lessons learned- ditch the kite

Amazing stuff.

I remember Robby Naish saying in one video, that it can be a 15 knot day, but once you get on that wave, and add the speed the wave is travelling at, plus the compression of the wind up the wave face, the actual wind the rider gets can increase to 35+ knots...

that was pretty lame actually........

the only bloke (Kai) who made it look any good ......ditched the kite and surfed it. Most of the rest just looked like muppets flatlining on the edge of control.

Way too offshore, made the kiting look average. Still need the kahoons to do it though, which is more than most have.

The day the wind is more cross shore will be pretty good vids made that day. Hopefully there will be a few Aussie chargers out there that day.

I heard than an Aussie bloke became the first guy to paddle surf it last week.

Saw the footage (there were about 15 jetski's in his way creating wake and chop for him to get through). Must be a zoo....always thought Hawaii would be great but I think I would rather go somewhere with half the waves and no people rather than the spot with the waves and ALL the people.

On placement in the critical zone of the wave I think we have to give Polakow et al credit on their riding of this mammoth wave. Different day, different breeze ?? Who' s got the guts to fade into that pit?

lostinlondon said...

harry potter said...

that was pretty lame actually........

the only bloke (Kai) who made it look any good ......ditched the kite and surfed it. Most of the rest just looked like muppets flatlining on the edge of control.

Of all the footage you have seen of people riding Jaws (surf, pole, kite) when has anyone NOT looked like they were on the edge of control?

That's kind of the point isn't it?

Kai was clearly in control once he ditched his kite........ hence the bottom turn.
For further evidence of control check out how the poleys do it..... R.E.S.P.E.C.T

Looks like there rippn that wave to peices >NOT ghey tbaggers leave your kite at home if you wanta play on the big waves.

Better off forgetting the kites on that wave i thinks much better towed in

Yaaawwwnn.

Wrong gear, wrong wind. Wrong.

I'm not sayin it doesn't take a BIG pair to ride those waves but it's kinda like when you see dudes rippin in a half pipe.. on rollerblades..

No matter how high or difficult the trick, you just want the dude on that equipment to push off so that a skatey can show how it should be done.

Just sayin..

Only interesting bit for me was the dude that bailed the kite. Blood got going for that brief bit. The rest (despite trying) were in a differant suburb to where a dude with no kite would/should be riding.

Watching folks tow around on a big shoulder must do it for some tho.

Now where are my blades?

a waste of 3 minutes

^+1 sheeit out and drop in....

It's capital "A" at the start of a new sentence. And a capital "N" at the biggining of your last sentence. Oh, and as for the clip, where's the water???

Ps- The word "gay" means homosexual- "a person who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex". Not quite sure how riding a sailboard equates to that? But anyhow, the clip, whilst intersting and skill full, was pointless in your debate. She's all apple to oranges...

kite surfing jaws..................

Mark _australia said...

I see scissors got redthumbed by his own crowd so then went trolling in the windsurf forum about snowboards (WTF is snow anyway?)

Sorry Mark, we don't want him in our crowd, he has been here less than a day and about the only thing he has posted are pathetic gay comments about windsurfers and banging on about cutting kite lines. Maybe he is on Seabreeze because he likes trolling, err oops, I meant fishing?

CJW said...

I'll just leave this here, trolololol >_>

OK link failed, but you can watch it on YT.

You have to compare apples to apples. Jason Polakov is and has been one of the best for a long time, you can't compare that to a bunch of avarage punters having a go on Jaws. It's world's apart. But kiting waves still has still has a bit to go to get to the level of JP's poledancing.