No need to go to Caloundra to see barefoot kiting. There is a kiter from Kurnell on Botany Bay been doing it for a few weeks. Gets super fast speed on the flat water of Quibray Bay then steps off his board and continues barefoot for a few hundred metres. Have actually seen him hit a kicker and get airborne. Never lands though , always comes down in a superman. Very awesome to watch. Saw him being videod the other day but don't know the photographer.
Anyone know the picture man.

Nothing new. Saw Tom Herbert, Airush pro rider, doing it a couple of seasons ago.
Beach tack, he would take his board off, barefoot for a while, then put his board back on. I think his was some sort of world class barefoot skier before kiting.
Looks way cool anyway.

i find it cleans that smelly sh$t out from under my nails!

I'm with northside on this one ! I'm suspect any pics or Vids ?

Don't you need to be doing around 65k's (40mph) to barefoot? Also, you'd have to be going down wind as there is not much edging done when barefooting.

I'm in the "I'd like to see footage" camp

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"he would take his board off, barefoot for a while, then put his board back on. "

sniff sniff.... hmmmm I smell bull**** in the air. Where the FCK did he put his board while he was barefooting!!!!!!!!! COMEON stop the claiming. Maintaining barefoot speed flying a kite with one hand and his dick in the other ey.

I have barefooted since I was 10 years old and my cousin is Australian U18 champion. I guess it would be possible (anything is) to barefoot behind a kite however like all the other skeptics here I need video footage. To barefoot you need glassy conditions and consistent pull OVER 40kph (the slowest I can foot at is 46kph). It is possible to foot with shoes on at 25kph and even slower with bigger shoes but not BAREfoot. To get enough speed you would need a LOT of wind, that wind would make the conditions choppy even 1m away from a sandbank.

Umm Lou Wainman in Unhooked goes kiting just using bindings.... thats heaps old.

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Originally posted by echostorm

To this comment

"he would take his board off, barefoot for a while, then put his board back on. "

sniff sniff.... hmmmm I smell bull**** in the air. Where the FCK did he put his board while he was barefooting!!!!!!!!! COMEON stop the claiming. Maintaining barefoot speed flying a kite with one hand and his dick in the other ey.

I have barefooted since I was 10 years old and my cousin is Australian U18 champion. I guess it would be possible (anything is) to barefoot behind a kite however like all the other skeptics here I need video footage. To barefoot you need glassy conditions and consistent pull OVER 40kph (the slowest I can foot at is 46kph). It is possible to foot with shoes on at 25kph and even slower with bigger shoes but not BAREfoot. To get enough speed you would need a LOT of wind, that wind would make the conditions choppy even 1m away from a sandbank.

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Read em And weep
All you sceptics.
Thanks for the link Muxu
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I'm sceptical, you need over 45 kmph to barefoot as previously mentioned. I can go alot slower on my shoes. That clip is a little suspect in its credibility... watch it closley, and I mean real closely and you may see what I mean...

It is also really important to consider whether the barefoot kiteboarder has clipped or unclipped nails and also footsize and weight should be factored in to whether 'claiming it" is really genuine

Here's some footage taken in WA, the closest thing I think you could get to barefoot with a kite,

Rider: Damo

enjoy

Unfortunatly people not one of those videos is barefooting. More like breifly skimming

THE KITE IS SUPPORTING THE RIDERS WEIGHT !!!! NOT THE WATER

as sandman said

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I wasn't berfooting like behind a boat because the kite was supporting his weight, not the water.

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