Opossite as with a kite It's not for everyone just only going out trhough a huge shorebreak with a windsurf.......
Also IMHO what's the deal with always pimped Ben Wilson surfkiting videos.Personally don't like nothing his style.There are way better and stylish pro-riders outthere
In Kiting sometimes conditions (spot,wind direction,swell) can just make a rider look more stylish than his own skills.Saw a good example on a video posted here sometime ago about a Sylt wave contest,riders (incluided Mitu) where fighting against onshore winds and mushyburgers to make just one decent turn....
Style is something very hard to find (girls, waveriding, cars...).
Kitesurfing videos posted here are not as matured as the windsurf one (that last one is simply fabulous!).
Another thing is that some kiters (like Ben Wilson) are riding strapless. It increases the difficulty factor when riding big waves, specially in aerials and floaters by a large factor! It is a dificulty increase that requires more feeling but in most cases affects style and limits our sport potential, specially in powerfull or extreme manouvers.
In the Mitou video, he is riding powerfull sea in side-to-off-shore conditions. He is definitly fighting the kite to stay at the wave, but look at that wave face quality!! Even so, there are better videos of him riding even in that spot (Punta Preta if not mistaken).
My point is that i bet that with time, we will have unbeatable kite wave surfing videos because of the potential and flexibility that kitesurf has in terms of freedom when compared to the existing wave riding sports.
always thought bigger boards like windsurfers make things look smooother on the wave imo.so maybe in time bigger boards ,slower flying ,faster turning, drifterer kites etc.... but that windsurfing video is something else , years of progression ! each to their own at the end of the day.
leepasty wrote:Please remind all newbies kiters that go into waves about rules and wave etequite.
you are right taht it takes years to be able to wave sail when its big where as a kiter can just go out drop in and ruin it for everyone. please educate all newbie wave kiters to avoid any conflict as you cannot just go out and ride any wave you want!!!
And if you find it easy to kite big waves? LOSE THE STRAPS
YEAH!!!!!
mikelet wrote:Opossite as with a kite It's not for everyone just only going out trhough a huge shorebreak with a windsurf.......
Also IMHO what's the deal with always pimped Ben Wilson surfkiting videos.Personally don't like nothing his style.There are way better and stylish pro-riders outthere
In Kiting sometimes conditions (spot,wind direction,swell) can just make a rider look more stylish than his own skills.Saw a good example on a video posted here sometime ago about a Sylt wave contest,riders (incluided Mitu) where fighting against onshore winds and mushyburgers to make just one decent turn....
yeah...i dot like ben wilson either...i mean...he es better than 95% of the riders but...look at the style of this guy
waveknave wrote:how about comparing some freestyle as well.
heres a pretty decent windsurfing one to start...
Modern freestyle windsurfing is probably even more difficult than good wave sailing. It takes years and years of practise. Also not for mortals. Another reason why our community has so many x-windsurfers, we all plateaued.
