Hi Peeps,
Our sport is so dynamic and exciting, by simply pidgeon holing it into any particular category which is cool or uncool restricts us from exploring new and unique ways to enjoy our sport.
We are just entering into new areas such as Speed kiting, course racing, powered wake style, and Lenton style looping just to mention a few. These are exciting times!
As a sport, kitesurfing is legitimate in it's own right, we now have more opportunity to break the rules than any other sport. By trying to copy wake style and be more like them, we are following another sport and are ignoring that which makes us even more exciting, the fact that we can throw handle passes 30 feet in the air (something they will never do behind a boat) makes us unique, not superior or inferior, just unique.
We can ride waves strapped or unstrapped, hooked or unhooked, small, large, in barrels, in choppy onshore as well as down the line. We can charge tow in monsters, or hit 2 foot dribble and make it look fun. We can race around close out sections and then boost over waves on the way out, again this is unique to kiteboarding alone. No other sport can be as diverse or visually spectacular as Kiteboarding.
It's the reason we have grown faster than any other sport on the planet. Think outside the square, push the sport in a direction which makes you happy, but don't put sh1t on anyone for their ideas or the way they ride.
We are coming into an era where wake boarders are looking up to us and envy the tricks we can do. Surfers are also paying close attention and are joining us in droves. Our sport is awesome, lets use our uniqueness and push our own personal boundaries.
Kite on and smile if it makes you happy!
Good winds,
