kite wakeskating

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

yo yo check this kite wakeskating and wakestyle riding!

http://vimeo.com/7326487

bachlonso · Backside 180 Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 670 City: NFA

bluerocketboy, that is truely amazing! you could easily place a house under some of those shindies Shocked

huge v-flips!
i never really had any interest in kiteboarding as i used to windsurf back in the day but seeing this makes me wanna reconsider! nice! thanks for posting!

Paul · Posted: Oct 31, 2009 6:22 am Post subject:

Ridiculous
Looks so easy, but must be sooo tricky... (managing the kite, keeping a steady speed, surfing the waves, etc... all at da same time)

OTT Productions · Posted: Oct 31, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject:

wakeboarding · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Mar 2009 Posts: 162

OMG! That's awesome!

nick · Posted: Nov 01, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject:

That is really really sick...

Those varial flips were --> Crazy Eyes

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

that one shuv indy was seriously 15ft off the water, amazing

OTT Productions · Posted: Nov 02, 2009 1:03 am Post subject:

how big is there wakeskate? and yes that shuv indy was huge! Makes me wanna start kiting

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

hey guys yeah kiting is getting sick, there still alot of guys doing big gay moves in footstraps, but alot of guys pushing it in this direction which is sick, that wakeskate is a prototype but a kite skate is normally about 115 to 120 cm

Paul · Posted: Nov 02, 2009 10:42 am Post subject:

maybe it's just me but when i saw this, i asked to myself "is that another boardsport or is it 'real' wakeskating"... and i thought about the classic poll "what do u prefer: boat, ski, cable or winch"?

since a kite seems as legit as a boat, a ski, a cable or a winch, shouldn't it be simply named "wakeskating"? and not kiteskating, kite-wakeskating o what else

what do u think? should the next poll about towing devices also include "kite" Question

EJazzle · Posted: Nov 02, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

those guys have mad style. some of my favorite style i have seen.

notice the rocker line on that wakeskate. I want one. Imma go try and find a "kiteskate" right now..

i think that was a LF prototype?

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

people do call it wakeskating, not kiteskating, the only reason i wrote kite skate is because u need much less rocker when your using a kite so u can get going with less power and go up wind, l f and cabrinha make kite specific skates. The thing i like is u can do it on your own and hit the biggest wakes ever

samcollett · Posted: Nov 02, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject:

cabrinha skates are sick. kiting in general is sick. a lot of people hate on it, but it's so much fun.

paulmc · Posted: Nov 02, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject:

Wonder how long it takes to get your skate back once you have a bail!

Very impressive!

bluerocketboy · Faceplant Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 11

takes about two seconds with skate trick crashes to get the board back, if u get the kite flying wrong and get dragged off downwind then maybe thirty seconds but not long, also because u can harness into the kite u can solidly skate for hours without getting tired

RC · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1033

And we complain about rough water..