Matteo V wrote:
1. Having to manage a kite
or
2. Getting to use a kite.
You are largely correct but for moments you can ignore managing and just let the kite be. With ARCs you could actually ignore the kite quite completely as it would fly itself.
Matteo V wrote:
You can't stick within the confines of surfing when you are kitesurfing.
You can for a limited period but your are right because the kite is always there you have to do something with it at some point.
Matteo V wrote:
That leads one to the question, 'why you would want to simulate something that you cannot really accurately mimic no matter your effort?'
Well the point is you can accurately do it not as in mimic. It is just you can not accurately do it forever but just short bursts. The reasons to do it are because like anything it can be enjoyable.
Matteo V wrote:
'why not embrace the differences and advantages instead of complaining about them and handicapping yourself in an attempt to make it as limited as something else?'
Well I do or have embraced all aspects of the sport. I like airstyle,wave,freestyle, even wakestyle and race. Land as well as water and snow. I come from a surf background so have a strong affinity towards it. I really like that I can have so much fun in what I consider shit surf, in fact more fun often than surfing. There is breaks and days where kiting can not compare to surfing but the vast majority of places and times kiting is by far the best.
I am disappointed by gear and riding because there is this aspect of surf kiting using slack lines and drift that has for so long been unaccessed and unavailable to so many. It has been and still remains a gear issue, there is gear out there that just can't do it and foil kites are mixed in ability and certainly not easy. You look at the pro comp video above and that is only touching what can be done and only a little is starting to look like surfing. As a surfer all I can say is you can do exactly like a surfer, I have had surfing pro tour guys comment that my kiting looks exactly like surfing and was quite different from all the others like that.
If you think I hop on a surfboard and use a kite and all I do is try to mimic surfing or surf you are way confused. Surf is just one aspect, I would just like to see gear more capable and more people using gear, existing or better, to it's limits.
Matteo V wrote:
Anybody else think jumpy has got some veins poppin out his head right now? What's the spread on him taking his own advice - 2 more posts?
Maybe.. We all seem to like debating things to long ends. I know Jumpy likes to get quite personal with his comments, I find it unnecessary. As I have previously taken it maybe a bit too far back at him, he avoids me now. Bit like a school bully in that way. I know it annoys others here so maybe just try ignoring each other somewhat. Like has happened between me and Kitexpert. At the end it can be all quite pointless.