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Damo from air-rush right....sorry damo....
Agreed entirely, things that can be done on a kite only, and yet the focus of most competitions are on kiters copying skaters and wake boarders.
Did they take the arial stuff to where it could go or was it stopped short due to the movement to the wakestyle...
and again not knocking the highly skilled, technical and brave wakestyle riders.
Board flick @ 2.07 is cool. Wonder how many times I'll get hit in the face before I get it 
Why are you guys scared of knocking the wakestyle crew? I see the point of wake styling if your a wake boarder and want to train for wakeboarding when you don't have access to a boat so you grab a kite and go to it. good on you for cross training
But wakestyling if your not a wakeboarder? pointless. why not use the lift of the kite?
More pointless that this old style air school. . . . .
Just being politically correct plummet, not trying to to start another thread war. What the hell...I agree and have always agreed with this and have made comments over the past few years and been noticeably slammed.
How the hell did wake-style hi-jack this sport when considering the competitive arena. Some might say it was just natural evolution, I mean there is no denying the skill and bravery needed to pull of those high powered moves,,, surely you cannot deny this...
But i got into kiting to boost and ride waves...but each to their own I suppose.
Wow, if Freddy Mercury was a kite boarder, he'd do this, singing ' I want it all - I want it now!' But kudos, this style is very practical as it will also help you save on your pedicure bill. Did he steal that springy from madonnas navy seal collection?
indeed i don't deny the wakestyle skill involved. to be brutally honest its pretty boring to watch. 90% of the moves all look the same and its all done low and fast. its much more stectacular to watch someone boost big. if they throw dowm some moves then good on them.
mind you if i was not endowed with a plethora of waves at my local and only had flat water then i may see the need to do something different. Luckily for me every session is a wave session so i don't need to look to wake style to progress.
Lastly. If someone wants to wake style. good on them. go for it. Its not my cup of tea
But i will be pleased when the sponsered riders move on from wake style. I'm sick of eagerly looking at the latest vid from any kite company and all i see is low level wake styling. Bores me to tears.
At least i was entertained with Toby's teaser. I wish he would stop pointing his feet so much. Its not an olympic pommel horse event. its manly kiting!. Jut those man feet out proudly on awkward manly angles and i'll be happier.
That was soooo hommus! Was he serious or taking the piss?
Gave me the same feeling as the day i noticed scooters had replaced skateboards in the local skate park.
Never before have I seen a kiter look so feminine, like a ballerina!
here's another great idea; let's get all of the top asp surfers, put them on 14 foot wooden mals, and get them to compete in 2ft shore break- just like they used to in the 50s. much less technical, slower, and more accessible, and a step backwards. just like dangling...
I've never ridden boots, I don't do handle passes (yet), but I have to say that, for me at least, the thrill of nailing even a basic trick at speed and with the kite low is greater than the thrill of boosting big. The timing, co-ordination and strength required are much greater.
Yes I busted my knee a bit over a year ago, but rather than give it up, I'm very happy to be progressing more slowly rather than going for stuff too far ahead of my abilities.
And for sure I like to boost too, but until you've cleanly landed even a simple a front roll with your kite low and going at least as fast as when you took off, you can't have any real idea of why some crew are dedicated to powered kite-low tricks: they're a rush.
And it doesn't have to be either/or. Youri, among others, does some crazy boosting/old-school stuff as well as stomping powered moves.
nothing beats just getting out in 25 to 30 knots and throwing some of the biggest jumps you have ever done! nothing compares
Dammit I ran outta thumbs waaay before the end of this thread.
Wakestyle is booooooring to watch to me. One trick , repeat repeat repeat. I don't care if this one was fully inverted and this one spun backwards while passing the bar between the legs.
I can't tell the difference between handle pass tricks, but more to the point I don't want to because really it's all just the same old handle pass dressed up different ways.
WTF - i go away and come back to this......
Im over 30ish and there is no way I'd be caught dead doing that cawk and balls shenanigans.
Some of you people should pull your heads in and show some respect for kiting in its purest traditional form..........
Obviously a lot of wannbe wake boarders and wannabe surfers lurk on this site .......
Its fine if you want to mimmick other sports ( 90% of you look like kooks doing it ) but go ahead its still fun.
But in the mean time appreciate the skills it does require to pull off some of the old school tricks because most of you wouldnt even get close to doing half of them and many of these triks were invented well before you homos had depower and were done on two line kites.
A bit more respect for the forefathers of kiting and the moves they INVENTED NOT COPIED
Its good to see the odd hooked in trick, but watching a vid full of board off spinner things is as bad as watch a vid full of handle passes spinner things.
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Some of you people should pull your heads in and show some respect for kiting in its purest traditional form..........
Obviously a lot of wannbe wake boarders and wannabe surfers lurk on this site .......
Its fine if you want to mimmick other sports ( 90% of you look like kooks doing it ) but go ahead its still fun.
But in the mean time appreciate the skills it does require to pull off some of the old school tricks because most of you wouldnt even get close to doing half of them and many of these triks were invented well before you homos had depower and were done on two line kites.
A bit more respect for the forefathers of kiting and the moves they INVENTED NOT COPIED
Damn that was well said....a little too strong for my own convictions, but ..'what he said!'.
The majority of tricks Toby does are not possible with the average kite. You need to be able to lock the bar down as he does with the micro loop.
So if you're thinking of boosting and letting go with both hands for the behind board pass it'll be all over very quickly!
Sure he makes it look easy but some of those tricks must take years to perfect, full credit to him.
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