By some of your attitudes one would conclude that jumping in snowkiting shouldn't be done. Also no jumping in kite landboarding and no jumping in kite buggying. WOW. Who knew kitesurfers were so soft?
Live and let die! To each their own! and all that.
mike
so who decides then whats stupid an whats not ?
Was Evil knevil stupid
was Robby Naish when they did the cliff huck
Was ShannonBest when he jumped off some jetty an upset the locals(ok yes that was)
Was Cary Heart doing backrolls on a motcross
could go on an on here....
Its all stupid......But....we love it
the challenge the buzz adreno rush
No one can stop us except the crash and the fear of the crash so put the ambo on
standby or at least a couple of your mates an go your hardest !!
That was **** hot ..............GREAT FOOTAGE.......gUTSEY you think at least you would pick a house with a flat roof ???????????????????????? and lights and fire to smash through....................... Not one with triangles on it ...............
But hey we now know what window you picked at playschool
All fked up and back to the bottom deck for a bit (Spewing)..... stoked it didnt re launch from there but.
I seen it dood on the first jump you bust out over the whole fkn lot.
Injurys are fked ,
speedy recovery
Cool stunt....funny as when he hits....
I think a few people on this forum take themselves a little too seriously. Chill out and take the footage on face value... fun to watch !
Saff if you believe he didn't want that released then you must be a Scientologist mate..
Not an issue of releasing the vid so much as stoopidity pulling the stunt with or without a camera present.
No need to get personal either Saff, you kn *$#^* *$@*&*!!! (joking here -so r e l a x )
Now remember I actually own a couple of this tool's kites so am not trying to gain leverage for my brand etc etc. Still, having tried to extract a simple pdf for the excellent eclipse kites (on multiple occasions - with no response whatso-ever) it is clear to me that he and who-ever manages the company, wear velcro shoes and dribble a fair bit. 
BTW I have had no probs with the kites - just wanted a user's manual that any other company would ship with the kite.
Hey if I got filmed smearing cr@p all over my face - I'd probably try to deny i meant it to be released too.
If it's his image being use illegally for profit then I reckon if he wanted it gone - it would be.
Me thinks not Saff.
I should say I have had no beef with his kites or his company other than it is unprofessionally run and clearly that is how he rolls..
He has pushed safety from day one - not "Look at moi everybody!!"
I would never try dealing with his company because I don´t like his kites at all, I think they are crap. But I still think he is a great kiter and even though he messed up this stunt.. It´s like watching a car stunt, u know there is a large risc factor yet u still look at it.
I should say I have had no beef with his kites or his company other than it is unprofessionally run and clearly that is how he rolls.. He has pushed safety from day one - not "Look at moi everybody!!"
atleast shannon knew where the water was lololololol
It would have been way funnier if it was surfingboye getting slammed into the side of a house.
The thing is, he'd need to go kiting for that to happen. That could never happen to a full time forum troll.
Dude, Shannon Best wasn´t the only dude in the beginning of the millenium who was pushing the sport. And for Wainman not being inventive? hehehe
You said he was a "pioneer" and "brought stuff to the sport"..... what?..... I don't remeber him being around in the early days and influencing anyone, or pushing the sport. Where did you get this idea anyway?
Lou was talented but not inventive, he started and lead the whole cross over between wake and kite style tricks. He didn't invent the tricks however.
Shannon Best is actually the reason people do "load and pop" (wakestyle) style tricks, before he could kite he saw the sport had potential and told Lou and the maui crew that instead of sending their kites back in time like a fairy to do tricks they could actually leave the kite in the one spot and load against it...... thus "air" tricks were born.
Not only that but Shannon Best actually invented a few tricks himself in the early days of wakeboarding, one of those tricks being the "S-Bend" (shannon bend).... He later brought that and a number of other tricks to the kite. (also one of the few people to ever do a legit pete rose behind a kite)
Message at the start of this vid states to wear a helmet and impact vest but dmitri wears neither. You'd expect anyone(even a PROFESSIONAL!) with a brain to protect to at least put on a helmet when trying a stunt like this
I strongly object to Dimitri Marmalade being referred to as a professional rider. I bring to the podium 2 pieces of evidence.
Item A- 2007.airush.com/download/07_catalogue/37_38_t3.html
Item B- 2007.airush.com/download/07_catalogue/33_34_x_pact.html
Spot what is wrong in each picture.
I hereby move to prosecute Dimitri Marmalade on 2 counts of commiting "posing".
Ohhhhh now i see, thanks for the visual Spacemonkey.
It was hard for me to work out just how he was pioneering and pushing the sport, now thanks to that it's clear as day............
