Just got off the phone and had a proper laugh about the idea of strapless windsurfing in the waves with board shaper MrX
Windsurfing has been around for along time, why haven't they progressed and lost the straps and made it like "highly respected" strapless kitesurfing?

Kite surfers have yet to catch up to windsurfing in terms of style and radical action.

Wave Kiting will never progress beyond lame surfing moves with out straps.

you can call the sport surfing with a kite, but never kitesurfing.

Look to the windsurfers for the future, not the soggy bottom boys paddling around in the drink

Their sail is connected to the board doofus... Besides I have seen a guy that does it strapless and is pretty good, but it is also pretty stupid.
Windsurfing is cool because they can loop off the lip and do silly things like gu-screws and stuff. All windsurfing would be without the straps is a lame big mal with a sail ontop.

sir ROWDY said...

Their sail is connected to the board doofus... Besides I have seen a guy that does it strapless and is pretty good, but it is also pretty stupid.
Windsurfing is cool because they can loop off the lip and do silly things like gu-screws and stuff. All windsurfing would be without the straps is a lame big mal with a sail ontop.

And we already have Stand Up Kiting

Just because it hasn't progressed yet doesn't mean it can't. There aren't many people heavily concentrating on unstrapped aerials all the time so I'm not surprised for the most part its total crap. Putting straps on isn't the solution, making it easier to perform all the spins and flips by strapping-in you will have taken away any skill involved with actually performing the trick. Everyone will be able to do it and it can be done way more consistently, but that doesn't mean it's any good.
I'm sure windsurfers and whoever else are also laughing at the sky pirates dangling around above waves in straps.

Windsurfing and Kitesurfing are totally different sports and are built on a completely different approach to riding in general. I don't think you can really compare Kitesurfing and Windsurfing in waves to each other, just because one is unstrapped doesn't mean the other should be also.

Et Voila!

Oh that's great Lotofwind, 6 from 8, thanks for rubbing it in. Hope to be back in a couple more weeks (only 5000 or so more screws to go)

andos said...

Oh that's great Lotofwind, 6 from 8, thanks for rubbing it in. Hope to be back in a couple more weeks (only 5000 or so more screws to go)

Holy cr@p andos,,,,,are you still alive????????????
havent seen you in the water for 2 months.
I wont tell you about the session last Sat and monday arvo,,,,
oh and not to forget(how could I) last Friday in head high waves,,
Oh and Thursday.....Wednesday was pretty epic too.
It would be really cruel to tell you about thoughs days ,,so I wont.
Get screwing andos,,summer winds are comming.

lotofwind said...

WTF ... Why is everyone so worried about either sport being like surfing????

If your desire is to surf a wave like a surfer does.............
buy a surfboard and go friken surfing.

goes the same with what style of kiteing is pushing the sport forwards?????Does anyone really care if Jo Blow public man looks at you kiteing and thinks"he isnt moveing the sport forwards"?????
does anyone kite for their own enjoyment????? or
just worried about what the surfers or poledancers think you look like.

Who gives a ratsass ,,,,, as long as your having heaps of fun.

Just had 6 epic days of wind out of the last 8
Not really concerened if someone watching was upset I had straps or no straps.
The man with the biggest smile on the dial at the end of a session is the winner

^^^^^thats me at the moment
HAPPY DAYS

I agree with lotsofwind,

A person doing something solely for the purpose of external approval, acknowledgment or praise really, in my humble opinion, is approaching the activity with a misguided attitude.

In essence 'fanaticism is borne of insecurity'.

Each time we criticize the actions of another, we are really screaming 'I'm not sure about myself."

Do what you feel you want to do, and allow others the same consideration.

Feet were removed from the straps for dredging, gybing and tacking.
The rest of the time you'd be wishing the board was planning to move back, kick in the straps and liven up the ride.

I think strapped windsurfing looks better. Strange well marketed riders go out kitestuffing around without straps.
Im not going to blow smoke up any ones bumm, This makes kitesurfing look average to me.

The Girls on the beach probably thinks they cant afford a proper kiteboard or something.

They're watching.
Keeping a close eye on the most impressive bloke to have a family with.

Sometimes they arrive in full cars and mini buses.
They arrive when you're on the outward tack and if you don't do something impressive in 2 mins they are gone, looking for a more suitable gene pool.

sir ROWDY said...

Lovely said...

Sometimes they arrive in full cars and mini buses.
They arrive when you're on the outward tack and if you don't do something impressive in 2 mins they are gone, looking for a more suitable gene pool.

I heard they arrive in helicopters and bring champagne and cheese crackers...

Yes but when they do, they are not gonna be impressed by the technically brilliant wakestyler and his 1m jumps.
Mr Go Big Oldschool is gotta take em all

KnutH said...

sir ROWDY said...

Lovely said...

Sometimes they arrive in full cars and mini buses.
They arrive when you're on the outward tack and if you don't do something impressive in 2 mins they are gone, looking for a more suitable gene pool.

I heard they arrive in helicopters and bring champagne and cheese crackers...

Yes but when they do, they are not gonna be impressed by the technically brilliant wakestyler and his 1m jumps.
Mr Go Big Oldschool is gotta take em all

Dude, hate to tell you this, but they certainly aren't going to be impressed by either. They are going to be impressed by whatever fool is willing to take them to the shops and buy them ****.