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Strapless and unhooked

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Created by Plummet > 9 months ago, 7 Dec 2013
Plummet
4862 posts
7 Dec 2013 7:39PM
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Ha ha suckered you in.

Some kite longboard skating pics.












axion
VIC, 144 posts
7 Dec 2013 10:55PM
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Where is that? It looks primo...

Plummet
4862 posts
7 Dec 2013 8:10PM
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New Plymouth NZ.

gcdave
534 posts
7 Dec 2013 9:34PM
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Spono'd riders

www.alohashirtshop.com/

Plummet
4862 posts
8 Dec 2013 4:49AM
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Didnt you know? When ever your kite longboarding. You must wear a hawian shirt. Its the law.

ludbey
TAS, 85 posts
8 Dec 2013 10:00AM
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Hey Plummet, what is the kite your using there and what sort of wind range is comfortable for cruising like that? cheers tony

Plummet
4862 posts
8 Dec 2013 7:34AM
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Its a 1.5m ozone imp trainer. From 12-30 knots is doable
18 being ideal.

belldiver
QLD, 171 posts
8 Dec 2013 10:28AM
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Where is the pain shots? There has gotta be some nasty crashes haha.

Great idea though, I like it!!!

Plummet
4862 posts
8 Dec 2013 9:57AM
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No pain shots. Been longboarding and kitong fot a long time. ...
But it is interesting. Flying toeside one handed threading the needle past trees , walkers. Ypu dont need much power at all. Carves are so lush.

Lambie
QLD, 739 posts
8 Dec 2013 3:25PM
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Nice work - I've just found a new life for my trainer 2.5 imp !! - now to find a path that is tree/powerline and other obstacle free with the right wind direction :-(

Kamikuza
QLD, 6493 posts
8 Dec 2013 10:17PM
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Red-thumb Homo Brigade is out in force, I see. I liked them

Plummet
4862 posts
9 Dec 2013 3:48AM
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Lambie said..

Nice work - I've just found a new life for my trainer 2.5 imp !! - now to find a path that is tree/powerline and other obstacle free with the right wind direction :-(


Yeah man that's the trick. I only get onshores straight on to this walkway once every couple of months.

But when I do, its on like donkey kong. Of course you can crank a lot higher angles upwind that when on the water!

Warehouse13
NSW, 185 posts
9 Dec 2013 7:32AM
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Nice man, wish I could find somewhere like that to give it a go, I know my boys have been aching to get on their skateboards with my trainer kite

Plummet
4862 posts
9 Dec 2013 8:02AM
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Warehouse13 said..

Nice man, wish I could find somewhere like that to give it a go, I know my boys have been aching to get on their skateboards with my trainer kite


carpark? top of parking building? think outside the square man! road thats not used much? school courts?

Warehouse13
NSW, 185 posts
9 Dec 2013 1:17PM
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Plummet said..


Warehouse13 said..

Nice man, wish I could find somewhere like that to give it a go, I know my boys have been aching to get on their skateboards with my trainer kite



carpark? top of parking building? think outside the square man! road thats not used much? school courts?


Yeah I've been scratching my head for spots. Got some awesome paths etc around my way but freaking trees everywhere. Might have to look into the top of parking building idea though

surpher
VIC, 81 posts
9 Dec 2013 1:34PM
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Suckered, I admit it.
Pretty cool though and looks heaps of fun...

...except for the footwear

Plummet
4862 posts
9 Dec 2013 7:23PM
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surpher said..

...except for the footwear


Mate you haven't lived till yourve bommed a bumped a hill at 60kph in your crocs! the wind coursing past your toes, Jumped boulders landboarding, down hill mountainbiking in the heat of summer? would you do that with jandles? bare feet? Just flip the safety latch on and go from casual to extreme footwear in one swift motion!


surpher
VIC, 81 posts
10 Dec 2013 10:12AM
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touche.

Gilly3
QLD, 799 posts
10 Dec 2013 9:43AM
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Ahhh, Jendools, whitebait, kina and chulli buns......can't wait to do another trup ta NZ!

Love ya work Plum, my kids use a skim board at the beach with my 2m Slingshot trainer and try and use the waves as ramps, cool fun.

Have also tried it on the longboard, but as others have said, not to many favourable spots....

LostDog
WA, 445 posts
10 Dec 2013 8:48AM
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I'm gonna give this a crack for sure! Just don't know where to source a decent shirt from?

Plummet
4862 posts
11 Dec 2013 3:36AM
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LostDog said..

Just don't know where to source a decent shirt from?


If your going to indulge in any land based extreme kiting it is mandatory to wear an extreme hawian shirt.







Plummet
4862 posts
14 Dec 2013 7:11PM
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surfingboye
NSW, 2707 posts
14 Dec 2013 10:22PM
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looked good, except that 40 seconds of blank screen i just watched???

Plummet
4862 posts
15 Dec 2013 2:34PM
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Yeah, not sure what happened there? editing software is a weird sometimes.



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