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coastflyer
coastflyer
SA
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coastflyer coastflyer
SA, 601 posts
31 Oct 2013 10:15am
Here's Andrew Cotton riding one of the biggest waves ever surfed. Check out the seagull in the foreground, directly above him, and it sort of looks like a kite above him! I can't imagine that a kitesurfer would ever be game enough to try kiting in waves of this size.



austin
austin
671 posts
austin austin
671 posts
31 Oct 2013 8:05am
of course, everybody knows that as the waves get bigger they get easier to ride, not sure how you'd go with the speed and catching up the kite, wind angle would need to be perfect. Hate to say it but waves of this size seem to be shredded more fluently by windsurfers
Chris_M
Chris_M
2132 posts
Chris_M Chris_M
2132 posts
31 Oct 2013 3:54pm
Those birds are f*ckin huge!
Plummet
Plummet
4862 posts
Plummet Plummet
4862 posts
31 Oct 2013 4:12pm
or a Farken tiny dude. maybe its remote control action man surfing a ankle high waves?
ok
ok
NSW
1089 posts
ok ok
NSW, 1089 posts
31 Oct 2013 7:29pm
austin said..

of course, everybody knows that as the waves get bigger they get easier to ride, not sure how you'd go with the speed and catching up the kite, wind angle would need to be perfect. Hate to say it but waves of this size seem to be shredded more fluently by windsurfers


as waves get bigger they get easier to ride? surely your high or you have never ridden a large wave
Plummet
Plummet
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Plummet Plummet
4862 posts
31 Oct 2013 6:46pm
ok said..

austin said..

of course, everybody knows that as the waves get bigger they get easier to ride, not sure how you'd go with the speed and catching up the kite, wind angle would need to be perfect. Hate to say it but waves of this size seem to be shredded more fluently by windsurfers


as waves get bigger they get easier to ride? surely your high or you have never ridden a large wave


I agree with Austin. Certainly wind blown waves get better with size. Theres a critical size around 1.5 head I recon where the suck back of the wave cleans and smooths up the faces. It makes them easy to ride.
austin
austin
671 posts
austin austin
671 posts
1 Nov 2013 8:03am
ok said..

austin said..

of course, everybody knows that as the waves get bigger they get easier to ride, not sure how you'd go with the speed and catching up the kite, wind angle would need to be perfect. Hate to say it but waves of this size seem to be shredded more fluently by windsurfers


as waves get bigger they get easier to ride? surely your high or you have never ridden a large wave


I know big waves just scare the pants off me, I run away with straps on and donkey dick tucked in tight, ill have to stick to 1ft beachies from now on
OceanAddicts
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2 Nov 2013 12:17pm
Ben Wilson has caught some pretty big waves with a kite!

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