Better than an AirChair
Why not just take a couple sets behind the boat and drop the kite? Airchair feel but you get to use your knees and riding stance!
https://vimeo.com/116406401 http://www.slingshotsports.com/Alien...etails_section |
Magic carpet ride hahahah
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Not gonna lie,that looks awesome! Air chairs not do much but that looks cool as hell
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Flying the kite is half the fun plus you don't have to worry about finding a second or third. Always wondered why more wakeboarders don't kiteboard. It's a blast and the Delta is one of the best places to kitesurf. A lot of the kiting companies were started by ex wakeboarders.
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That looks pretty bad azz! Laird Hamilton style right there! Think you could use it behind a boat?
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I'd like to try that behind a boat. Looks fun. Doesn't really compare to an Air Chair - not going to be getting huge air or doing flips on that. Still looks cool, though.
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The guys using the foils and kites are getting huge air and doing flips. Some are getting 30' of air
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Haven't seen that yet. I have been hit by a foil though. Cost me a whole crapload of stitches & some time in the hospital. And that was aluminum. Get hit with carbon fiber & it's going to be even worse. Gooood luck. |
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BTW, I'm hearing that a lot of the new kite foil boards are junk. Just not strong enough to handle the abuse of jumping & rolling them repeatedly.... much less knocking them on the bottom of the lake. Makes an expensive lesson. One that many of us sit down riders learned years ago with the old AC foils.
Looks like the sport is booming though. Apparently it's due to pass behind the boat riding really soon! |
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The one linked above has straps, they are just sold separately.
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You can ride either strapless or strapped in. People are getting huge air with the strapless as well. You just hold onto the board or push against it going against the wind. It is getting huge and more and more companies making foils. No leash but it's you are usually in a wide open area when you jump.
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Yeah, I've seen the ones with straps and know kiteboarders have been doing that for quite awhile. I didn't notice that in the links above - just watched part of the video. I just hadn't seen the strapless ones like in the video before. It looks like fun, but with no leash, I can see one swimming for a LONG time retrieving their foilboard. That's why I think behind a boat might be better. You would still need to be careful falling around that thing, though.
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Actually getting back to the board is no problem since you can go upwind and downwind with the kite. Nice thing is you don't need a third to get out on the water, just wind.
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It's cute people are doing megaloops on these but like....if it's windy enough to where you don't need the hydrofoil and you want to do a megaloop
Ditch the straps Ditch the huge ass handle in your board and grab a tona pop with some boots. I don't get the push against wakestyle lol |
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My LE38 isn't that sharp, when I got hit, I had a HUGE amount of bruising, along with the cut itself. It always amazes me to see guys tuning foils so sharp. Murphy & Mack taught us to dull them down quite a bit. Even airplane wings are not that sharp. But to each his own. Good luck. |
North is actually using safety as one of the main selling points on it's foil
https://northwindkitesurf.files.word..._foilboard.pdf |
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