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PUSH Kiting 3 world records with Richard branson - we kited England to France

davededude - 10-7-2012 at 11:46 AM

Hi guys, we had an adventure on July first, The PUSH Kiting crew along side some more Flexifoil team mates Kitesurfed the channel from England to France to get some world records under our belts, we had a blast - infact the best kitesurfing session of my life.

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heres the video
kitesurfing with Richard Branson across the channel



Please enjoy and share :) cheers, Dave PUSH Kiting

Bladerunner - 10-7-2012 at 05:09 PM

wOOpWooP!

To spend a weekend with Sir Richard + help the OG get another world record. A dream come true !

You guys deserve it ! :thumbup::thumbup:

Was that Him jumping at 4:00?

erratic winds - 10-7-2012 at 05:26 PM

BR- Older fellas don't usually tweak out their grabs like that!


THANK YOU for sharing this Dave, it's very cool to see it from your perspective, loved the jump over the boat!

Bladerunner - 10-7-2012 at 05:57 PM

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Originally posted by erratic winds
BR- Older fellas don't usually tweak out their grabs like that!


THANK YOU for sharing this Dave, it's very cool to see it from your perspective, loved the jump over the boat!


I am real interested in hearing what level Sir Richard is riding at now. He was still at an experienced novice level a few years ago when he swung by Squamish.

OG aren't supposed to ride the english channel either. I am really hoping to here He IS " tweeking his grabs " ! Sir Richard isn't one to go about thing 1/2 :moon:. I would not be at all amazed to hear that was him :yes:

What a life ! What a COOL guy !

erratic winds - 10-7-2012 at 06:20 PM

Old guys might not tweak their grabs, but OLD GUYS RULE

PHREERIDER - 10-7-2012 at 07:27 PM

nice day!

davededude - 11-7-2012 at 10:42 PM

Ahh Unfortunately that's not the Branmeister, that was me, infact all the jumps except 2:26 are me, that just is Charlie Smith. It was gusting past 35knots and I was on a 10.5m the whole way, jumping the boat was always going to happen lol, I did manage to resist for about 2 hours which i thought was well restrained. I only lasted 10minutes before breaking out the board offs and big airs.

It was the nicest of days :)

davededude - 11-7-2012 at 10:44 PM

He is currently at the same sort of level you describe, competent but not advanced, I don't think he would be able to jump yet but at 61 he's pretty epic!

Kamikuza - 12-7-2012 at 05:26 PM

Always good value, PUSH vids - thanks! :thumbup: Rock on, Sir Rick!

Question for you - did you just blast the whole way on a single tack? How did your back-leg cope?