dude, show me how someone is going to do a mobe 7 with their kite low going at walking pace...... I think you will find that is impossible.
What is a "low mobe"?...
p.s. Yeah numnutz, there are some old mobe5's in those vids which is so sick especially seeing it was so long ago, but i was saying i havent seen any BS mobe 5's. as in blind freddo 5s that were legit.
I'm saying that most of the wake guys ride at about walking pace. No trick done at walking pace a foot off the water is impressive.
And Aaron has done a legit Mobe 7.
I don't know if you noticed... but so do most of the straps guys to.... and your point is?
I agree, no trick done slow and low is impressive.
Ok so so you have seen "Aaron do 1..." but "I" have never seen one. Post a vid if you have it.
you should be throwing ur tricks with a gps strapped to ur arm so u can up load how fast u were throwing down on ur personal computer.
yas should be kiteing in the waves anyway,that flatwater stuff is ghay
you might as well be poledancers
I am kiting in the waves.... how else am i going to get up in the air. After all thats what waves are there for.
Yes... and you still don't understand... lol I'm not the confused one.
"I" said "I" have never seen a "mobe 7" kiting.... whether you have or not makes no difference.
I don't get this "wake guys", "walking pace" thing.... lol. I could easily pigeon hole every strapper and say they need to stop taking their board off if they want to do a mobe 7... Just because there are kooks out there riding slow in bindings doesn't mean they all are... hell there's enough kooks out there riding straps as well thats for damn certain lol.
p.s. I also still don't understand how you could do a "legit" "mobe 7" going at "about walking pace" hahaha, i think you will find its impossible to get high enough to do a legit mobe 7 with your kite low if you are only going walking pace.... Thus any mobe 7 with your kite actually low would have to be legit, by virtue of how fast you would have to go to get enough height to pull it.
I suspect this thread could have the legs to get to more pages and go more wildly off topic than "surfari lodges fiji."
Keep sledging lads, keep making obscure references, and keep refusing to address the original topic, which seemed like asking for a bunfight anyway.
Perhaps a youtube of Wainman riding boots at about the speed of light is in order?
btw, who's feeling inspired to re-ignite the surfari lodges thread with a new dimension of surreality?
that 4th place postition is getting to your head andy, think you should get your head out of the clouds there you sky merchant
Lol i thought you were talking about mobe 7s.... since you were comparing it to an example of kite height in a mobe 7... it would have made sense. Reading back though i can see what u are saying, however your sentence structure was misleading
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This also mislead me,
""If the wake guys want to do a real mobe they'll have to up their pace to over walking speed and pretend there is at least some risk in doing a 'low mobe'.""
Ive seen heaps of wake guys do real mobes.... am i confused or didn't the trick "mobe" come from wakeboarding itself? and if i'm not mistaken first done by a wake guy on a two line kite.....
I think if strap guys gonna pretend there is some risk in riding "mega powered" doing "wakestyle" in foot hooks with their there kite so far back in time that it's panel layout has yet to even been sketched, they need to at least grow a sack and put some bindings on so someone will at least take them half seriously.
Back on topic.
SLE, open Arc C kites, are great for wakestyle / Freestyle. For the average rider like most of us are, these kites are going to be the better choice because the style of kite allow for a massive range of use.
If you are riding for your self and not for a company, then in my opinion get an SLE that is designed for freestyle. It will allow you to do all the base wake and freestyle moves you want, with the benefits of huge wind range, lots of depower which makes it safer to learn and progress quicker.
The day you get good enough to place in comps and or the day you feel held back because you cannot finally land that hadle pass move should be the day to head to C kites. I dont feel there is much need to limit your range unless you have the dollars to invest in 3 C kites.
From what I have tested so far this year, I feel the following would be worth looking at for what you want
-Best Nemesis NXG
-North Vegas or Rebel.
-Cabrinha Switchblade worked as well.
-Cant comment really on the Naish Cult because of lack of wind for the size we had.
-Slingshot RPM
If you cant find something that works from this line up then there is something wrong.
pretty decent mobe 7 at 2.35, the kite isnt sssuuupper low but its def not a dangle pass
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I think we got a different deffinition of the word "decent".... And that deffinetly can't be called a mobe 7.... It's a double dangle pass.
p.s. cant believe i sat through that.
Its claiming/naming stuff like that so wrong that makes this sport a joke to any other credible board sport.
dont get me wrong here either. not bagging SLE kites either. if you look back you will see i suggested the RPM over the fuel for "wakestyle"
only benefits of a c kite really is if you know how to pop properly you get a bit more slack in the lines for passes, the control is a bit more direct and crisp and if you want kiteloops and crap like that they are more predictable in the power delivery and also deliver way more power through the loop.. if ur using a real C that is.
I will probably be rocking out on bridle kites next season too simply for the relaunch and resale value seeing as the performance for what i want, which is pretty much jsut unhooked is good enough
For sure you can tune up a high lift SLE and ride unhooked.
No doubt about it.
But the problem with flatter/wider arcs is landing tricks unhooked.
Wider arc kites back wind far easier than a C kite when landing hot.
You would understand what I mean if you have landed a few high loaded stuntz.
Its also a myth that C kites dont have much top end. The NEW range of kites have more than most popular SLEs.
We need good top end in this part of the world, especially for charging larger waves.
yer must agree there. i was on a 8m at kitestock n i was out pretty mch whole event
