Faaaaarkkkk yeh!!

Smashin' it!!

Love ya style, no bs at the start....straight into it

YeeeeooOoow!!!

great stuff Keahi!!

Love the effort you go to to produce quality content and advance the sport.

Well that was absolute quality! Epic riding in amazing places, and in so many disciplines. Hero for sure.

Best ive seen for many years and so many highlights crammed into a short film. Thanks for the effort to share this with everyone.

Wanker,.. rub some more salt in the wound why dont ya.... off season, cant travel and then you release this.... not fair!

That left me frothing!

nikmcc said..

Keahi said..
Thanks for the kind words guys and its been an epic couple years filled with some amazing sessions. Stoked to hear everyone liked the film!

Yeah dude, that was rad!
Some of the best wave kiting I've seen

And I loved how a lot of it was at normal speed!

How do you not get tangled in your lines when you don't make it out of the barrel?

Agreed. I too would like to see more of the waves that went wrong, and you gave us a little shot of you outrunning your kite after it dropped. A bit of carnage is always good because we all know not all sessions work out for the best. Maybe a little blooper segment at the end of your next vid. Quality stuff....keeping us all pumped.

That was brilliant!
If the intention was to showcase what is possible on a kite then I think that's the benchmark. Mission accomplished.
Good frequencies as well. Nice to here some guitar as opposed to the same tracks regurgitated from the euro cohort.

nikmcc said..

Keahi said..
Thanks for the kind words guys and its been an epic couple years filled with some amazing sessions. Stoked to hear everyone liked the film!

Yeah dude, that was rad!
Some of the best wave kiting I've seen

And I loved how a lot of it was at normal speed!

How do you not get tangled in your lines when you don't make it out of the barrel?

Stoked to hear all the positive feedback on this.

Learning how to manage line slack just takes a little practice. Although some of the clips so extremely slack lines, this is only really on barrels I know I should make or waves that have a fairly defined channel meaning the kite will most likely be safe when it crashes. In other situations is just knowing when to eject. If I find my lines going slack I'll just pin drop to regain tension in the lines and use the kite to pull me through the back. If you find the right wind angle (side to sideoff) your kite does naturally fly pretty well with minimal input. Hope that gives a little more insight on it anyway.

riddim1 said..
That was brilliant!
If the intention was to showcase what is possible on a kite then I think that's the benchmark. Mission accomplished.
Good frequencies as well. Nice to here some guitar as opposed to the same tracks regurgitated from the euro cohort.

Thanks mate. Stoked on the music from The Walking Who. Actually a relatively unknown Aussie band which is cool.

Awesome video!

This is up there with the classics such as RIP from Robby Naish (inspired me in 90's to windsurf) and Aaron Hadlow's early 2000's videos by Andy Gordon (like Calibrate) for getting you frothing to get out!

Watched it over the weekend, simply awesome! And thanks for introducing me to a new fav band :)

Haha - how many Quarks did you klill in the making? I imagine you dunk yours pretty regularly - have you switched to the Max for linemounts?

Outstanding video thanks Keahi (and sponsers)!
I hope you are sharing this in surfing circles..
surely this would encourage more people into the sport.

Something I've often wanted to know when i see videos like this, is details on the sessions: gear used, local conditions (swell direction, wind speed and direction, etc).

Thanks again.
Tim

thuffam said..
Outstanding video thanks Keahi (and sponsers)!
I hope you are sharing this in surfing circles..
surely this would encourage more people into the sport.

www.swellnet.com/news/reels/2020/06/24/watch-keahi-de-aboitiz-tunnel-vision

wishy said..
This is so absolutely fantastic. As if we were not impressed by the barrels then you throw some massive strapless spinning pop shoveit whirly gig thing that would take ten years to land once. Just sensational.

I would put Keahi right up there with Laurie Towner and Rob Machado for that kind of effortless, smooth style that simply cannot be learned.

exactly. Beautiful to watch, yet makes us all feel rather clumsy in comparison. If his riding doesn't inspire then lawn bowling would be a more appropriate sport.

Colonel Sanders said..
Great off season kite vid to get pumped about the wind coming up in a few months!

What is an offseason?