had a look at the seabreeze news article (right hand side of the webpage) titled "Can you kickflip with a kite" and i remembered seeing ANTANDROY. it's an Fone promotional vid and has some amazing kiting in it.
I think its Mitu Monterio. he rides his SB like he has geko's feet. cant tell if he actually lands the kickflip as the scene is cut right when he lands on the board around 6:20, but impressive non the less


www.seabreeze.com.au/News/Kitesurfing/Can-you-kickflip-with-a-kite_7001412.aspx

there will be a game on xbox soon where it will be a special trick you can aquire....cheat code .X,X,LB,RT, A,<.

Here is one of mine, this ones a little bit more kite assisted than i like - but hell someone actually filmed it. I landed a few sketchy ones about 5 or 6 years ago but gave up after hurting my feet, but recently got back into them and have them reasonably consistent. Does open up a whole world of new ideas for progression - unhooked, heel, shuvit, tre, late, backfoot, under, flips waveriding...


Make sure you don't use those fins that are like knife sharp - 200 grit can sort em out tho..

no worries

start like this..

learn straight ollies - easier off a small chop - do hundreds..

Then when you got them down, as you leave/just after you leave the water for your ollie kick the board very hard and fast downwards with your front foot half way down board on heel side edge. Big floaty ones are a bit different - you use the kite to get you up high and have to have the kite angle angle so that when u flip you are not left up there dangling unable to get back on your board once flipped (ie windier - kite lower). Take full advantage of small chop ramps and your kite to start with - kind of like learning kickflips on a skateboard holding onto a rail. Go hard!

Rowdy and the wake skaters, show us ya flips !

Easier on a wakeskate then flat directional?

cheers eppo. Its a frontside shuvit, then a kickflip. so your flipping the heel side of your board downward, but first you want to pop, then slide the tail of the board out in front of you. if you do the flip under you, you will overtake the board. hard to explain, but ill see if i can find another pic from a sideways angle.

i also find a wakeskate much easier than a flat directional board. These are old pics of an old wakeskate but i now use the airush kite/wakeskate actually made for kiting, much easier as its wider for more surface area to land on, and less rocker so you dont need to ride 2 kites bigger anymore.

flemboyant said...
cheers eppo. Its a frontside shuvit, then a kickflip. so your flipping the heel side of your board downward, but first you want to pop, then slide the tail of the board out in front of you. if you do the flip under you, you will overtake the board. hard to explain, but ill see if i can find another pic from a sideways angle.

i also find a wakeskate much easier than a flat directional board. These are old pics of an old wakeskate but i now use the airush kite/wakeskate actually made for kiting, much easier as its wider for more surface area to land on, and less rocker so you dont need to ride 2 kites bigger anymore.

Yep I get ya regarding popping first and sliding the tail out in front. Can we back up a bit. Sorry to sound naive but what's the best way to pop without straps to set up so you can push that rail forward. Might seem obvious but treat me like a moron for a bit. all my stuff has been with straps or strapless on a SB, so only now on the skim am I exploring this really fun side of our sport.

Yep sure does, ta.

really?? wow, i think the opposite. light stays under your feet easier when you tilt your feet into the wind.. like a surfboard

can you kickflip with a skateboard?

just uploaded one trick I found on my vidcam just then to show the trick.. hopefully I will put a vid together soon