^ True, watched it from the water, it was crazy, he was riding boots to... wtf. I considered giving him my 1st place check for it... nearly haha. What year was that anyway? man time flys. I reckon most groms would never have even heard of him or many other good riders from back then.
I remember Aaron Jamins "ironing boards" haha, classic. What ever happened to him anyway? Did he hibernate in his doona? seriously though, anyone know?
Yes Uggs do make it harder but is not my sole basis of appreciation.
Appreciation as follows;
1. That he is doing the trick properly (he is grabbing nuke)
2. His kite is low, and he is gliding out.
3. I respect that he is doing something that takes a certain amount of skill to learn (yes with uggs on) and doesn't happen first try (like in strap ons).
i cant remeber wat year cairns was , all i know is it was so good. Wouldve been like 07 or 06. Green island worst place to kite in the world i reacon
theres a shot of ben in one of the tannum vids doing this F*ck off kiteloop then tries to go for a front blind mobe 7 haha it is easily one of the gnarliest things i've seen for a while!
that vid was posted in 07 so it was pretty old stuff too... shows how much kiteloop HPs have gone backwards.
Ben Foote - once heralded "the man most likely to kill for wind" [}:)]
Now theres one whos really dropped off the earth.
Who knows the whereabouts of PsYlor
and is his old man still kiting
meow !
These animals can get the better of us sometimes.
Not always a bad thing .....
YEAH - score one to the bull.
Sickos
- missed his jugular by the looks. Better luck next time Torro
Hopefully the thing ripped his jaw off. Something about animal cruelty that doesn't really come across as a sport to me.
And that one of Ben Foote is sweet! No wonder half of Australia's riders are wearing knee braces. We're the only ones who don't ride with our kites at 12.
dont generalise the whole aus pop just because of what the tannum crew and a couple of other small crews round the place have been doing
80% are still trying to replicate the delorean.
Wow what a blast from the past!
Hello Everyone I've been in hiding i guess, mostly cuz my kites dont pump up anymore and because my nearly 30year old bones needed a rest. lol
8 years of skating comps and wiping out on concrete then 4 years of kiting hard everyday has its toll.
Thats funny seeing that vid (You can send me a cheque still Alex, haha) No seriously send me a kite.
On the topic though Dre's riding always did it for me
Doing any trick with speed, power and a smooth flawless style will leave you saying "dam that looked good!"
But in the meantime I been training my little 2.5 yr boy Cooper on the kitebar with the trampoline. Moohahahahahahaha
Anyway good to see all of you still around! Peace