BennyB12 said...

Ive kited now for five years. Twinny for the first few and surf board for the last couple. My back gound is heavy in both wakeboarding and surfing.
I really enjoy watching the top wakestyle riders throwing down big styley tricks but even the leaders in the surf scene fail to inspire me....
Frontside bash, frontside bash, frontside punt, frontside punt, shoulders squared, kooky stance...Really dull... Dont get me wrong, BennyW bombing macking cloudy is insane but I think theres a style issue here that needs to be addressed...
Taking nothing away from the fact that these guys rip but its kinda like watching a really hot chick with a limp... Somethings- just- not- right...

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Each to their own i guess. I come from a surfing background and love watching surf style. but i would much rather be doing than watching.

surf style will get better when u can get a kite that u can get onto a wave with let go of and catch again when u dont want to paddle out the back again

There's no wow factor in that movie can u please stop posting it

I've often thought on the flat water that watching a kiter from a distance doesn't convey the speed, sound and sensation of watching that beautiful wake sluice out from behind.

Re surf style, even watching a great surfer in good waves becomes monotonous after a while, same moves, same style. I love to surf and kite, but I can't sit through more than about 5 minute of either on video.

The general public are impressed by spectacle, you hear them ohh and ahh when someone does a big boost or falls hard.

Personally, I'm not so concerned how it looks, we all know, surf or flat water, there's lots of fun to be had out there.

If you come from a surfing background - kiters on surfboards in waves are never going to look as good- you just cannot get the right flow and fluidity when you are attached to a kite.

If you want to surf ...get fit and paddle out.

If you want to kite in the waves - get a mutant or ride a twin tip. Dont ride a surfboard and pretend to be doing something you are not...it looks $hithouse ( this applies to about 90% of people riding surfboards and more often than not they are riding in onshore conditions about 1m in front of the wave ( or way off on the shoulder ) not even hitting the lip or riding the face.

To progress kiting in the waves I think there needs to be a more original approach, more flips and spins off the lip..... more actual use of the wave to get airborne etc.... ie: bottom turn, off the lip into a boost then loop before landing on the same wave .....pop off the lip into a huge nuke grab before again smashing the wave.

Do stuff surfers cant do........ or be laughed at !!! because when you mimic them and look retarded thats what they are doing.

It's great fun to watch your mates on a day when it's blowing 25 - 30 knots and everyone's going for broke. I made this little movies a few years back. Some of the new guys may not have seen it. Appolgies to those who have.

This is just the local crew having fun, no big names. Enjoy.