I was down on the beach at Margaret River and noticed a lot of Strapless boards out there I thought I should see some good turns with this method. I was wrong nothing but sla****is. Slash's on the shoulder look **** people put your straps on and hit the ****en lip for ****'s sake. NO LIP AVOIDANCE !!!!

The point is there's a lot of people doing it and not to many doing it well.

Big dubya said..

The point is there's a lot of people doing it and not to many doing it well.

hahaha, does that matter?

said it before and will say it again! strapless is ok for 2' shore break riding show ponies

vvv this guy is more legit

If that last pic is not a photo shop job, this guy does not carry coconuts but water melons!!!!

Strapless is great in 2 foot mush,99.8% of people out there would have more fun strapped, would go way harder and be able to boost for extra fun.
I have seen pro riders boosting strapless while holding onto the board but yet to see anyone actually doing it on the water at my busy local (Scarb).

ps; I do ride strapless occasionally as there is a skill to it worth learning but having more fun with straps in most conditions.

an ANTI-strapless thread !!??

whats next - Im too cool to wear sunscreen !!!!???

Main said..


an ANTI-strapless thread !!??

whats next - Im too cool to wear sunscreen !!!!???

Only place this thread can go now is pro-boardies over wetsuit!

hamburglar said..

jackforbes said...

Main said..


an ANTI-strapless thread !!??

whats next - Im too cool to wear sunscreen !!!!???

Only place this thread can go now is pro-boardies over wetsuit!

and that's another thing, if your wearing them over a wetsuit to protect it What The Hell are You Doing Getting Dragged Up the Beach

Well if your in QLD its probably the cops dragging you up the beach for kiting in a group of three or more.

I tell you what is boring endless amounts of slashing on the shoulder when there is a six foot lip to not avoid.

Who else does this: front strap only. This means strapless on the back foot so that you can move your back foot around (like when you're surfing), but front strap allows control in the air. Total strapless for under 3'. One strap on front foot for everything above. Its that simple.

Two question's, whats a noob? and who is KOTP?

austin said..

saw some kook doing this the other day at corro's, such confusion in riding styles, looked very unnatural on the water

There is no trolling mate, I'm back at work and bored so no kiting for me. Just a bit of entertainment for myself. I've been kiting a few years over here and never seen anyone pull this pursuit of surfing off with a kite. My view is you kite for the power and speed and it seems over here in the west with the strong breezes we get and crowds you need to be strapped to make the most of it and do the pure surfing by, well, going surfing. I was lucky enough to hear my windsurfer mates talking about lip avoiding a couple of years ago and I never wanted them talk about me like that so I went in the water from then on thinking one thing. NO LIP AVOIDANCE. It just looks lame there's no connection between kiting and surfing if you avoid the lip. And dare I say it again the most lip avoidance comes from people with out straps.