Lovin my TT in the waves.

[plummet]

Well i don't have a desire to ride my TT like a surfboard. i ride it a TT. I don't need to have the surfboard feel in the waves, i never was a surfer. Was out at my local beach break the other day. The surf board kiters would catch a wave in ride down the line then and ride way out the back to get back upwind. I stayed right in the impact zone boosting off wave lips and some times landing on the next wave and catching back in. I was getting 4-6 waves to the surfboarder kiters 1.

UNBELIEVABLE
YOUR LOCAL BEACH BREAK NEEDS BETTER STRAPPED KITESURFERS
IF I RODE YOUR SPOT I WOULD MATCH YOUR 6 WAVES JIBING AND TOESIDING EASILY

YOUR REASON FOR LIKING "TT" IN WAVES WAS JUST DENIED
PRACTICE YOUR JIBES
STOP KITEBOARDING AND TWINTIPPING

WAVES ONLY LIKE SURFBOARDS
I HOPE YOU TAKE A NEW "DIRECTION" IN YOUR LIFE

The local surfboard riders are generally gnarly old dudes and they rip it up something feirce. they too could easily match my 6 waves if they wanted to. And i could have ridden down the line and tacked way out to sea and back had I chose. But i thats what i felt like doing that day and it was sweeeeeet.

but then as stated I am uncool and loving it. I do weird things like landboard aswell. so you can't sway me with your peer pressure superez!.

[loco4viento]

Way to go Plummet! Have fun, without the need to earn the stamp of approval from anybody else, or the need to put someone else down to build yourself up.

Enjoy those waves however you want...kite, surf, SUP, bodysurf, swim, bodyboard, camera, paintbrush, or even just closing your eyes and listening to the wind and waves. Directional, twintip, skim, strapped, strapless, thruster, twin fin, longboard, alaia, inflatable beach mat, kayak or just swimming....so many ways to enjoy the greatness of nature.

There will always be someone to criticize a person who is having fun and not interfering with anyone. But that shouldn't prevent anyone from having fun. Sometimes the criticism tells more about the critic than the one being criticized.

[Bille]

...
but then as stated I am uncool and loving it. I do weird things like landboard aswell. so you can't sway me with your peer pressure superez!.

OMG !!!
FINALLY -- someone with enough BALLS to say :

" Hay , FU*K you Guys ; & I'll decide, ((What's COOL)) , NOT YOU" !!!

GO --plummet !!!

Bille

[Puetz]

I know the cool thing to do is ride strapless and unhooked on a surfboard whilst wearing board shorts over your wettie.

But dammit i'm still loving me TT in the waves.

Some times it good being uncool. Then you can do what you enjoy. Not what others think is "cool".

... + 1, I'm with you buddy!!

TTWRA (Twin Tip Wave Riders Anonymous) "hi, my name is Robbie and I'm a TT wave rider, its been 3 days since my last session ..."

[Toby]

The industry should not make the mistake and develop directional surfboards only...enough people out there who simply don't like directionals, including myself!

And we also need more twintip races!

[dyyylan]

The industry should not make the mistake and develop directional surfboards only

i agree, i'd like to see some twintip surfboards!

[tautologies]

The industry should not make the mistake and develop directional surfboards only...enough people out there who simply don't like directionals, including myself!

And we also need more twintip races!

no Naish had a directional TT made explicitly for waves...I'm guessing the market wasn't there...

The local race here have separate class for TT...but they don't perform as well.

[Peter_Frank]

When using a TT in waves - it will really make a huge difference, if you put the stance a bit wider.

I always used to mount my straps in the holes closest to the tips when using TT's in waves - even (or especially in fact) in the smallest ancle snapper waves.

This will make it feel sooooo much better when doing cutbacks - it will be 500% better and feel awesome now


And many years ago, when using twintips OFTEN in waves, I put bigger fins on the "wave" end, and smaller or normal ones on the "nose", and often used a bit bigger board than for freestyle liking - but one dedicated to waves meaning it had more curve (rocker and/or outline) and maybe even thicker/round edges.

There has been many of these boards around from many brands earlier - but most of them, or all of them, has disappeared now the market is not using such boards no more

A few mutant like boards exists - like the Mako's that are great in waves
But that is not a TT.
Although their TT's seem to be quite good in waves too, compared to other TT's

In short: almost noone are demanding wave dedicated twintips these days, as we got a load of other options, so the market dont make these
Just like really big kites, and really small kites - are not produced or only very limited - as the market is not there... Eventhough we as individuals might need one of these

Peter

[Peter_Frank]

Dial in your wave riding skills on both TT and surfboards.

Can you guess which board you will want to use to ride waves?

This is actually very well said

As this IS the fact, and the reason why you hardly ever see TT's in waves.

The occasional waverider is another issue of course - but as kitesurfing is getting much more "specialized" because we ride more and more, most will choose to do what they like the best - and get the board for THAT


So everybody who are out in waves often and riding them (of course - not just out "in" waves as many are) - will of course have tried a waveboard.

And after some time (maybe not immediately) - no matter how good you were with your TT in waves - you will prefer the waveboard instead

You can also make lots of rotations and aerials with kiteloops and twist and so on - if you like to combine waveriding with freestyle.


Here on an almost no-wave small day, my buddy having fun with a 12m2










And another day with a 7




My point with this post, was to show that you are not really limited in your wave jump/freestyle moves with a waveboard - which I think many assume ?


But if you mostly do freestyle and that is your main preference, and dont want another board for "better" waves - a TT is awesome in waves - absolutely no reason to wrinkle your noses about that

Peter

[SupaEZ]

The local surfboard riders are generally gnarly old dudes and they rip it up something fierce.

What do you consider as "old dudes"?
Strapped kitesurfer in their 40's , 50's , 60's , 70's even 80's

Are those gnarly dudes your dad's age?