his website could use a bit of work. why is it so futuristic... ot claims it does what every kite in the market claims to do, but then doesnt go in to detail why, sorry but not really impressed, admititly ive never head of him, who is he?

h20fly said...

but not really impressed, admititly ive never head of him, who is he?

look at some youtube vids of what he was doing in 2001 and you will see who he his

dusty do your homework and stop surfing kite vids

I hadn't heard of him either. I just searched his name on youtube and this is what I found: and HOLY **** he was WAY ahead of his time!

i'm surprised he is promoting a bridled model in the range. wainman has always been loudly opposed to SLE kites

Is no one gonna pick 'Slave up on his claim to be a pioneer of kiting??!?

'I need to pioneer another board sport'

And on a post about Wainman too...

gimme a break.

lol

yeah and i pioneered it to..........lol.
p.s. quick everyone can claim now if they want, the door is open for a claim fest.

short lines short board short man.

Ben De Jonge said...

Is no one gonna pick 'Slave up on his claim to be a pioneer of kiting??!?

'I need to pioneer another board sport'

And on a post about Wainman too...

gimme a break.

lol

lol.
I stand by my claim.
Anybody who began kiting at the change of the millennium (of before) was a pioneer.
I was one of the first in the waves around my neck of the woods.
Does that make me a pioneer or just an early adopter ??
A pioneer doesn't have to be a star....Lou's a star.
I'm just a sh1t for brains kitefreak.

I'm just a sh1t for brains kitefreak.

Your special 'slave

he rode flysurfer...........

Trem said...

smooth - Ive noticed some seriously short lines in a few of his clips

That is also a seriously small board

Chek out the buy & sell section for the Old School 2 line kites like Lou rode

Lou was one of the first to ride the pickle fork design. Jimmy lewis made them in the early days, and Liquid Force made a Lou signature 141 Pickle fork. Thats way back in the day though. I actually had a couple of pickle forks my self, a 141 and a 151. They sucked! but that was a long time ago now, back when we used 2-line kites, and no leashes.

Lou was doing it way before any one! When I say doing it, I mean pushing it, and hard! Watching Lou, Mauricio, Elliot and crew in those early days was just painful. Never seen any one punish them selves like they did. If you can find a movie called "HIGH" watch it. Most of Lou's moves are better than anyone is doing today (if you are going to compare them to wakeboarding moves) and that was shot in 1998.

Very talented rider.

JB

If you want more old school Lou, Elliot, Robby, Mauricio, Flash Austin and the guys check out "Air Sickness" on VHS. Everyone is ripping pretty hard but Lou's segment in the very end is in a completely different league.. He's the king, simple as that.