Mmmm...thats great...must be a terrific feeling, having the skills and confidence to enjoy the sport at that level. I look forward to the day when i can make a similar statement as you. Be a while yet though.
I thoroughly enjoy watching kiters with that experience and skill, they are inspirational to watch. We have a couple/few kiters at that level in our area. Great to watch, great to learn from.

I love the zig zag walk down to the water, and when you dip that kite into the window only so lightly wondering if your going to get pulled off that edge!
Bring on summer!

Yeh good point plummet. I'm the same. Want power on tap, everyone is putting a 8m up I smile and get out a 10 or 11m. Yeeha. Even today some bloke commented that I must have been lit out there and I just smile and say how else would ya want it. Not mowing the bloody lawn out there, leave that up to the strapless crew. ?????

Funny thing is in the early 2000's that's all you had. Overpowered and balls to the walls. Nostalgic maybe cause sometimes it was just too darn terrifying. At least you have some control now.

perfect conditions this arvo for that plummet high 20s on the 9mtr edge, laying horizonzal holding an edge after boosting over the incoming swell into the flat water, hoping you slow up enough before you run out of water, then head back out hopping and boosting over the incoming swell fully cranked, its heaps better than looking for wind, already better than last year i hardly touched my nine ive had it out a few time already in the last week, such a sweet kite in these conditions i felt on the limit but in complete control

yeah cauncy thats what its about. your right eppo. sometimes i don't feel like being at the limit of power other days....

wisdom and oath.

we aren't talking about overpowered. were talking about that magic place thats just before over powered.

Plummet said...
yeah cauncy thats what its about. your right eppo. sometimes i don't feel like being at the limit of power other days....

wisdom and oath.

we aren't talking about overpowered. were talking about that magic place thats just before over powered.

Ah you always describe it better than me. Yes you are right, not over powered, just enough to keep you on your toes and power to burn when you need it without having to work the kites apparent wind.

Just gotta get my downloop back rolls right now, any tips on this might make apost.

dorothyinste said...
Mmmm...thats great...must be a terrific feeling, having the skills and confidence to enjoy the sport at that level. I look forward to the day when i can make a similar statement as you.

Give it a week, should be right.

^^^^ Agree and you know that your on the edge of being overpowered when you launch your kite on the beach and instead of walking to the water you can just drag yourself to the water barefoot style

No it's not VB man , its about riding a 8m REO in 20 knots strapless slashing the face on Huge 1 foot sloppy wave on another unending downwinder. Yaaaaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnnn.

VB MAN said...
Yo Eppsta, let the boring, "i'm cool" crowd keep buying there kites, it keeps the industry alive. And don't forget, that most decent kite brands still cater for the true kiters.

not wrong there, some people look and see plenty of a certain brand and convince themselves that they are the kite without even trialing ive given a trial to plenty of different brands some unheard of, and rate them higher than the mainstream brands , same goes for boards, its all in the marketing

Plummet said...

I'm loving power at the moment. i don't really care what kite size. but i want to be powered to just before the point of overpowered. you know that place when you can still control speed by edgeing but only just.

you pull the trigger and whammo. up you go. you glide around for a while and still have insane power than landings are super soft and smooth.


mmmmmh

love it!.

Saturday arvo at Woodys on the 12m, after thinking it was going to be a wishy-washy westerly that dropped off, then picked up ... and then boomshanka! In it came. Just touch the rock-solid bar to sent up high enough and glide long enough to shout about three or four sentences to my mates below about how much fun it was. Depowering just made the kite slow and dangerous to others,and boring. Hung on and prayed instead. Still ache all over two days later. Love it.