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Winter in Perth

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Created by Ben - Ikon > 9 months ago, 6 May 2012
Ben - Ikon
WA, 113 posts
6 May 2012 10:06PM
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Just wanted to share some movies that we did in the past weeks. Winter is coming, so either buy some race gear and start training for the Olympics 2016 or come with us to do some lankiting. We do mountainboard and kite skating in Perth and around.

No problem to share our boards if you want to give it a crack.

Landkiting in WA



Kiteskating up north


Feel free to contact me and be part of the landkiting community
Ben


Underoath
QLD, 2433 posts
7 May 2012 12:31AM
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I'll stick to the water and prevent blowing out my knees to early.

EDIT: what would you use? A 6m in 10knots?

wishy
WA, 1501 posts
6 May 2012 10:48PM
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Absolute nutters! Great video. Remind me never to go landboarding, boosting and have non-broken legs do not go hand in hand. You blokes have very good landing skills, probably something I should work on one day.

Plummet
4862 posts
7 May 2012 3:50AM
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Sweet. Wicked vid. good boosting agressive flying. nice.

I love the longboard skate vid.

Ben - Ikon
WA, 113 posts
7 May 2012 7:30AM
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To Underoath

As you suggest start on a 6m kite that depowers well.
What's good with mountainboard is as soon as the kite is flying (around 5 knots) you can do it.
If you use your 6m until 15 knots, you will be in the safe zone.

Test all your safety before ridin as usual

Plummet
4862 posts
7 May 2012 10:27AM
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wishy said...

Absolute nutters! Great video. Remind me never to go landboarding, boosting and have non-broken legs do not go hand in hand. You blokes have very good landing skills, probably something I should work on one day.



Hey Wishy. it sounds weird but i get softer landings on land than i do on water!... figure that one out!. Well its because the take off and landing are more predictable. No chance of being hit by a rouge wave or bit of chop on take off or landing to stuff you up. Also the board its self absorbs alot of the impact were as on the water you have to absorb all the impact through your legs, ankles, knees.

Obviously stuffing up on land hurts. but theres less stuff ups because the land is repeatable.

Ben - Ikon
WA, 113 posts
7 May 2012 11:46AM
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Plus you dont get hit by 3m wave series on sharp reef ... grass is actually pretty soft and you learn ho to crash smoothly

joshy0184
WA, 52 posts
7 May 2012 12:12PM
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Love the vid Boon, WHo's the song by?

kiter2007
WA, 102 posts
7 May 2012 12:31PM
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the skate song is Sail - Awolnation

joshy0184
WA, 52 posts
7 May 2012 2:24PM
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kiter2007 said...

the skate song is Sail - Awolnation


Sweeet thats the one I liked the most. Thanks

austin
671 posts
8 May 2012 7:53PM
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id love to show you how its all done

austin
671 posts
8 May 2012 7:55PM
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id love to show you how its all done used to trash my msb90 snapped a few deck's, doubt you'd want to lend me anything!

Ben - Ikon
WA, 113 posts
9 May 2012 8:35AM
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@ Austin :

I had few hard landing too, broke few decks too, but less and less so either the boards are stronger or I learned to land smoothly.


Plummet
4862 posts
9 May 2012 7:12PM
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If your snapping decks then look at trampa. can't snap one pf those!..

or go one step better an do what i did. make a carbon deck!. that bastard is unsnappable! i've bottomed it out hundreds of times and smashed it one rocks every session (i have a rocky beach) for 4 years and she's as strong as houses!

gruezi
WA, 3464 posts
9 May 2012 11:18PM
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Great vids, something different...respect.

gunny11
VIC, 51 posts
10 May 2012 8:41PM
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Has anyone tried putting straps on the skateboard? I've kinda wondered if this would work work on the road with the kite... just like a land board.

Ben - Ikon
WA, 113 posts
10 May 2012 9:29PM
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joshy0184 said...

Love the vid Boon, WHo's the song by?


Music of the Mountainboard movie :
MF AWOLNATION

dazzamuffin
WA, 48 posts
11 May 2012 1:25AM
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awesome vids , i used to do mountain boarding and kiting in the UK , i've took the skin off my arse several times on them sandy beaches lol .



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