Feeling of popping into a Raley

[john a]

@Toby: so you don´t only do SICK boardoff tricks? but some unhooked stuff as well when nobody looks? hehe

[Jdizzle]

@Toby: so you don´t only do SICK boardoff tricks? but some unhooked stuff as well when nobody looks? hehe

Although I'm not in to Airstyle, I reckon a popped Railey is a piece of piss compared to some of those board offs Toby does, respect!

[john a]

@Toby: so you don´t only do SICK boardoff tricks? but some unhooked stuff as well when nobody looks? hehe

Although I'm not in to Airstyle, I reckon a popped Railey is a piece of piss compared to some of those board offs Toby does, respect!

I can sure sign on that one - I´m having a lot more troubles with my boards offs than I ever did on my railys...
I even closed the book on a megaloop due to some nice boardoffs juding the nationals, they are way harder than people think and way way under rated in my opinion!

[Toby]

A railey for me is one of the few stylish unhooked tricks.
I wish the current tricks with a railey and passing it would do a proper, stretched railey before, and not that angled arms stuff. Wouldn't call that railey at all.

Technical speaking the megaloop is a joke, but ballwise the toughest on there is.
Still waiting for the wannabe hardcores to pull a triple spin boardoff mega loop.
That would be real progression in the sport! But I guess they are too cool to take the sport a level higher and rather keep doing the same stuff over and over.
Copy and paste!

[noFriendsZA]

thanks for all the feedback guys, I hear you, you need to be 100% committed!

came down hard most of the time but will keep at it

[Larse]

Woe Toby Respect You are actually right about the unhooked stuff. I also like passes way better, when they start of with a proper realey, fully strecteh and board above the head. But so few kiteboarders can pull off technical tricks like that. They lack the power to pull the bar to the hip fast enough. So they "cheat" by keeping elbows bend at about 90 degrees. Makes it so much easier...

[Toby]

but I do hope they work on that!
this is where I pay attention to...trying to make it stylish as can be. For me it is not done to pull the trick...once I landed it, I will work on style.

Did you ever see a railey based trick completely stretched before? If so, any videos? Would like to see the difference!

[kas911]

A blind judge to heelside is often seen fully stretched and stylish (backside rotation)

But i dont think i have ever seen a stylish 313 (railey with 360 frontside HP)

[kas911]

1.08 = nice. But he is aslo rather skilled i think

[edt]

Technical speaking the megaloop is a joke, but ballwise the toughest on there is.

Megaloop is to hooked in as hooked in is to unhooked.

Unhooked tricks are more technically difficult but they don't bring the oohs and aahs from the spectators on the beach that a big air board off does.

Hooked in tricks are more technically difficult but they don't bring the oohs and aahs from the spectators on the beach that a megaloop backroll does.

I think there has to be a way to teach megaloops and not tear up an ACL. Reuben Lenten has never had problems with his knees, I think this is because he learned on his own how to feel when the kite is in the wrong place, kick off his board and splash, where beginners can't feel that the kite is wrong try to land and snap their acls.