Any pics or videos you have seen where the kiter is higher then the kite would be great. Need some material to dish out at the poleys.

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echostorm said...

Any pics or videos you have seen where the kiter is higher then the kite would be great. Need some material to dish out at the poleys.

why? who cares

Mr float said...

echostorm said...

Any pics or videos you have seen where the kiter is higher then the kite would be great. Need some material to dish out at the poleys.

why? who cares

It originates from here...

Mark _australia said...

echostorm said...

Mark _australia said...

once you can get going, turn around and jump you have done 75% of all there is to do.

I know I am biting at this stupid post, but honestly mark, you cant be serious!!!

As an example, here is a video of snow kiting, which has all the moves kite surfing has, but in an entirely different element, something that is incomprehendable windsurfing. I see at least 30 different moves in this video, not variations of the same move like your talking about.

Sorry mate but all your aerial moves are hanging under the kite bar. The kite stays where it is and you twiddle your legs around to make the board change attitude a bit.
No loops where you are higher than the kite


All your (kiters I mean) wave rides are simple bottom - top turn combos. No looping aerials like a goiter or air taka (look those up sometime).

Saffer said...

Charl dv said...

lenten doesnt get over his kite in that movie, he gets parallel at most.

Isn't this Bertrand Fleury? I know you weren't referring to him in your post, but just trying to remember who is in this picture.

Short lines and large balls are all the only requirements for the above..........and a knee blowout is just the next jump away

Why even bother arguing? There are only bad outcomes from here. Either you loose the point and look like another sad teabagger, or you convince them that kiteboarding is obviously much better than windsurfing and end up converting a whole bunch of poleys. I reckon it is better just to let them think that their goizers or air tickas are much cooler and keep the waters a bit less crowded for those of us who have a real appreciation of wind sports.

big kiteloop on lizard island last year..

one photo so far that meets prerequisites

take a look at any kiters face after a great sesh. it is obvious we are all higher than kites.

kitecrazzzy said...

one photo so far that meets prerequisites

so what

waveslave said...
Why are you wasting your time trying to talk-up kiting to the poleys ?
They fken hate kites.

nope, not even close. Just dont like f-wits... kitesurfing happens to be attracting some of them. In reality, quite a high percentage of windsurfers have tried kitesurfing.

A pic of a killer kite-loop doesn't impress them.

a kiteloop without leaving the water is unimpressive - a 6 year old can do the same thing on the kite their dad made them on the weekend... Kiteloops arn't technically hard, they just arn't impressive.

That said, 50 foot boosts are cool - if you stick in a kite loop - then you've got shtick.

Those paranoid freaks only see one thing in pics like these.....
those goddamn strings.

nope - we see the guys crashing face first, which is fine. then being dragged a few hundred meters up the beach into some rock structure or some beach goers -> which is not fine.

lol.
Maybe show them a pic of kitesurfing in the barrel.
They might like that cause they won't see the kiter....
he'll be slotted in the pit hidden behind the curtain......
out-of-sight >>> out-of-mind.

whatever - style is good in any sport.