nice smile for the camera.:bigok: Got to take some Dramamine now.
Liked the GoPro mount.

the shake , i know, but the stoke shines!

@3:00 haize over the water, full stoke shine !

deluxe chill

http://vimeo.com/36991390 phreeride #9

vid has some looping powerslide, HAIZE keeping things smooth

Vii 13m doing it in 8-10mph, side on.

enjoy

loving 11, great videos

thanks EW! tight spot session with alot fly action so the line rig did get the some serious shake.


...and while on the thread heres

phreeride # 10 http://vimeo.com/36994516

lightest session yet with haize , 6-8mph cool tunes by a local guy down the street

http://vimeo.com/37216443 Phebruary air

nice warm day with on shore breeze, just working up wind this section had the least shake, as i turn the corner on this section of the beach things pick up and the camera is full and shuts off,

anyway zero edit did not even bother to convert it and just needed to start moving thru some of the back log of raw footage so i can throw it away.
enjoy

Looked really good to me. I think I am too picky on my video then don't put any out. My skills aren't at quite the same level though. I liked the aerial transitions at each end and the jump with float at about 3:50. Just goes to show a flexboard can jump.

thanks stetson, i was so picky at first but there not alot of guidelines for style and its all hit and miss. i like seeing the kite action the whole "dynamic system flow" it really conveys whats going on like the single frame stuff. when i first started shooting vids couple time did hours of jumps that weren't even close to being in frame.
just make it up as you go along ...everytime i preview new files i think "wow bunch lame crap" look at it a month later with different eyes ..did the same last night foe an hour found stuff i was trashing ....but then comes the hair pulling edit! explains my purest same session clips, just makes it easier with the light flow and stuff. put it out there man!

oh yeah, and the board rocks a phreeride session no doubt!

http://vimeo.com/37281804 phreeride #12

another line rig session, typical flow uncut session, go pro caught me checking the cell...just making sure its not getting wet!

flexboardz staying together after a month in the daily grind. we've had some decent wind, so a nice run of sessions to feel it out, with different looks and intensities, no doubts on the range the unit has even in tight spots like side on and with a tiny strip of beach! and the better range of float over soft stuff that normally would crackED my Azz.

anyway many thanks for following the thread! i've tried to keep it varied without too much SeE sIcK action to give the unit a fair shake down by video sail log.

definitely more to come, spring is coming which only means MORE wind and water session will hog the days for sure...NABX...JIBE all in the mix as well.

not sure how much info is out there on this board...but there's definitely more now.

Great job posting PHREERIDER, I think I speak for all of us, it has been worth the read and watch. :bigok:
I think I may buy one of those Flexboardz, your one heck of a salesman. Oh, Wait, I got a few already. Dam, he's good.

right on JEFF!

http://vimeo.com/37769782 phreeride #14

here's a downwind run uncut. this i believe is one o the most difficult elements of kite landboarding.

keeping everything lit! the speed just gets super zoomy, with hot switches at speed that really stretch out. a 30min up wind haul smoked out in a matter of minutes. once mastered really and truly gives you phull circle of the phreeride

enjoy

Just going through all of this thread extremely inspiring stuff. You sir are probably one of the most dedicated team riders out there. I think that most guys are just looking to get free gear and show off. But you are actually doing what every sponsored rider should be doing. The only thing that leaves me wondering, is how a flexboard handles on a downhill mountainboard track. Different terrain, multiple jumps, drop offs, and everything else that comes with that sort of package. If it can handle a Phreeride, it must be able to handle everything else out there.

shaggs, I sell more of the boardz to down hill riders than kite boarderz. I'm not real good at down hilling but I would rather Flexboard it than the try to ride the others. Easier to keep the board under you and it rides a lot like a snow board, but don't take my word for it. Buy one for your self. hehe

shaggs, i like being outside physically experiencing my life on fun gear.!..
...anyway , a "run" in sailing is straight downwind so everything is loose and quick and the feel is just like downhill, kite is active but really just bumping me along . i will admit the Fxbz is seriously stuck to the ground it doesn't flip over/trip like a conventional skate truck would, l believe because the traction energy remains on the same side instead of THRU the axle, thats my guess and experience has shown it to me as well next vid has this "anti-trip" action...kinda like a manual but on the side. i know sounds crazy, but when watched the vid (which is THE great thing about VIDEO FEEDBACK)you look like WTF was that....reminds of the VW GTI rear wheel hike in racing. you don't know its happening til you watch it on video replay. crazy stable action and fast. for me its working out nice despite its slightly heavier comparative weight and haize is the largest unit of three choices the other two are smaller. i only have experience on the haize with the 9" wheel set which eats terrain that chokes my other boards .

I would love to get a go on one of these, unfortunately the wife warned me that my closet can't get any fuller till I buy a set of bikes, and plant some trees in our backyard. Then again she did tell me last year that I wouldn't be allowed to buy any kites and I bought two new ones and a mountainboard. :evil:

the pliable feminine mind forever changing and supple ..like a hand full of wet marbles !

from last friday, after 4hours on the water, the the tide had pushed back just enough to have a go on the HAIZE despite fatigue ...arc needed to dry anyway.

side on about 20 knts, Vii 13m, ultra solid power right at the top of the window, not alot of running for speed so most of the airs are quick tight redirects keeping me on the landing strip maybe 60-70yds wide ...at this windspeed and tight spot really tedious fly.

the water completely fried my legs then this finishes off the arms with good old fashion venom bar pressure!

http://vimeo.com/37919686 phreeride #16 rollin' with minotaur/kraddy in my head

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How you find time to go thru all that footage /?????...... Looks like you are one happy kiter with that hard packed beach ...... jealous .....

overstoked makes it easy ! not much to go thru . i set the camera down about 15min or so, hit it(what you see on the video) and thats all of the footage. i only clipout truly dead spots like if i stop and talk someone, out frame stuff more than 4-6 sec. preview speed once, may be 30 min with the edit junk..music out of playlist i session'd with, i usually try to match the final time in length and pick it out quick with out to much thought... watch once , process/export/upload.


content is already flowed in the session, i just clip out empty screens, not that much of that since i stay in the box ...at least i try.

the original length of the file 12:06 , includes a couple walking by i clipped out and i dropped it on the way to put down

http://vimeo.com/38064800 phreeride #15

this has few errors in the edit just not up fixing at the moment.

side shore 12-15 with some gusts flexboardz HAIZE surviving decent pop and drops, haize staying glued to ground on powerslide transitions at speed. brief single wheel hike in there as mentioned in prior posts, first time noticed it anyway, its in the last third i think have to watch and get the time mark.

enjoy

gonna rename the post title FLEXBOARDZ HAIZE Phreeride series (videos) so reference is easy.

Glued to the ground is right. This last fall on my MBS I was getting the feel of powerslides and quite enjoying it. Since switching to the flexboardz it doesn't want to slide. It is great for holding down power and speed without wobble but otherwise no sliding for me (plus the soccer field owner is kinda nervous about damage). I wonder how much will change when I get to the beach in 3 weeks.

definitely takes more power to break it loose ,i think a set of slicks can give a relax bite for slides. grip control is there for sure.

wheel hike in #15 at 5:35, toeside pressure, and GRIP is still there, and still going up wind. you can't feel any of that through the board , deck just remains stable, no tendency for pull over at all. not that it(pullovers) won't happen, its just so far beyond the envelope of conventional trucks.

definitely a fascinating part of the design.

http://vimeo.com/38705378 venom ONE 13m

a stock PL v13 pulling a few rides, fabric is blown out, super thin, but hanging in there!

working with weak thermal 8mph. still has decent pop thru the top even on apparent wind rides.

nice and close

some pics floating around on my desktop. share worthy

back loop and grab .. flexboardz ready for the close-up

even closer!