Glad he got out of that with just some dirty undies. Hell of a story to tell, too.kiteon - 26-11-2008 at 02:43 PM
lets fly close to rocks, thats a good idea.DenisLaMenace - 26-11-2008 at 03:30 PM
the camera man seems not to worry to go help the guy once he landed. He just keeps shooting knowing he's got a great vid.Baluk - 26-11-2008 at 04:10 PM
!!Bladerunner - 26-11-2008 at 06:03 PM
Eck! Eck! lunchbox - 26-11-2008 at 06:27 PM
Holy crap...wonder if that guy decided to call it a day after that flight!
It's for that reason that if I did try snowkiting I would definitely start on a big flat area!
Nice video though and a hell of a story to tell...NPWfever - 26-11-2008 at 06:51 PM
Eric Eck 2.0 :wee:mgatc - 26-11-2008 at 07:01 PM
Nothing like a bit of upslope wind to get the adrenaline going! Think that guy will ever kite again?Windeavor - 26-11-2008 at 07:01 PM
Like to see him do it again..........NOTB-Roc - 26-11-2008 at 07:02 PM
That is a major lofting. Lucky for him it ended as it did.mgatc - 26-11-2008 at 09:06 PM
Looks like he had a 50/50 shot of landing in the snow verses a rock. He must be livin right.Jason-G - 27-11-2008 at 09:11 AM
Thats crazy!
It looked like he was flying a fixed birdle kite about 5M? It also looked like he came down pretty hard and bounced.
JGNPWfever - 27-11-2008 at 11:37 AM
Yeah, deff a fixed bridle, idk what size though, looks more like a 7 to me, but a lower AR like an Accesscarltb - 28-11-2008 at 09:53 AM
taken from another forum.............
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Originally Posted by SaskAlex
That's ridiculous. I love watching the pro's fly off of mountains, but they do it under control. This guy is lucky to be alive, and the video seems to
be presenting it as a good old time.
If it was shot yesterday, id tend to agree, stupid location, stupid kite, idiot, gonna die and I wouldnt bother posting. It wasnt so im gonna correct
you all. Unless im very much mistaken, its f-one pro rider magic from properly back in the day, pushing the boundaries of what kiteboarding was about
and what was possible. if you find any footage of magics fellow F-one pro rider from the time, a certain someone you may have heard of by the name of
chasta, youll see something very much in common about how the pros flew thro the mountains back then on two line fixed bridle foils. Id suggest not an
idiot, but a man worth shaking the hand of and thanking for pushing the sport so hard it developed the high depower, quick turning, super safe kites
that allow you, the mere mortal to be able to do 0.1% of what this guy can do.
Consider yourselves educated.
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daaaang lol.Bladerunner - 30-11-2008 at 11:08 AM
OOh :roll: OOh Teacher :roll:
I understand how Chasta, Alex ( Keith Kalio R.I.P. ) and many others have pushed / led this sport to where it is. I have had the pleasure of thanking
a few of them in person ! Without these people we would still be pulling sleds accross Greenland for kite fun ( thanks to Conceptair for getting that all started WAY back )
I'm just not clear about the 2 line kite thing ? That kite is a 4 line of some sort ? I don't see a trim strap so it may well still be a fixed bridle
? I don't recognize that model of kite ? Does anyone know what it was ?
I agree that we needed people to take risks so we could learn how to do it safe. I also agree that almost all of those pioneers took all precuasions
available to them at the time. There is a fine line between pushing the limit and being stupid. Something that may have been seen as pushing the limit
a few years ago can look downright stupid to an uneducated eye . Now with these viral videos our chances of looking stupid have just shot up !
:ticking:f0rgiv3n - 30-11-2008 at 09:22 PM
i have a little thought that it's an older fixed bridle flysurfer? I could be completely wrong but it looks like one and some others were saying it
was.bloah - 30-11-2008 at 09:25 PM
( thanks to Conceptair for getting that all started WAY back )