ben.f - 23-9-2009 at 05:01 AM
i have just had a brilliant idea come into my mind and i dont know how i havent thought of it before,
how about flying a kite from my freestlye kayak?, both on grass and water?
Does anyone think this would work/ be remotely viable?? ha
Rushmore - 23-9-2009 at 05:05 AM
umm, not really unless you want to go down wind..
you need a keel to be able to hold an egde..
could be doable maybe if you had a 2 man kayak, as on peron could use the oar as a keel/rudder maybe...
BeamerBob - 23-9-2009 at 05:06 AM
You could let it drag you downwind/sideways/underwater and out of the boat. Your inability to steer the boat will limit your fun. That and the fact
that you can't effectively resist the side load forces if you were able to turn somehow.
ben.f - 23-9-2009 at 05:15 AM
aye thats a very good point lol
the side of the boat has a big rocker and the underside has a sharp twin rail to enable you to carve on edge much in the same way as a surfer would do
with upturned ends to stop the digging in when surfing so i dont know whether this will have any effect :tumble:
one thing i know wont happen is getting pulled outta the thing i strapped in there with thigh braces etc so tight that parts mpossible but it does
enable me to move the boat wherever i want which could help?
ben.f - 23-9-2009 at 05:26 AM
this is where i got the idea just on a scaled down size, pretty amezin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr2MzMzTXoE
Drewculous - 24-9-2009 at 08:48 AM
if you rigged it with some fins to provide some resistance, and a rudder to steer, you might have something... tough build tho
post some pics of the build lol!
I actually had a guy offer me his kneeboard to kite with, i told him i might have to mod it a little, and he seemed ok with it... i'll let you know!