I was down on the beach at Margaret River and noticed a lot of Strapless boards out there I thought I should see some good turns with this method. I was wrong nothing but sla****is. Slash's on the shoulder look **** people put your straps on and hit the ****en lip for ****'s sake. NO LIP AVOIDANCE !!!!
it's ok mate- take a deep breath, dry your eyes and keep practising. one day you'll learn to ride a board with wax...
Agreed notice the same thing, but heck everyone needs to practise and look a bit average before they get good. Give them a break, not everyone has the water time like Ben Wilson!!
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The point is there's a lot of people doing it and not to many doing it well.
hahaha, does that matter?
I hear the bigger problem is all the strapless riders dragging around trying to recover their board in the line up.
said it before and will say it again! strapless is ok for 2' shore break riding show ponies 
vvv this guy is more legit 
put these show ponies out at channel busting Point Moore and we'll see who dares hit the lip strapless 
If that last pic is not a photo shop job, this guy does not carry coconuts but water melons!!!!
Strapless is great in 2 foot mush,99.8% of people out there would have more fun strapped, would go way harder and be able to boost for extra fun.
I have seen pro riders boosting strapless while holding onto the board but yet to see anyone actually doing it on the water at my busy local (Scarb).
ps; I do ride strapless occasionally as there is a skill to it worth learning but having more fun with straps in most conditions.
would love to see the guys thrashing 2ft step up the game in real conditions
plenty of no grab airs and boosting going on out the back of barrys
Oh man... Im confused!
I spent ages putting these together, thought I was killing it out there! It was like nearly waist height!
I thought this would give me extra "steeze" and people would give me "props".
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an ANTI-strapless thread !!??
whats next - Im too cool to wear sunscreen !!!!???
Only place this thread can go now is pro-boardies over wetsuit!
Select to expand quotejackforbes said...Main said..
an ANTI-strapless thread !!??
whats next - Im too cool to wear sunscreen !!!!???
Only place this thread can go now is pro-boardies over wetsuit!
and that's another thing, if your wearing them over a wetsuit to protect it What The Hell are You Doing Getting Dragged Up the Beach
Select to expand quotehamburglar said..jackforbes said...Main said..
an ANTI-strapless thread !!??
whats next - Im too cool to wear sunscreen !!!!???
Only place this thread can go now is pro-boardies over wetsuit!
and that's another thing, if your wearing them over a wetsuit to protect it What The Hell are You Doing Getting Dragged Up the Beach
Well if your in QLD its probably the cops dragging you up the beach for kiting in a group of three or more.
I tell you what is boring endless amounts of slashing on the shoulder when there is a six foot lip to not avoid.
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I tell you what is boring endless amounts of slashing on the shoulder when there is a six foot lip to not avoid.
It's all been said before ya noob... You and KOTP should hang out and hate on anything that doesn't smoke pole..
Who else does this: front strap only. This means strapless on the back foot so that you can move your back foot around (like when you're surfing), but front strap allows control in the air. Total strapless for under 3'. One strap on front foot for everything above. Its that simple.
saw some kook doing this the other day at corro's, such confusion in riding styles, looked very unnatural on the water
Select to expand quoteaustin said..
saw some kook doing this the other day at corro's, such confusion in riding styles, looked very unnatural on the water
Select to expand quoteBig dubya said..
I was down on the beach at Margaret River and noticed a lot of Strapless boards out there I thought I should see some good turns with this method. I was wrong nothing but sla****is. Slash's on the shoulder look **** people put your straps on and hit the ****en lip for ****'s sake. NO LIP AVOIDANCE !!!!
I'd swear you WA kters give me plenty to troll about.
There is no trolling mate, I'm back at work and bored so no kiting for me. Just a bit of entertainment for myself. I've been kiting a few years over here and never seen anyone pull this pursuit of surfing off with a kite. My view is you kite for the power and speed and it seems over here in the west with the strong breezes we get and crowds you need to be strapped to make the most of it and do the pure surfing by, well, going surfing. I was lucky enough to hear my windsurfer mates talking about lip avoiding a couple of years ago and I never wanted them talk about me like that so I went in the water from then on thinking one thing. NO LIP AVOIDANCE. It just looks lame there's no connection between kiting and surfing if you avoid the lip. And dare I say it again the most lip avoidance comes from people with out straps.
Select to expand quoteChris_M said..
Oh man... Im confused!
I spent ages putting these together, thought I was killing it out there! It was like nearly waist height!
I thought this would give me extra "steeze" and people would give me "props".
ha ha ha ha ha bang on the money!
