Great another benchmark that the rest of us have to live up to!
Im going back to straps and a seat harness.
Cool vid
Yeah, the guys are certainly stepping up the standard. Wind must of been pumping as not normal for Ben to stay hooked for most of the clips or he was over powered?? Gives the rest an idea of what is next!!!
Thats the best footage I've seen so far I really like the way are surfing and looks closer to the surfing of today I think. Ian just gets better & better he makes it look so smooth and easy. More of this please I could watch it all day!!!
I think they are making the most of the conditions and better than most crew...so unless u got something better than sperm on your arm or your computer mouse up your bottom.
Unfortunately it is harder to get a straight boost out of lip when it is more onshore..
To the crew who are saying that the kite is being used here - chill out -
From what I see the boys are using the kite to get some speed and then use the wave to launch off
For those haters - claiming this is not legit, please post your vid here to show us how it should be done
It certainly looks like fun to me - why cant we appreciate that ?
^^^
The future of kitesurfing is whatever the riders want it to be.
Adapt to the conditions and use the kite.
If you have to pretend the kite isn't there, why use a frickin kite to start with?
Who gives a sh1t if it's ASP standard? It's not surfing anyway.
Yes....I ride a twintip in the surf cos it gives me way more options. The waves are usually sh1t in the wind and it's never clean. Where I live offshore kiting doesn't happen. If the surf is good, I go surfing....strange that.
Dunno why everyone is so insecure about kites and boards and straps. Whatever floats your boat. This sport involves a bloody big kite at the end of 4 lines. It won''t disappear!!!
nice smooth and fast landings in the end section of the wave that looked shallow and horrible
very entertaining!
Didn’t take long for me to learn to jump, twist, rotate, dangle and do the cool twinnie tricks, but strapless, what these guys are doing is bloody amazing and still way beyond what most of our skill levels will probably ever be. This is only one trick in their repertoire.
How about giving credit where credit is due and if you are going to dis the guys, post one of yourself so we can see if your skills equal your criticism.
Ryland, keep them coming.
Rowdy, surely if you were there you wouldn't be doing the same thing, you'd be out there pushing the legit moves and kiting the way kiting should be done and leaving those wannabe pro riders in your wake.
C'mon, enough with the false modesty, tell us how it is Rowdy.
In those conditions I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be...
I'm not saying either of these dudes aren't or can't push the limits, I'm just pointing out that what is really happening in this video.
This thread just shows how few people really understand what is going on.