Kitesurfing - the video & photo thread

GalahOnTheBay said...

By popular request, a thread for all of those kitesurfing videos and pictures we have all seen, or should have seen...

Seabreeze takes no responsibility for whatever happens to you if you get caught watching these on high rotation at work / school / home etc... oh and of course what happens if you decide to try any of these...

Obviously some of these clips show kiters doing some very dangerous things - please don't try to replicate these as you might not get away with things so lightly.

Feel free to reply to this topic with any kite surfing videos / pictures from around the place (especially of you / your crew - share the stoke!) but please try to keep non video / picture posts to a minimum.

So what do we do? Maybe Grodanbol is on to something...



This gem from our own Skwinty pretty much sums things up



Good stuff

This is why we ride...

Red Bull Lighthouse to Leighton 2010 Helicopter Video



Flysurfer light wind kitesurfing



Kite surfing cool / big / special moves compilation



Safety bay crew going off
Filmed and edited by our own dachopper
Riders - Andy Yates, Mario R, Dan Anderson, Nick finch, Dale Stanton and others



Ruben Lenten - S loop kite loop



Ruben Lenten huge kite loop



Top Hat pulling* some wood
*Riding a zero concave no fins no straps board



Bad stuff

Sometimes things just don't go to plan...

Eric Eck - caught in an updraft



High speed crash in slow motion



Compilation of wipeouts in the surf



Eric Rienstra - kite loop gone wrong



Quad kite loop: Weird wind jump but great flying



Look before you leap



Taco deathloops (you are the taco) - why attaching your "safety" on to a line that runs behind your back is a bad idea...



Boats - just one reason to stay away from them



Ben Wilson - getting worked in the surf



Self launch fail
Next time get your friend to hold the kite, not the camera...



Assisted launch dramas
Next time get someone who knows what they are doing, and make sure they have a good set of hands...




Self landing goes wrong (actions starts at 5:25)
Kiting in a banned spot (Bondi) and should have known better, kiting between the swimmers, self landing gone wrong, safety didn't depower the kite, didn't pull the quick release...

#t=325s
Pulled through a tree (yes through)



Always wear appropriate protective equipment
With friends like these...



Ugly stuff

Pushing the limits, and suffering the consequences of failure...

Dimitri trying to jump a building



Trying to jump rocks - Maui style



Trying to jump rocks - Currumbin style



What can happen when you don't look before you leap



Kite loops can hurt - really hurt



Out of control kite surfing in big winds



Drift launch fail



Beach jumping even in light winds is a BAD idea (action starts at 0:42 seconds)

#t=42s

Don't try this at home stuff

As cool as these look, be assured they are all very dangerous.

Lewis Crathern jumps over Brighton Pier

View from the pier (sorry can't embed this one): www.kiteworld.tv



Lewis Crathern and Jake Scrace jump the pier at Worthing in the UK



Speed kite surfing (50+ knots)





Kite soaring - Australia



Kite soaring - California



Dark ages stuff

Back when I was a lad... lol

Earliest Aussie kite surfing footage? Kite surfing Cronulla NSW in 1999

Huge thanks to our own kytesrfn for putting these up on youtube







Kite surfing Stockton beach NSW in 1999

Huge thanks to our own kytesrfn for putting these up on youtube






Kite surfing Dolls Point NSW in 2001

Huge thanks to our own kytesrfn for putting these up on youtube




Kite surfing in 1987





Pop culture stuff

You know you have made it when...

Simpsons




Rescue Special Ops



A German tv advertisment for Ovaltine

Featuring one serious noob.



Wildlife special - crab stylee

Why should kiters have all the limelight? Crabs want to be on tv in all their hidef glory too...



Carnage

Not a video, but a picture tells a thousand words so...