They have got balls to ride those waves in the first place but not as impressive as JP ripping the same waves to pieces and he doesn't have an ejection lever, handle, to pull if it goes wrong and float off the back of the wave. If he gets it wrong he eats it big time which i recon definitely means it takes more balls to do it on a windsurfer, his gonads come in a dump truck

Wannabe's, I think not. Alex Aguera is one of the pioneers of windsurfing.

I don't think it is as cool as wavesailing Jaws, but judging by the footage you couldn't wavesail there on the day anyway, it's all about being on the right gear for the day and it would seem they were.

Slightly amusing Buster that you take the mickey out of that thread and imply that poleys do a better job on Jaws, did you read the thread? half the kiters that posted had already conceded that poleys do a better job out there and there is a long way to go in kiting big waves.

As long as the sledging is in good humour and goes both ways, it's good fun. My boss is one of those old, out-dated poleys and he is stuck in an office full of kiters. poor bast**d

^^

plus, he can probably post the word bastard unedited on Seabreeze like myself, whilst your bastard gets bleeped to bast**d.

What a bastard, not being able to post 'bastard' (and also working in an office).

Carantoc said...

Chris6791 said...

As long as the sledging is in good humour and goes both ways, it's good fun. My boss is one of those old, out-dated poleys and he is stuck in an office full of kiters. poor bast**d

You see, thats why

a) he is the boss
b) he is a poley

You all look at the situation and think 'poor bastard, a lone windsurfer in an office of kiters', he looks at the situation and thinks 'look at those idiots, I am glad I am a poley'

He probably does.
Glass is always half full as a windsurfer.

Chris6791 works in a cubicle and his boss is a poley. Scissors has been staying back with the catholic priest.
Is anyone else having trouble understanding what these guys are arguing about?

hoop said...

Chris6791 works in a cubicle and his boss is a poley. Scissors has been staying back with the catholic priest.
Is anyone else having trouble understanding what these guys are arguing about?

Sorry no cubicle for me, I live and work about 200 metres from the beach and there is more beach sand in the work car than my own 4WD. Sure my boss is a poley but since he quit smoking he really only has the one bad habit left, and we can't take that from him as well.

I'll also get paid to watch the start of the LOC on Saturday, not bad for being stuck in a cubicle

Fingers crossed the guys (and girls) get some wind for the race though.

I think the video clearly illustrates that kiteboarding in waves is mostly a case of being dragged down the wave by the kite. The only thing in common with surfing is the fact that they use a directional board... that's about it.

I disagree that mostly kitesurfing in waves is a case of bein dragged around. I have seen some kitesufing in some very critical parts of the wave, admitedly though this seems to be only achievable by a few, very good riders.

Your right, surfing Pe'ahi, especially paddle surfing it doesn't really grab me as exciting. But surfing somewhere like Teahupoo, now thats a different story. So we have a few waves that we can make look better, but surfing has heaps. And lets face it, no surfers are getting rich from just riding Pe'ahi.