The ad just had a new voice over in WA

"the new sport breaking all the rules"

No schidt, may be not verbaten but pretty close

the guy on the side of windsurfing is correct. windsurfing is hard..... almost to hard. i would say in the time it taakes you to do a strap to strap speed jibe windsurfing (turning around downwind with speed) i would say you could nearly learn a basic mobe kiting.

Ewan - yeah im jealous, jealous of the windsurfers (that popped up in the clip 3 times) having nice kit and wind.

As for the big air, you could just go paragliding or skydiving. Whereas an alternative to windsurfing?

All in all, that was huge air (tricks seemed just spin round your harness jobs with some bit harder looking), good on them. But this seems to be a RedBull team (so pros), there are plenty of crazy windsurfing vids too. Windsurfing can be about airtime (the Gorge in USA), but it's also about alot of other things. Check out 'The Windsurfing Movie' apparently a windsurfer pulls something like 40ft (don't quote me) air with chopper doing a circle around him whilst pulling a trick). Like to see that on kiting (without a death as they seem to be outta control a bit up there, going alond way downwind even if they may not want to).

this forum is much more fun than the windsurfing one!

someone say huge airs?



tricks?



both?



harsh?

how do you get videos off you tube to put on the forums

thanks

How has this degenerated into a 'my willy is bigger than your willy " thread ?(as many threads on many forums inevitably do ) .I must say tho i've enjoyed the vids .

Ha Ha, Poledancers give it up and try kiting. Do a 30ft jump and learn to fly like the rest of us..........without having to use waves!
Atleast we dont need to own a prime mover to get our gear to the beach.

Maybe they should ask Robby Naish why he kites nowdays

does anyone know where that post from alex sanz has gone .it's about him being back in the country. A few years ago we saw the speedo wearing freak down the beach doing his foolish things. it's by far the funniest post that has been on this forum. if someone finds the post,please send the link

pfr said...

Hey walshd! you go on saying that the 100% depower from cabs is a gimic. I want you to try something for me. Find someone with a switchy 2 or 3 and ask them for a go. Make sure the safety is attatched where it is designed to be attatched to(not like grant). Have the kite in override mode ,do a big air and take both hands off the bar while in the air. I garantee you will fall like a lead weight because there is in fact 100% depower.

ps dude make sure your in deep water though!!!


And try one more thing for me.While in the water unhook and let go of the bar. make sure your leash is not on the flagging ring. the flagging ring is there so you can use the bar on other kites. always have the leash attatched to point 23 in that diagram in that earlier post

if leash attatchment point 23 is near the chicken loop? then i have to ask the question thats appplicable to people that dont unhook....... why would you unhook to flag to your leash on the 100 percent depower kite, think about it, if it aint depowering because of a line around wingtip, jammed puley or what ever else and you initiate your qr your still connected to the same lines anyhow with the leash so ya stuffed regardless where as if the leash was attached to the top flag ring it would go to the one line which least reduces the chance by 75 percent to totaly depower as the other 3 lines would be slack.

100 percent depower kites work for sure but only when you dont realy need to call upon them too, they are not so good when you need 100 percent depower though once the design ef's up , then you need single line depower in my humble opinion. like a 5th or flag line.

A bit of monty


A bit of jelly


A bit of religion


and a bit of Baggsmen

can't resist a bit of TISM social comentary either

lets face it if whats the point in pulling the quick release of a cab when your leash is attached above it? your leash should be attached to a flagging line but no cab owners do that cause its in the way. Ive seen to many cab owners who cant self land on windy days cause their leash doesnt reach the flagging line, HOW IS THAT SAFE?

lets get to page 8

Its not just Cabrinha kites that have issues with leashes tangling the bar and lines. The new naish smart loop will do it, Airush 4 line kites, Slingshot link bars, and i'm sure there are a few more too. Only difference is that Cabrinha instructs people to hook their leash to a suicide setup.

I know I boast on and on about the Rev but you all really need to have a play with their new control system. From what I've seen so far, the rev and T3 bar, and the F-one Bandit bar are the only 4-line system on the market with a below the bar leash attachment. Most 5-line kites are below the bar too but I'm a 4-line man and the new SS bars are basically a 5-line setup.

Check them out when you get the chance. Sure there are some areas SS can improve next year but depower rope wear aside, they are an excellent design.