I've Noticed a lot of kite mates ive met around the world and on DVDs are super into Reggae--Slightly Stoopid, Sublime, Ziggy Marley, Bob, Etc...

Just keen to find what everyone else is into, Cause I know a lot of surfers share the love of the Chill out like Jack Johnson and JBT.

(Im into reggae myself)

Reggae style Breaks, Drum n Bass and Jungle (funny that)

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Da Original Junglist

Fat Freddy's Drop- Based on a True Story....chill out, great bass

Sam Sparro- Black and Gold.....awesome mellow tunes you can sing to yourself while cruisin in 20 knot winds

FOO FIGHTERS!

Depends on my mood at the time, ranges from Aussie Hip Hop (Butterfingers, Hilltops, Pegz) to Xavier Rudd and JBT through to the really heavy stuff Rivethead, Lamb of God. Definately can't forget the old favs (Rage, Nirvana, STP, Tool, APC) and some newer atlernative to slightly (hate to say it) emoISH stuff lol, AFI, Panic! at the Disco, My Chemical Romance and Coheed and Cambria.

(Damn, I like a lot of music)

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Haven't found a single style or artist that gives the full package. In each adrenaline pumping genre or album there are some dodgy soungs and there are few good ones.

I find Drum & Bass more suitable for ambiental meditaional feel, whereas for kiting you really wanna get pumped up...

Reggae has some pretty good tunes that could do the work. But generally it's a bit slow.

But what gives me most adrenaline are good upbeat fast breakbeat tunes. Although there are some artists that have very good concepts (i.e. Calyx), but the songs tend to get to repeatitive and hance push you into a trance and reduce motivation rather than full alertness with adrenaline.

Also some of the music used for breakdancing is very suitable (breakbeaty trip hop tunes), as they deliberatelly choose tunes that encourage those hard movements and keep them in rythm... hence it must be good for kiting too.

Jungle is too much offbeat, too irregular beat disrupts the consistent heart rate hence you don't get maximum mental and physical boost before your session. I'd definitelly rather go with D&B rather then jungle if i had no other choice.

superlizard said...



I find Drum & Bass more suitable for ambiental meditaional feel, whereas for kiting you really wanna get pumped up...

I don't know what kind of Drum and Bass you listen to mate! Just spent last Friday at Fabric in London (Roni Size and Andy C were doing sets) and it was brutal! Nothing meditative or ambient about it! My ears are still ringing...

Yeah, forgot the Salmonella Dub. But, if you want to progress from there, you would have to add Tiki to that list. He went solo and put out his own album at the start of the year.

Sounds shiz unless you know it.

hospital records- drum and bass.
plus no one could go past lord quas. stones throw records.

Can't go past some Rancid, Nofx and other punk tunes on the drive to the beach. Throw in the remixed versions of Bob Marley and stuff from his sons Damian, Stephen and Ziggy with a bit of pendulum, bob sinclair etc and it becomes bliss for my ears.

I also love this song... William Shatner, possibly the worst musician ever born.

Or this one... Love this band