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Ben - Ikon
Ben - Ikon
WA
113 posts
WA, 113 posts
6 May 2012 10:06pm
Just wanted to share some movies that we did in the past weeks. Winter is coming, so either buy some race gear and start training for the Olympics 2016 or come with us to do some lankiting. We do mountainboard and kite skating in Perth and around.

No problem to share our boards if you want to give it a crack.

Landkiting in WA


Kiteskating up north


Feel free to contact me and be part of the landkiting community
Ben


Underoath
Underoath
QLD
2434 posts
QLD, 2434 posts
7 May 2012 12:31am
I'll stick to the water and prevent blowing out my knees to early.

EDIT: what would you use? A 6m in 10knots?
wishy
wishy
WA
1501 posts
WA, 1501 posts
6 May 2012 10:48pm
Absolute nutters! Great video. Remind me never to go landboarding, boosting and have non-broken legs do not go hand in hand. You blokes have very good landing skills, probably something I should work on one day.
Plummet
Plummet
4862 posts
4862 posts
7 May 2012 3:50am
Sweet. Wicked vid. good boosting agressive flying. nice.

I love the longboard skate vid.
Ben - Ikon
Ben - Ikon
WA
113 posts
WA, 113 posts
7 May 2012 7:30am
To Underoath

As you suggest start on a 6m kite that depowers well.
What's good with mountainboard is as soon as the kite is flying (around 5 knots) you can do it.
If you use your 6m until 15 knots, you will be in the safe zone.

Test all your safety before ridin as usual
Plummet
Plummet
4862 posts
4862 posts
7 May 2012 10:27am
wishy said...

Absolute nutters! Great video. Remind me never to go landboarding, boosting and have non-broken legs do not go hand in hand. You blokes have very good landing skills, probably something I should work on one day.



Hey Wishy. it sounds weird but i get softer landings on land than i do on water!... figure that one out!. Well its because the take off and landing are more predictable. No chance of being hit by a rouge wave or bit of chop on take off or landing to stuff you up. Also the board its self absorbs alot of the impact were as on the water you have to absorb all the impact through your legs, ankles, knees.

Obviously stuffing up on land hurts. but theres less stuff ups because the land is repeatable.
Ben - Ikon
Ben - Ikon
WA
113 posts
WA, 113 posts
7 May 2012 11:46am
Plus you dont get hit by 3m wave series on sharp reef ... grass is actually pretty soft and you learn ho to crash smoothly
joshy0184
joshy0184
WA
52 posts
WA, 52 posts
7 May 2012 12:12pm
Love the vid Boon, WHo's the song by?
kiter2007
kiter2007
WA
102 posts
WA, 102 posts
7 May 2012 12:31pm
the skate song is Sail - Awolnation
joshy0184
joshy0184
WA
52 posts
WA, 52 posts
7 May 2012 2:24pm
kiter2007 said...

the skate song is Sail - Awolnation


Sweeet thats the one I liked the most. Thanks
austin
austin
671 posts
671 posts
8 May 2012 7:53pm
id love to show you how its all done
austin
austin
671 posts
671 posts
8 May 2012 7:55pm
id love to show you how its all done used to trash my msb90 snapped a few deck's, doubt you'd want to lend me anything!
Ben - Ikon
Ben - Ikon
WA
113 posts
WA, 113 posts
9 May 2012 8:35am
@ Austin :

I had few hard landing too, broke few decks too, but less and less so either the boards are stronger or I learned to land smoothly.


Plummet
Plummet
4862 posts
4862 posts
9 May 2012 7:12pm
If your snapping decks then look at trampa. can't snap one pf those!..

or go one step better an do what i did. make a carbon deck!. that bastard is unsnappable! i've bottomed it out hundreds of times and smashed it one rocks every session (i have a rocky beach) for 4 years and she's as strong as houses!
gruezi
gruezi
WA
3464 posts
WA, 3464 posts
9 May 2012 11:18pm
Great vids, something different...respect.
gunny11
gunny11
VIC
51 posts
VIC, 51 posts
10 May 2012 8:41pm
Has anyone tried putting straps on the skateboard? I've kinda wondered if this would work work on the road with the kite... just like a land board.
Ben - Ikon
Ben - Ikon
WA
113 posts
WA, 113 posts
10 May 2012 9:29pm
joshy0184 said...

Love the vid Boon, WHo's the song by?


Music of the Mountainboard movie :
MF AWOLNATION
dazzamuffin
dazzamuffin
WA
48 posts
WA, 48 posts
11 May 2012 1:25am
awesome vids , i used to do mountain boarding and kiting in the UK , i've took the skin off my arse several times on them sandy beaches lol .
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