Hi Martin,

What do you find more thrilling in the surf. - Going deep in a great barrell, or riding the face of a monster?

Just a few questions which pop up on seabreeze a far bit.

Strapped or strapless?
C or Bow?
Boardies over wetsuit?
Waist or Seat harness?

In "Spare Change" you rated getting smashed at Shipsterns as "the worst wipeout of your life", have you been rumbled by anything harder than that since?

You looked pretty messed up after it, did you find or see anything interesting when you were down there?

Are you going to be making a board for boots? Do you still ride freestyle/wakestyle ever? If not are you bored of waveriding yet?

Lager, curry and a fight or Lemonade, sausage roll and a tickle?

What are your favourite conditions, wind strength, left or righthander, cross off, cross or cross on, where and why?

who in the world would you most like to see get punched in the head..?

What does a VARI kite offer the average rider that the bigger more established brands havent managed to find yet....... in an industry with so many brands now?

Who actually designs your kites?
Have you poached a designer from another company?

OR are they designed by the riders for the riders



Good luck with your new venture and if you push it anywhere near as hard as your riding, im sure they'll be sweet

In the Tahiti section of the movie spare change you got a little gay on us with all this "finding yourself " crap.. are you really like this or was it the producers idea to make the movie more appealing to chicks and people like sandgroper..

Martin,

What is the key to dealing with closeout sets ( in big surf ) when making your way out the back..Often you can have a wall of water or 6ft of angry pounding whitewater coming at you which you need to get past.... ... I have attemted the following with these results:

Boost over the wave - if it is onshore you end up further down wind and have to do it again.

Turn around - works but just delays the enivitable.

Stop and sink - seems to work best for me ( keep tension in the lines and almost duckdive the wave ) but not so good when using a surfboard as it is hard to hold the board and the kite at the same time whilst duck diving.

I have even tried just charging straight into the face of the wave with the idea of punching out the otherside...needless to say I have NEVER tried that again.

Any tip or pointers in dealing with this would be greatly appreciated.

Good luck in 09

harry potter said...

I have even tried just charging straight into the face of the wave with the idea of punching out the otherside...needless to say I have NEVER tried that again.

I'd like to see that on video

If you have any photos of you doing this please send them to us.

Does riding big waves get you laid more often?

What are you doing to make sure there is no problems with your kites and materials?
Everyone does heaps of testing but i have found and have been disappointed when buying first generation kites in recent years only to find little problems arising. Because of this, I have said I will never buy a 1st gen kite until I see how its refined the next year. Even after flying them myself as you cant test durability in an hour on the water.