windsurfing since 87...ive never really done a forward loop. 
started kiting around '00...was ''looping' by '02 ... easy 
now, id rather be able to be looping..or non-looping..rolling..wahtever on my windsurfer..
and, i WILL DO IT... sometime.
im going to... 
really
Here are the mechanics of a kite loop ... ^^^
The nuts and bolts all spread out,
You don't need to have a wave,
(and by the look of the glassy water),
you don't even need wind.
lol.
windsurf jump - speed & ramp..
Kitesurfer jump - loft dont need a ramp so is that really a jump?
I wouldn't agree with that Westozwind. I would have said more of a failed kiter.
Mr Slave was actually a pretty good poley. Used to do some good forwards and maybe some reasonable wave riding. I've not seen him do anything anything good while kiting. I think he's more of a full time internet troll these days.
As for the loop argument, who fkn cares?
Yes, Gorgo that what I am talking about, Paragliders have got it.
One day kiters will do loops like this (and other things paragliders do). But with long strings and not much height the rider will be going sooo fast and there will be sooo many 1000 mph face plants into the sea before it gets pulled off.
How much height do you reckon he loses in one of those tumbles ?
And .... I would have said there is a difference between a forward loop and a cheese roll.
Roll was always more of a horizontal rotation around the mast, the loop came later and was a vertical rotation around the boom.
Can you guy's get a room or at least take your kiteloop discussion back to the kite forum.
There used to be a kid I remember in Primary school who reckoned he could loop on the playground swing...found out pretty soon that he was full-o-crap!
...I think he kites now!
We're all here for a good time, but not a good time as somebodies expense.
Can't see the point of this topic, except that of an outside inciting an argument amongst a great bunch of blokes who enjoy their sport.
Don't feed the troll.
Topic locked.
