Een leuke blog over de leercurve van het kitesurfen (met internet) in de afgelopen 10 jaar vergeleken met die van windsurfen (zonder internet).

Door het internet is volgens de schrijven de leercurve van de sport veel korter geworden, zit wat in natuurlijk. Vroegah werd je de beste van de straat maar wat ze 5 straten verderop voor tricks deden; geen idee. Nu staan nieuwe tricks dezelfde avond op Youtube en wordt er de volgende dag al druk geoefend op andere stranden:

How the Internet affected kiteboarding

SEP 11, 2013
Over the last 10 years, I have been lucky enough to see kiteboarding make the transition from being the pastime of a few diehards into a mature and accessible sport that’s relatively easy to learn.

In the early days, there were small pockets of kiteboarders spread across the world. These pioneers didn’t work in isolation; they were able to share their ideas on sites like Hanglos.nl. They posted clips of new tricks that they’d landed, improvements they’d made to their gear, safety tips, amazing new locations, and anything else they thought other kiteboarders should know.

Although the early kiteboarders were heavily influenced by wakeboarders and surfers, they did invent a trick that’s unique to kiting and its evolution has played out over YouTube.

The kiteloop

A kiteloop is a trick that involves spinning the kite whilst in the air to generate an enormous surge of power. This results in the rider being pulled through the air horizontally and feels similar to a high-speed roller coaster setting off.

In the video below, a rider called Moehau Goold had rigged his kite with incredibly short lines and was trying to loop above it. The clip was shot in 2003 at Kite Beach, Maui. Although he didn’t quite land it, everyone on the forums went nuts.


Uiteraard komt Ruben Len10 ook aan bod met de Megaloops.

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