First of all I'd like to say Big up to all Australian kiteboarders and thanks for the props and for those who enjoyed "We Did Nothing"!! The crew had a lot of fun making the film and its good to hear feedback.
Seems like there are some people on Seabreeze hating on the film but don't really have good grounds to hate. I don't mind haters but if you hate you have to at least have a good reason. I'm sorry if we come across as some sorta "GANGSTERS" with gang handshakes that wear baggy clothes and listen to GANGSTER music but if you payed any attention to the film we are pretty far from Gangsters. Yes there is a Hip hop song in the intro but we like hip hop, it's part of our lifestyle, so we wanted to have some Hip Hop in our film. We also have a wide variety of other genres of music in there (If you didn't notice). It's very hard to please everyones music tastes in one 8 minute film but I think we did a decent job. As for the "GANGSTER" handshakes I hope you are not foolish enough to consider high 5's and fist bumps as gang signs. And the baggy clothes.... really? That's not gangster. If you were wearing tight shirts and tight jeans I wouldn't call you Emu.... well maybe if you were dressed like that and you wore black eyeliner and a handbag (and were a dude) i probably would but I still wouldn't care if that's the way you wanna dress then it's all good once you're not hitting on me. ;)
Anyways, it also seems like some of you think that what we are doing in the video is non-progressive. I'm not claiming to be the most progressive rider in kiteboarding but I've been riding for 10 years and I've dabbled in every aspect of the sport from footstraps, to boosting, to boardoffs, to being shackled in, to wakestyle and boots, I've watched boards and kites evolve and the sport change in many ways.
I tried it all and the only style of riding that still keeps my interest as a rider is Wakestyle, I hate to call it Wakestyle because it is what I believe is progressive kiteboarding (Wakestyle: Riding powered in boots, with your kite low and making your tricks look easy with style) However the only way we can separate it from dangling and board off style riding is by naming it Wakestyle. Anyways the reason why I've gotten 'bored' with boosting and twirling around and taking my board off and putting it back on is simply because its easy. Anything progressive isn't easy. If you think what we are doing in "We Did Nothing" isn't progressive then try and go out and make a spin look as easy and good as the ones Jake are throwing or maybe grab a KGB like he did then come back here and let me know how "easy" and non progressive that was for ya.
At the end of the day I don't hate board offs and boosting, or people mowing the grass, we all kiteboard to have fun. Every now and then I will boost a big jump and look around and smile cause its fun. I give props to those who are doing something hard but at the same time making it look good like Jake Kelsick which to me is very progressive. I started kiteboarding because it is fun and I still have a lot of fun doing it 10 years later but I focus my progression in an area which is the most difficult and challenging way to progress which is Wakestyle.
In "We Did Nothing" we wanted to show people how guys like us do it down in Antigua. We hangout, ride together, give high fives, cruise around and throw carves, bust tricks, whatever's fun to us. If you liked it then check out www.Kitescoop.com in the next few months because we plan on doing a few more films like it. If you're a hater then it sucks to be you.
