met dank aan Rick Iossi
Elliot Leboe Speaks ...
of Riding Styles, Caribbean Shredding, Foilboards
and JAWS!
Elliot Leboe recently passed through Miami, Florida on his way home from Kiteboarding Magazines Pirates of Caribbean Tour. He stopped by Waterplay.com, a prominent Miami kiteboarding store, to regale local riders with stories and wisdom learned on, in and over the waters of Maui.
Elliot is a laid back, unpretentious and likeable guy. He is fairly tall at around 6 ft.+, (does everyone look shorter in videos?) and weighs out at around 190 lbs. Elliot had his start in Texas and in windsurfing. He moved to Maui in 1996 to take on the world in competitive windsurfing. After a couple of years on the competition circuit he was looking around for something new and different to tackle.
Elliot And Kiteboarding
Elliot met Lou Waiman, a strong wakeboarder and windsurfer and started wakeboarding as well and got hooked! The problem with wakeboarding and Maui is a shortage of boats, marinas and unrestricted nearshore areas to ride in. If the whales are grazing around the island even more restrictions apply. So Elliot and Lou were dreaming of wakeboarding tricks without the hassle of dealing with powerboats. Suddenly a light bulb goes off ... KITES, they got a communal Wipika Classic 5 m kite, enrolled in the School of Hard Knocks in February 1998 and never looked back! These guys kited to wakeboard which may explain the wake kiteboarding style that these two riders championed along with other prominent riders. Happy Fifth Anniversary Elliot! He moved on to Blades and a sizeable list of other kites over time.
Since that time Elliot has become a regular in many kiteboarding videos flying hard and shredding fast. Many of us have seen his shambling gate on land and incredible exploits on and over the water on the small screen. Today he is a top rider on the International Cabrinha team.
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