We can now point higher, ride faster, jump higher, have less gear for cheaper aaaaand we can travel anywhere we want easier... They havn't got much left except for forward rolls...

Rhys Porter said...
We can now point higher, ride faster, jump higher, have less gear for cheaper aaaaand we can travel anywhere we want easier... They havn't got much left except for forward rolls...

You left out the most important part. It only takes an average poley 3 or 4 weeks to be a good kitesurfer. That alone means that they are going to give up holding poles to go to kiting!

Stoopid post someones pimpin raceboards [}:)]

Its all lies windsurfings is better OK

Now we have that soughted out - there will be 1,000,000 less poleys taking up our kiteing space

and space monkeys right !!

Windsurfers do it because the love it. Most who are still doing it will not change no matter how much better kiting equipment is. Raceboards have nothing to do with it.

In terms of twiddley riding a good freestyle windsurfer is far better than kite freestyle (not that there are many good windsurfers around), until you add in big air then kiting wins.

Surf? Dunno. Don't care. I have more fun in the surf with my kite than I ever did with a sailboard.

Self-rescue with a kite beats swimming in a broken windsurfing rig any day.

gergo i thought if would be helpfull to have something that floats?
ie deflated \tangled kite on a sinking tt , way out back .ditch kite and swim in
sail board ,ditch sail and a long paddle in
i would never ditch my gear kites or sail either but if you had to ?

If you get a chance, play all these sports. I now find myself in a position where I'm absolutely loving surfing, SUP, kitesurfing and windsurfing.

They all share similar skills, keep me fit, and I find myself in a constant state of froth because the conditions are generally good to do at least one of them!

Froth is good.

Word up Loza! it's all pure joy! Get out there anyway you can and get your rocks off! Lifes too short to sit around and wonder.

Luke

The fact that you can't count can not be blamed on poleys.

All said and done, no one is as fluid down the line as a windsurfer is in perfect conditions. The way a polley can drive off the bottom and then smack or float off the top is second to none. Done right it makes regular surfing look lacking.
For me at the moment kite "surfing" has seriously pushed the boundries and Kiters are now in the pocket way more. but as for a few of the above reasons it still has not eclipesed windsurfing when your talking down the line.

I'm def with you Joe as far as flat water stuff goes, you'd be mad to just want to hang on to
a boom and say this is the shnitz.

For me on the east coast kites are the way to go and are the best option out in the ocean. but it ain't always about faster,higher and look at me spin.


Sups I love em! there is no comparison!

Luke


Have fun working it out it's all super fun no matter what.

KiteAction said...

The way a polley can drive off the bottom and then smack or float off the top is second to none. Done right it makes regular surfing look lacking.

couldnt disagree with you more - what regular surfing are you watching?

Windsurfing, especially racing, is dead.



P.S.

Whats with this obsession of converting pollies? One minute you're bitching about how there are too many kiters on the water and its too busy and how many douchebags there are doing stupid things at your kitespot, then next week you're trying to work out how to convert as many pollies as possible?

WTF are you people thinking? Who cares if they convert, in fact, the less that convert the better. I'd hate to see another 50 kiters at my local kite spot.

Dont mess with the stig windsurfing is faster.. Any of you fellas want to go heads up i will be up for a race any time.. we will race for a slab of beer..

NR said...
... How many times would you expect to go totally over the falls and get your gear ripped away from you? ...

Going over the falls with a kite is fairly common and fairly benign. It's quite surreal as the kite holds you upright while tonnes of water pour over you.

Most times it ends and you ride away. Sometimes you get washed really fast inshore and have to stop and gather yourself and possibl recover your board before proceeding.

Very occasionally you'll get creamed and everything drops. So far it's been easy to recover.

Once I got into the deepest, most hollowest tube imaginable (by accident). It as amazing to watch the lip close over my head then proceed to slam shut on me. It was still a fairly mild beating compared to going over the falls on a surfboard or SUP.

flipper4444 said...

1000 x "Yah - my name is Sven.. I'll be lookink for some good doobie and hot chickys. Now I'll just turgen in the doons here and den wash my dinner plate oot in de showers.. We luff it here in Ozzy."


Same goes for the kiting side in summer BTW, but they get hotter chickys (the b@st@rds!).




Wind..


Without it we are all standing on the beach with our pole in our hand.