Wakeboarding without a boat, winch, nor cable?

Slacker · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr_X0CZ0Ngo&feature=channel_video_title

Lame or cool? Seems like it would be possible to do everything you can do wakeboarding. Anyone ever try it?

matt1808 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 1981

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewforum.php?f=19

flixmaster · Site Owner Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 7488

kiteboarding has been around for a long time.

NKCrider · Posted: Oct 19, 2011 5:53 am Post subject:

only eco friendly, tree hugging hippies kiteboard to protest use of fossil fuels

GnarShredd · Posted: Oct 19, 2011 9:57 am Post subject:

Fact: We only eat granola and make our clothes out of hemp. Laughing

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Oct 20, 2011 2:15 pm Post subject:

Eventually I'm going to try this, but honestly I'm a little afraid of a gust of wind taking me for a ride.

FlyZone CR · Posted: Oct 20, 2011 6:04 pm Post subject:

No worries. Just make sure you get some lessons and you'll be fine. Kites now are much safer than a few years ago.

matt1808 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 1981

something fishy here... You joined to post a bunch of Eric Rienstra videos in the kiteboard forum, yet a year later you post this?

Are you Eric Rienstra, or just crushin on him and posting a ton of his videos?

Slacker · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

Haha wouldn't call it a crush but he is a friend of mine and the only person I know that kites. Here's some more videos from some other people if you are sick of watching him: http://www.youtube.com/user/tomcourt4?feature=mhee

matt1808 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 1981

I guess I should have put these

I was just messing with you. The question seemed strange for somebody that already is familiar with kiteboarding and this site.

TheHebrewHammer · Addict Joined: 03 Dec 2010 Posts: 526

trolled

Slacker · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

Didn't mean to sound like I didn't know what kiteboarding was, I was more trying to get a general idea of what wakeboarders think of it.

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

Slacker · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

Like what?

GnarShredd · Posted: Oct 24, 2011 9:27 am Post subject:

Slacker, You can do mostly everything, but a lot of it's going to be in a different way, the pop from kiting is so different from that of wakeboarding, although cable is REALLY similar for wake-style tricks. You can't even compare the two IMO.

Also, there's really no wake to speak of unless you're talking about using waves to get air instead of popping off of flat. In any case, I don't think we'll be seeing spins like 900's or more unless the rider uses a kicker or equipment tech advances a bit more. I imagine there's a TON of bar pressure if you're spinning off of a wave vs. a kicker or wake that will be super hard to overcome once you get to the last handle pass.

Slacker · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

I agree they are different in their execution. And I haven't seen a kiter hit 3 passes. But they are close.

7 off kicker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZPdlUA9ErY

7 off wave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaVpqpjLPtQ

9 off wave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5DilC1-wM4

9 off flats:

http://vimeo.com/29844717

GnarShredd · Posted: Oct 25, 2011 11:24 am Post subject:

That 9 off of the wave was pretty legit. The kiteloop one, meh. Impressive, but not wakestyle, too much lift from the kite. But that's just it, it's going to be REALLY difficult to pop properly wakestyle and do something like a 900 without relying on a kiteloop to get you there, and you can't fault kiting for that, it's just a potential inherent limitation.

Like I said, they're different sports with completely different styles. You can not compare the two unless you're comparing cable riding to kiting IMO.

The only thing you can do on a kite that you can't on wakeboards is the dangly board-off tricks, but nobody wants to see those anyway. Laughing

Slacker · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

GnarShredd · Posted: Oct 26, 2011 5:24 am Post subject:

Argh, maybe I should rephrase a bit.

Yes, all tricks can probably be done but just done differently. They're both boardsports, tricks overlap, that's how they work.

My main point is that they're different sports with different challenges and different styles; so why bother comparing the two? I do both and ride differently for each.

Has anyone done any osmosis spins on a kite? THAT might be a bit difficult...

Slacker · Newbie Joined: 21 Jan 2010 Posts: 20

GnarShredd · Posted: Oct 26, 2011 11:46 am Post subject:

So you sound like you have/already knew your answer. why are you here again?

JeffreyCH · Posted: Oct 26, 2011 4:56 pm Post subject:

I thought this thread would have been this......

Laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=qRHTFa35KHw

GnarShredd · Posted: Oct 27, 2011 5:13 am Post subject:

JeffreyCH, THIS is the future of our sport.