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’m with Wdric - what’s missing for me in the Ben Wilson clips is seeing how he plays with the whole wave. The single hits are nothing special – they can be seen on a good day at any decent surf kiting spot. Seeing how he links them all up, particularly on a decent wave (with a kite), would make all the difference to me.
Mitu rides with the wave with a beautiful and relaxed playful style – he obviously knows it well. Personally I love his surfing/kiting fusion – the boosting out of the wave, the floaters along the lip - but the snaps under the lip and the coverups are straight from surfing.
I can’t see how surf kiting will ever be surfing, as the influence of the kite can be reduced but the kite just won’t go away. What the kite takes away from pure surfing of the wave it gifts back as a second source of power and an enhanced ability to fly and float. I think it’s the joining of these two disciplines that will evolve into the main surf kiting style.
Having said that – I don’t really care what style anyone rides – I kite for fun
and I love seeing wave kiting clips - so keep em coming
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
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
that mitu guy is loose as a goose.
the rest so far look restricted by the strings that restrict them.
perhaps trying to look like a real surfer when you are actually being pulled along by a thing in the air might look a bit like cheating............but busting air big time off the lip.........priceless.
Lol the music in that second clipis awsome pearl. I had to minimise it to do some work and I dont think I have worked so quick. nice flanged sounds.
Keep up the good vids, Mitu in the first vid rides very messy, but man he looks like he is having sooooo much fun. GREAT TOPIC!
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.
pacasmayo peru = yum One of the local guys went there last year lucky bugger .looks epic .Apparently Beware of the jetty