Just getting my waterhousing all dialed in for the season so my buddy James went for a quick swim in some freezing water and got some pretty sick shots. Decided to throw into a strapless montage and this is what came out.


You can watch it here:

thats the life guys. work

nice 1 patrick ,it wasgood to to see ya in action while you were here in west oz and demo the unerground boards at kitestock keep up the good work...froth on

some nice footage
shame the credits are longer than footage

chadster said...

some nice footage
shame the credits are longer than footage

i reckon its good to see, there are too many vids getting around with footage of the same turn over and over for 30 minutes at one break.

If this is Patrick that was up Dongara for Kitestock, I think he has exceptional talent, was not comparable to other wave kiters I've seen so far and probably would be totally restricted with straps
He rides the surf board like a skate board with similar style, so when would you put straps on a skateboard?

.......that said, 75% of wave kiters would benefit from using straps, instead of stepping over their limits

Ryland said...

Rack off stumpy, this is a kiteSURFING thread.[}:)]

Yea there isn't waveriding per se in that video....but see Patrick's riding in that Year In Life vid - he's on a surf board the whole time...doing some smoothness...

And check his strapless air in the first part....I reckon that board could've knocked him cold if he ran into it - maybe that's a reason for straps. Not!

RayQ said...

If this is Patrick that was up Dongara for Kitestock, I think he has exceptional talent, was not comparable to other wave kiters I've seen so far and probably would be totally restricted with straps
He rides the surf board like a skate board with similar style, so when would you put straps on a skateboard?

Yep Ray that was Patrick I believe, he absolutely blew me away with his strapless antics up there. The first time I came across Pat (aframesurfer)I followed him in towards the shore and thought WTF is this kook doing, turns out it was about the smoothest strapless, backroll, kiteloop transition (from memory) I've ever seen.

loco4olas said...

Kitepower Australia said...

chadster said...

some nice footage
shame the credits are longer than footage

Try this one then. I love it and am watching it again now!

Rack off stumpy, this is a kiteSURFING thread.[}:)]

For the record Loco, Steve threw that one in because it had more footage of Patrick. It is mainly flatwater freestyle type kite surfing (on a directional) in that clip but but believe me he knows how to kitesurf as anyone that has seen him in the waves knows.

This one still doesn't give his waveriding credit but you get the idea.

Yeah some nice angles good editing and some nice riding. Got me all ampt for some more big winter riding.

Kitepower Australia said...
even I learned some stuff from watching him and talking to him.

you must be good steve.....

Your face is awesome.

yep this is what awesome is all about Rowdy