Mickey mouse sport........like rolling round on the beach dry humping your mate....what ****.
... what a travesty! Never watched the show before, and now I never will,,, if this is what they do with kiting, does that mean all the other resuces are hammed up this much..... is it a joke or do they really think people will believe this sort of thing happens???? Shame shame shame,,,,, its a bloody shame!!!
That's a gay wrestle on the beach. What a lame and dishonest story. Peppa Pig and Olivia are much better viewing.
If anyone comes into the shop looking for lessons and mentions rescue special flops and has concerns about the safety of kiting they will be slapped and told to take up lawn bowls.
I was wondering about the wrestling scene, good to hear it struck you folks as a bit strange too. Sad to say though, this is historic TV. I am not aware of another fictional TV segment involving lofting. Hopefully Joe Public will make the connection as to just how improbable the thing would be as shown. Who would think Rallys could boost so insanely well in lighter winds and on short lines too. So, it was fairly ineptly pulled together, still there is some ironic humor to it.
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oh dam ! ....does this mean bodhi really didnt get smashed at bells in Point Break!!
... you know, there must have been some one in the production crew who was advising them what to do, how to 'make it authentic'! Did they even approach some experts, you'd think they would? So who was it, the local shop????? Maybe the 'on set expert' told 'em and were ignored, now they look like d!cks!
I wonder what real rescue guys think of it, or what they think of the show in general?
Still, shameful!! 
Oh well, it is entertainment after all.
cheers,
Robbie 
i'd believe it if she was on a 08 rhino 
,a rally..... wouldn't boost that high in 50 kts.
,a rally..... wouldn't boost that high in 50 kts.
After examining way too many loftings worldwide over the last 11 years I think that if they had made it more true to life it would have been far more intense and likely damaging to the sport too. Given the inaccuracies it was more like they were spo0fing kiting as opposed to remotely coming close to describing a believable accident. In short things may have worked out the best with what they came up with for the sport.
I'd like to see kiting portrayed as a "micky mouse sport" more often on tv. It might help keep my local breaks uncrowded for a few more years, before the inevitable over saturation that is destined to happen in the near future, as it did with surfing.
