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New School, Free Ride, Free Style

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Created by samoht > 9 months ago, 25 Aug 2009
samoht
QLD, 111 posts
25 Aug 2009 7:53PM
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Can somebody please enlighten me to the definition to the named styles.

Free Ride and Free Style sound pretty much the same to me, and then there is New School ???
Does that mean that old school no longer relevant and did it really exist in the first place.

I have Wake-style and Wave riding sort of figured. (It took me a while but I nutted it out in the end).

The reason I want to know is that I am looking at getting new gear, and the definitions or graphs ( Blurrrb/Hype) on the manufactures websites tell me that the kite will perform better for those riding styles, so I want to know if that applies to me. Will it matter or is it all just sales BullSheet

I am sure that there is some technically minded person out there that can clarify this for me.

Cheers

hookworm
VIC, 600 posts
25 Aug 2009 8:06PM
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pm rowdy!

andyy
QLD, 232 posts
25 Aug 2009 8:07PM
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The usual suspects and sheep will answer this one for you.

whatthe
WA, 186 posts
25 Aug 2009 6:22PM
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www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53535

sir ROWDY
WA, 5377 posts
25 Aug 2009 6:44PM
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God knows what they all mean, but one thing you do know for sure is your gonna look like a full page spread in homo erotica magazine doing any of them... They are all forms of kiteboarding...

NumNutz
QLD, 403 posts
26 Aug 2009 5:29AM
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the natural birth twin of rollerblading

samoht
QLD, 111 posts
26 Aug 2009 1:43PM
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Thank you for all that clarity people, I feel so much the wiser.
You have restored my faith in the benifits of open forum and discussion.
Cheers.

hookworm
VIC, 600 posts
26 Aug 2009 5:50PM
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sir ROWDY said...

God knows what they all mean, but one thing you do know for sure is your gonna look like a full page spread in homo erotica magazine doing any of them... They are all forms of kiteboarding...


gold

prea
QLD, 184 posts
26 Aug 2009 6:11PM
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samoht said...

Can somebody please enlighten me to the definition to the named styles.

Free Ride and Free Style sound pretty much the same to me, and then there is New School ???
Does that mean that old school no longer relevant and did it really exist in the first place.

I have Wake-style and Wave riding sort of figured. (It took me a while but I nutted it out in the end).

The reason I want to know is that I am looking at getting new gear, and the definitions or graphs ( Blurrrb/Hype) on the manufactures websites tell me that the kite will perform better for those riding styles, so I want to know if that applies to me. Will it matter or is it all just sales BullSheet

I am sure that there is some technically minded person out there that can clarify this for me.

Cheers



Free Ride- When you borrow someones kite
Free style- what you do when nobody's looking
Wake style - who cares
New school- students kiting between 9 and 3
Old school - anything on a c kite
Wave riding - being able to understand marketing hype


Hope this helps...

prea
QLD, 184 posts
27 Aug 2009 9:19AM
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prea said...

samoht said...

Can somebody please enlighten me to the definition to the named styles.

Free Ride and Free Style sound pretty much the same to me, and then there is New School ???
Does that mean that old school no longer relevant and did it really exist in the first place.

I have Wake-style and Wave riding sort of figured. (It took me a while but I nutted it out in the end).

The reason I want to know is that I am looking at getting new gear, and the definitions or graphs ( Blurrrb/Hype) on the manufactures websites tell me that the kite will perform better for those riding styles, so I want to know if that applies to me. Will it matter or is it all just sales BullSheet

I am sure that there is some technically minded person out there that can clarify this for me.

Cheers



Free Ride- When you borrow someones kite
Free style- what you do when nobody's looking
Wake style - who cares
New school- students kiting between 9 and 3
Old school - anything on a c kite
Wave riding - being able to understand marketing hype


Hope this helps...


ops forgot ..
Funride - ignorant of all above



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