Wave kiting clips

heaps of free wave riding downloads at www.benwilsonsurf.com

Yesssss I'm depressed, it's fricken summer dude. I'm surprised by your comments to slave as you never seem to have any time for surfboards in the sport from conversations we've had. I've turned up at your local strapped and unstrapped but you still think it's all about your mutant/hybrid thingy....What do you call it anyway, just for the record??

By the show of red thumbs it seems I've upset some ppl somehow. I said it looks fun, I'm just not getting to carried away about it, he's a pro on his forehand in very nice conditions. Seriously what did you expect. I've kited Gnaraloo when Ryland was out, he was way more impressive than that.

All I said was that there's heaps of guy's probably doing the same around the globe but not in front of a camera. Didn't mean to upset the Mitu fans, he looks like an awesome rider. I'd love to have those conditions not far from home, unfortunately we have to travel 8 to 12 hours and I hate traveling.

So is he from a surfing back ground or not

Keep the clips coming love any surf clips

I find the mitu clips a bit more enjoyable to watch.
The ben wilson ones in this thread are a bunch of one move edits, which get a bit repetitive.
At least you get to see mitu on more of the wave having heaps of fun.
I wish we had conditions like that in Newy, would luv to have a go in offshore like that.

i was going to post the same comment about ben wilsons moves in video clips, i have watched his unknown road and spare change a squilion times so i do like his ridding ...but as you say its unhook one turn and if lucky two turns than cut to next scene.

the clips in first post and ben wilsons styled clips both are enjoyable to watch but totally different approaches to wave riding, mitu is kitesurfing and ben is surfkiting , then we have the offshore wave versus the onshore mush conditions which tend to work better for one style over the other.

mitu waves would close out i bet in onshore where bens style would be impossible to unhook and not get pulled out the back in offshore at least from the video i have seen of him in those conditions. the unhooked kite drift method versus the kite depower method

offshore winds is far easier to kitesurf imho although purist would say you might as well go for a surf.

anyhow enjoy what you have!

A surfer friend of mine watched the Mitu videos and said:

"with a wave that good, why would you bother with a kite - just surf it!"

A lively discussion followed, and the interesting thing that came out was that we are lucky to have so many different tools at our disposal to allow us to express ourselves while interacting with the ocean.

Surfboards.....longboards....kneeboards......stand up paddle boards....tow-boards....

boards with added kitepower......strapped TT's, strapped mutants, strapped surfboards, unstrapped surfboards.....

boards with added sail power......all the flavours of sailboarding.....

Each format allows a slightly different way of interacting with the ocean and its wind and waves. If I lived at Cabo Verde, no doubt I would surf the wave some days, kite it strapped on others, and kite it unstrapped on yet others. For a blast from the past you might even dredge out the sailboard and see what that allowed you to do! I've seen video of Mitu doing all the above, and his fluid power style is evident across the spectrum.

I tend to agree with Puppet and Hunter - the fusion of kite and small strapped wave board allows the freedom to hit the critical sections with incredible power and speed, and adds the freestyle dimension as well. That is where kitesurfing is really unique. Pretty exciting combo!

keep the vids coming.

...and some wind for NQ wouldn't be bad either........

Andy

Ohh,he's alright.Hooked in unhooked all over the place,freestylin it up.Kind off looked that he was surfing rather than kiting ,was he really kiting or just hangin on to a bar with lines for comfort? Only watched it 10 times.I want to see more

Yeah the guys got style it does actually look like he's surfing the wave but also kiting with nice tricks thrown in to boot...

Watch him milk these small waves for all their worth.

And then I just come back here and watch it over and over again, the music is cool too. But I looked at Cape Verde a bit and don't know if I would want to live there...but visit, yes.

Just saw the strapless one, and that seems equally cool.........fark, where is this sport going

IMO this guy hands down is the man

Yeah, it's on the island of Sal, Cape Verde. This spot is one of about 4 good wave spots on Sal. This would be around Dec-Feb, when the Atlantic pumps down enormous swells up to 7 m. This spot has claimed more kites than I can remember due to it bein offshore. When it hits 7m a good thing when you wanna escape as one part closes out quite fast. The entry sucks as you have a down wind sand beach with huge shorebreak, or the rocks where everyone enters. I worked there for 5 months teachin kiting in 04. Actually rescued Mitu from drowning after a handlepass gone wrong and came down hard on his leg. Scared the crap out of me. Lebeche is on the other end of the beach and goes off too. Just don't loose you're kite and have to swim 4 45mins to try to get in against the current heading to Brazil. This is one of my favourite spots for waves.

As a surfer who kites-didn't really like the Guilly one that much-lacked flow-too jerky and the spin/handle pass sh!t-you can keep that-Mitu's clips were heaps better (granted the waves were heaps better).

Time for a change in Board Size

This footage is of Michael Bishop from Brissy using his longboard for the first time with his kite.

That's cool Bruce, goes to show doesn't matter what your riding as long as your having fun. He looks like a big guy that could throw some spray on a short board to.

What size mal is that??? My guess would be around 9ft and a thruster, either way he's turning it well for a big board. I see ocean rodeo do a kite for SUP boards, that's going a bit to far I think.

But whatever floats ya boat I guess

Yeah-in good waves (and wind) that guy would be great to kite with.

Also there is this one, how long and fun is this wave?!!!!