... ahhh bugger, just remembered, my sons going on a kite trip to a sandbar 15NM off shore so I am giving him all my camera gear to take, so I might not get to film my first attempts to Dark Slide! Oh well, if my memory is up to it, I'll try to recant to the best of my knowledge my success/failures

mitch88 said...

I can do it. It's a great trick and feels awesome when you get a good slide! Just practice the slide than when you start getting that try the loop out of it. Practice the loop in lighter winds first lol. Good luck

Have seen u doing it Mitch, you make it look easy as
I'm thinking I'll try it when I kite next (which should be in next few days D.O.W in Essaouira)

dafish said...

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

You can't really be angry at him. Lets be honest here kiters obviously took this name from the skating trick, and it makes little to no sense in regards to the kiting trick anyway... The only reason its called a "darkslide" in skating is because you are sliding along the rail on your griptape, which happens to be the black or "dark" side of your board... This isn't the case in kiting.

What about this variation of the kiteloop/transition, instead of a slide you can do the jesus walk :

hamburglar said...

eppo said...

What's a dark slide anyhow?
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its not the aftermarth of 10 scooners and 2 late night beef kababs!

Worlds darkest, funkiest, greasiest darkslide comin' right up!

www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/videos/7108230/Meaty-kebab-breaks-world-record

looks cool. I've gotta try it