the balls to smack it late and make out over the avalanche like no-one else.
Sure it is true that Kiting can in 2 foot cross-on slop in Scarbs make windsurfing look lame, as we crank vertical reos and little airs and slides, but then I spent 2 days kiting Margs recently with 25-30 kts cross off 6 foot conditions and I saw not one truly hooting hollering move from any kiter but dozens from the polers led by an on-form Scott MacKercher and could not help but hoot and holler applause as my kite dragged me by and yet another windsurfer blasting a big aerial from deep behind the section. I felt truly humbled.
The whole strapped vs unstrapped thing is been argued so vehemently at the moment but seems to miss the point. Are we really kiting waves as best we could? Is a handle pass off the lip not just a silly little trick if you didn't make the section? Is a grab not just a little style tip you picked up in a skatepark.
You know back in the early days windsurfing freestyle meant jumping through your boom while you did a rail ride......... we might laugh now, but handle passes off the lip seem a bit lame if you can't hit a thick lip late deep and heavy and be prepared to wear the consequences.
Unhooked unstrapped riding in waves of consequence is not style move but a guarantee of seperation from a 'downed before wave' kite and board
Can kiters actually do these moves and is it just a question of time and someone with balls that are big enough. I believe they can and look forward to seeing contests in waves of consequence which is where pro surfing and windsurfing both have headed.
