Good on em I say. Seems that now there's ALWAYS gonna be the 'Cotton Wool' club against the rest of us who think you mob SHOULD just HTFU (Ian 
) So some people like to push the boundaries, take risks, do some things that others would never consider - Power too them, it'd be a farkin boring ole world if EVERYBODY played it safe ALL the time. If it doesnt affect you peronally OR physically, then who really gives a FLYING F...??!!
No no no PR, people with more balls WOULDN'T do it cause they have nothing to prove. 
Well balled fellas don't flail about in the surf & hug each other like long lost sisters either. 
BTW - was that really a reel leash on their backs? Ba hahahahahahaha. 
Couldn't lend some cotton wool could I?
i reckon the motocross craze of inverted airials will die off soon. It's been a steep ramp of progression over the last few years with lots of riders out their outdoing each other. Soon I think the level of difficulty vs the penalty of failure will become too great and i think some of the more commonplace tricks now will become old hat. I.e. double backflips I reckon in five years the risk to a pro rider when it's been done by so many others before will mean than no one bothers. (assuming triples or qadruples are off limits) at some point you become a freak with no self respect for your own safety. i.e. it's not cool to play chicken with trains or russian roulette.
too many of us on here take ourselves too seriously- the guys jumped a pier, somebody posted the link, the safety police and the hardcore crew started abusing each other.
Lighten up- everyone has and is entitled to an opinion.....
BTW- is it just me or has Spacemonkey started to mature ?
I would like to salute all those people who take on the challenge of propelling humanity onwards and upwards. The people who have made the impossible, possible and then common.
The dedicated people who did the "insane" thing of attaching themselves to a kite, the people who first jumped from structures with only a piece of cloth to prevent certain death... you get the picture, the trailblazers of the world.
To you folk... thank you for showing us what is possible.
PS: Keep'em coming.
I can't believe the stuff I am reading.
Jumping is not that kn hard.
Jumping over objects like bridges, piers, houses, boats, wind surfers etc. is not to be encouraged period. If you want to show us your "balls," then do something out in a storm........like L10.....come on and show us a double kite loop in 30 plus knots ......now that requires skill, balls and gets my respect.
Awesome, committed jump, but;
I don’t give a toss about the person doing the jump but if it leads to bans etc?
Imagine if a bunch of young kids went out to get a closer look and the kiter screwed up – the power that’s involved could kill one of those kids – cut their friggin head off.
Reminds me a bit of street car racing/drags – as far as car racing goes, knock yourself out – but don’t do it such that it jeopardizes other people.
How many comps exist around the world for ‘king of the air’? – that is, there’s plenty of forums for kiters to showcase their skills without putting others and the sport at risk.
But does all this banter matter?
Point a camera at a crazy kite-punk and look out – it’ll happen again – almost impossible to police.
Then again, we could invent a new comp – build a big Perspex shelter over the jetty so spectators could sit safely inside and get the kiter to jump over – where the kiter screwed up it’d be like Wile E Coyote going SPLAT against the Perspex!
the pier was closed for the jump- it was a responsible effort on crowd control....
Thanks for the update LB - important point I wasn't aware of.
My comments were influenced by having kiting at my local beach banned by idiot kiters - but I applaud going nuts - I'd love to able to bust 40ft kiteloop handlepass L3s (aint gonna happen!). Go big, go mad, just don't cause others grief when you do it.
Perhaps this jump is paving the way for a new event? - The Evil Kneival jetty jump?
Fairly hefty disclaimer required! "In the instance that I mess up my approach and hit a concrete pylon with my face at 30knots reducing it to pulped mash I hereby exclude the organisers from any liability etc"!
How is any of this stuff going to lead to bans? Really how much?
It is injuries and inconvenience to third parties that leads to bans. Not only would we not be kiting, we would not be driving if injuries and stupidity were a valid reason to stop people doing things.
It is the idiots who do not know what they are doing and hurt others that lead to bans, not people pushing the limit. I am surprised they had to close the pier, what pratt would be out on the thing in that weather?
Yeah man cover shot for sure! Boosts are so radical, right up there with bum drag waveriding and head dip barrels.
@assmaster.
u certainly do have something up the rear end mate.
please do us a favour & change your location from South Africa to Iceland or something. Fellow ex-south africans are ashamed to see another person who [moslty] always has douch-bag comments ruining a country's reputation.
South Africa is mostly filled of excellent kiteboarders, not arrogrant dimwits like yourself.
& a heads-up: if your'e living in Oz, call yourself a Aussie now mate
cheers
Look at the very first frame as he is about to lift off - I bet the peer looks f)&%ing tall from there!
Its die dog or ****e a license time :)
what a clever site this is.. it replaced sh1te with ****e for me without me even making the effort.
good work
hey thats nothing....ive seen both poor reli and greuzi boost that high....maybe a strong easterly and the narrows bridge can settle the question of who boosts higher once and for all!
hahaha........I come here to find out the kitting scene in Melbourne...and you're all talkin about Worthing....the pier is 5 minutes walk from my gaff ....so a local perspective....
go figure....the pier is a 40ft high building (60+ at LT)....turbulence plus huge wind shadow.... now try landing powered downwind of it
Lewis is a pro rider....won the national 3x, competed in the PKRA, rides for slingshot and kites with Hadlow when he's in the UK....mates with len10 etc. etc....he's got some skills
Worthing pier is f'in massive....jumping it is nuts....that's a 50-60ft vert
...the "stunt" has NOT caused any problems....(thk fk they landed it)...
we have the same problems with threat of bans in the UK....haven't spoken to Lewis in the last month...but expect that he cleared it with the local council cos their was a BBC film crew down here to record it and interview him and Jake.....
