hmmmmm.
I'm seeing the first time you get catapulted, slamming through the ice and into the icy cold water underneath, then having to do a waterstart while freezing your klonkers off.

Looks like great fun, but really annoying to watch - far too jerky. Really hard to get a good look at it when it keep cutting to a new shot every 2 seconds.

I assume that video was shot in Tassie?

Seriously though, those boards have a longtitudinal blade instead of a fin. Could you apply the same to a conventional windsurfer? I have always fancied the idea of having a board that you could use in really shallow (and hence flat) water.
When I see the ease kids ride those skim boards with at the edge of the beach on nothing but a film of water, I imaging what a ride you could have on one with a bit of wind power - if you could overcome the lack of lateral resistance!

I hate to say it, but kiting definitely has the edge over a windsurfing rig on snow/ice.
Both skis and snowboards work very well.

KenHo said...

I hate to say it, but kiting definitely has the edge over a windsurfing rig on snow/ice.
Both skis and snowboards work very well.

Agreed. Getting dragged around uncontrollably behind a kite in the super gusty winds and rocky, tree-laden, ravine filled mountains is even more spectacular. There are some amazing vids.

But yeah, makes sense on ice and such, in the right environment.

I was thinking more open ground kind of stuff.
Think that chick on Top Gear at the NOrth Pole.
NOt so much mountain, more flat ground curling country kind of stuff.
Not in Australia, for example.

evlPanda said...

KenHo said...

I hate to say it, but kiting definitely has the edge over a windsurfing rig on snow/ice.
Both skis and snowboards work very well.

Agreed. Getting dragged around uncontrollably behind a kite in the super gusty winds and rocky, tree-laden, ravine filled mountains is even more spectacular. There are some amazing vids.

But yeah, makes sense on ice and such, in the right environment.

Hillary should have used a kite to get to the summit of Everest, not only was he the first to reach the top he could have been the 1st to fly over it as well.

wipeouts reel please...

thats one of the nicest set ups Ive seen for ice. it would probably get you over the odd bit of broken ice, snow drift or open water. those 2 rails underneath look similar to an ice yacht called a Fire Bay Scooter . they are a boat like iceyacht that steers by sail and pilot weight , rather than a tiller

love it!!!!!!
so that means , Inline skates and a good shopping trolley wheel on the end of a rig
maybe a hospital trolley wheel just in case