C Johnson wrote: Find a good wave or flatwater spot ....
Wave pools and cable parks. Wave is all ways the same. Cable pulls the same and the water is all ways flat? Whats the problem with finding a perfect spot?panchito wrote:C Johnson wrote: Find a good wave or flatwater spot ....
What you´re saying is insane .... it is like saying : why bother with ( big or small ) kites , find a 25 knots constant wind spot and you only need a 9 meter kite ...
Can someone please tell me how many " ideal " spots like C Johnson is suggesting exists around the European continent or even better ; in the entire world ???????
Wow , now I have it all clear !!! its not the quiver ... we have been kiting at the wrong spot
Oh Gosh ....
Regards
Franz
Hahaha!panchito wrote:C Johnson wrote: Find a good wave or flatwater spot ....
What you´re saying is insane .... it is like saying : why bother with ( big or small ) kites , find a 25 knots constant wind spot and you only need a 9 meter kite ...
Can someone please tell me how many " ideal " spots like C Johnson is suggesting exists around the European continent or even better ; in the entire world ???????
Wow , now I have it all clear !!! its not the quiver ... we have been kiting at the wrong spot
Oh Gosh ....
Regards
Franz
True.Kiteus Maximus wrote:..Riding in chop...especially heavy chop its almost impossible to avoid spray...unless you kite like Mrs. Daisy and creep along. Seriously...you can ride nearly any board without getting spray in your face if you learn to ride it properly. Sorry to offend anyone with this post but its true.
So far I agree with you ...Kiteus Maximus wrote: 85% of riding a board lies in the skill of the rider.
True but you fail to mention the reason why .... it´s mainly because most people want to " look " like a pro even thought they can´t hardly stay upwind but, if the rest uses a pro board ( mostly a freestyle board ) < insert your preferred local brand > they will do it and believe , with a great board I´m going to be a great kiter type of thinking .I can't count how many times each session I see guys pulling out the wrong board. And mostly because it was a board they either started with or simply became comfortable with and have just "made it work" as their go to board.
I have a hard time believing this ( don´t take me wrong ) but to build up your mind about any gear you can´t simply try it out for 10 minutes and it took me 4 sessions just to try out the Nobile range of boards which means ..... you´ll spend probably 100 sessions each year trying boards ?? and when do you actually get the time to ride your own stuff ?I have literally kited every board made...or at least try to
Really ???Sorry guys...as much as we would all like to say gear makes a better kiter the truth is the advancement of our ability to adapt is what actually makes us better kiters. If you get stuck riding one specific way based on your mental limitation according to what you think the limits of your gear are then you will never become a better kiter.
Well , that´s the freaking part ...... that woody sprays nada , zero , nothing , nichts in really heavy chop like we are used to here in Tarifa .Riding in chop...especially heavy chop its almost impossible to avoid spray..
True to you or true to the rest of us ? You should better use some of your kinesthetic thinking and open a bit your mind ...Sorry to offend anyone with this post but its true.
The woody is less than a half kilo heavier comparing the rest of my boards , 3-400 grams more ? As I said , I don't have a digital scale but the difference is barely noticeablepolarstorm wrote:
I kept an open mind reading through this post, but it seems to me that if that makolike board is heavy (and it looks heavy) that that can't be a good thing.
I did mentioned that I had the effortless and most comfortable 2 hours session ( both for my back and knees ) in 800 ( with an average of 120-140 sessions per year ) since I started ....When I'm shopping for a board am looking for something that's not going to destroy my knees and ankles and weight is important because of the associated forces acting on your body (good and bad).
No...that's not what I am saying. I said that 85% is the kiter and 15% is the equipment. The kiting industry does make board specifications for very specific results. However, they do not all make the same boards with the same results. Therefore you do have to adapt to some degree in order to get the desired results. Wake, surf, freestyle, light wind, etc...panchito wrote: SO .... what you say is : the entire f**** kiting industry has been doing it wrong all these years , they should make one kite and one board and force the people to get used to it.
The equipment I buy should fit my riding style and NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND .
Kiteus Maximus wrote: spray is purely rider inefficiency. I'm not saying you are an inefficient rider.
Hi pal,panchito wrote:Kiteus Maximus wrote: spray is purely rider inefficiency. I'm not saying you are an inefficient rider.
Have you ever thought that there " could " be other factors that influence on what you call " efficiency " ?
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AT the end , it looks like no one understands my actual " point " about this hole topic .....
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Regards
Franz
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