Boxburg said...

While at the Mambo I saw one of the funniest tricks ever. A guy boosted, removed his board and placed it between his legs so that he was straddling it, he then put one hand on the bar and the other in the air, waving it around as if he was riding a bronco. He almost stuck the landing.
My guess is that it would be called a "rodeo" could it be the new General?
Anyone know who the rider was, and what it's called?

It was Rhys Porter and it was a rodeo, he did stick a couple over the weekend you must have missed them.
He was doing them to show up that slice of dutch, len10!!
:-)

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

SICK!!!! hahahaha I had a heap of people ask me about it after that session - Ill try and get a photo of me doing it and post it up for you all

Ahhh Mr Porter, your legend is growing !!!
Glad to see that Old School Big Air and Board Offs is still getting the attention it deserves !!!

The good old Rodeo and we thought it would never catch on

Lol must be a Brisbane thing I didn't know Kurt did board-offs too!!!

Thats the first picture i've ever seen of me doin one loooool

Edit - Its Rhys by the way

Lol I actually saw a tiny sequence of it in Core magazine last month - If I saw you doin them at Pebble i'd be a lot better by now lol, that was like 4 years ago!!!

don't try and tell me there was wind at mambo this year!!!

stabber said...

don't try and tell me there was wind at mambo this year!!!

sorry to tell u this stabber but there was 20 knots plus for the first 3 days. hehehehehe

damn.....

but 20kts and 150 kiters.......no thanks....

I'd like to know how many $$$$ worth of equipment was totalled?

Bet ya wish yer gear was tax deductable now....heheheee.

stabber said...

damn.....

but 20kts and 150 kiters.......no thanks....

I'd like to know how many $$$$ worth of equipment was totalled?

Bet ya wish yer gear was tax deductable now....heheheee.

I saw a couple of kites get trashed in the waves, maybe some lines got damaged there were a few contacts but not as many as you would think. Plenty of kites went down in the surf, but they escaped unscathed most of the time. The scene was dominated by Slingshot and Cabrinha kites this year, those two brand outnumbered all the other brands by at least 5/6:1
It looks hell busy from the beach, but when you are on the water and have been out there for more than 15 mins you realise there is some method to the madness, and you work out a place to kite.
Biggest hassle was a few kiters who had no idea what to do when approaching another kiter head on, it was the same few all weekend, nothing unusual really.
There were some of maniac poleboarders, a couple of them mowed me down while I was demonstrating how to not SUP. I later found out that it was a conspiracy hatched on the beach, they were both actually aiming for me and I thought it was an accident.
I know of at least 2 SUP boards that got bent/creased, I guess they are just do big that they can't withstand hitting the sand hard?

If I can kite around out there and not get in the way then anyone can! :-)

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve