it's called a darkslide, and no, I can't do it. Looks cool though.

Yer man it's a piece of piss once you nut it out.
Great way of doing a show off transition.

Just got it 2 weeks ago. My style is crappy.
Can't hold the slide for very long and I loop out of it to lift me and board up to get the board right side up. I mostly ride away in the same direction I started.

Can you provide some tips on how to do it right?

Capt Loopy said...

Yer man it's a piece of piss once you nut it out.
Great way of doing a show off transition.

Rob S said...

Just got it 2 weeks ago. My style is crappy.
Can't hold the slide for very long and I loop out of it to lift me and board up to get the board right side up. I mostly ride away in the same direction I started.

Can you provide some tips on how to do it right?

Capt Loopy said...

Yer man it's a piece of piss once you nut it out.
Great way of doing a show off transition.

Sorry mate me giving tech tip is like trying to talk to me at 2am at the pub.
No one can understand me and there a high chance someone going to get hurt.

I'm attempting to learn this transition at the moment, with no luck so far. The first problem I had was incorrectly looping the kite, seems i was looping the wrong way, after a few tips from the boys that can do I think I'm back on track. The best way I can describe it is that the kite has to loop using your back hand (I think it's referred to as a down loop) this way as you complete the loop and the kite heads up to 12 o'clock in the direction you are heading you use the lift to pop the board up from the slide position to heelside. Watch the video Chris posted.

Yep got it. Nice addition to the down loop transition. Seems you need to stay powered up during the transition, hence the down loop. Looks achievable, will give it crack next time. Ta.

Guess what I'm learning today

Re original post - The Dark Side is a secret Jedi move. It bears no necessary relation to kiting, but certain Jedi knights who also kite will occasionally pull a dark side whilst kiting. Obviously this is top secret, so it's not to go beyond this thread, OK?

What I can tell you is that it involves a shift in dimensionality and as such is imperceptible to anyone who's accustomed to perceiving in only 4 dimensions. However, if you are attuned to disturbances in "the Force" you may get an inkling that a dark side has just occurred.

Approximately one in seven kiters is also a well disguised Jedi Knight, so dark-sides whilst kiting are reasonably common. A skilled Jedi can also pull a dark side at other times, such as when typing on the interwebs, and yes, even after too many beers and kebabs.

... tee hee, very clever djdojo.

Question, is a dark slide achievable in choppy conditions, is there a limit to how much chop you can attempt it or is it never gunna happen with even a bit of chop?? It would be typical me, try it and give up as a joke only to find out I would never get it due to conditions I tried it in???

You should have seen me try a KGB, it was never gunna happen (read too fat and lazy). I was following a guy who was doing them at will, and with a rush of blood to the head and not thinking about it too much, I launched myself into one, how hard can it really be???? And as expected, it ended in disaster with pain. Bugger it, not gunna try that again.

Anyway,

cheers,

Robbie

Obviously not getting to Woodies enough. Im sure its happening down there regularly.
Definitely makes for a cool transition. Got a real 'old school' feel about it. Wonder if its as easy as BEST make it look??

Ditto others to djdojo - even from your standard that reply rates ++ - very clever!

Darkslide was a move on Tony Hawk on PS1, I was pretty good at in the day.

Also a pretty tricky surfing move.

Video please....sounds awesome. I don't see it as old school, I see a lot of the stuff now Sh1T school and should be left behind a boat....then again that's cause I'm to old to continue to try...lol

ankle stronger than ever! Yeh leaving this one to a summer easterlie estuary moment one feels. See the wind and swell forecast early next week! Insane.

mabey the kite is just to fast of a turning kite ??

Hahah too fast it's a switchblade.
I'm just getting way too much lift. I'm going to try hoping earlier to get lower first and then look up and slow loop