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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 05:46 PM
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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 05:59 PM


It's stuff like this that really does damage to our sport.



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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 06:09 PM


Luckly he rode it out. That could have been a disaster.



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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 08:57 PM


Forget the DOWN, I wanna see how he got UP there!

And I'm with Todd, this is some useless showboating stuff that doesn't benefit the sport.



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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 10:26 PM


foolishness was the first thing that/*- came to mind. For a second I thought that he was gonna bail on that one. Wonder if he went up there with or without permission??????



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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 10:27 PM


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Forget the DOWN, I wanna see how he got UP there!


I can see getting up to the top of the crane. Still a bit puzzled by how the kite was deployed once he got up there.

What's... interesting is that a kitesurf training center attached their name to this (at the end of the video), www.kitecentrezanzibar.com. :o

And it's IKO affiliated to boot. :no:

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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 10:30 PM


That looked like it could have gone soooooo wrong...



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[*] posted on 27-11-2011 at 10:32 PM


im sure he already had the kite on, and walked up the ladder using the kite's pull to balance.



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[*] posted on 21-12-2011 at 12:09 AM


Courtesy of RTZ anyways full version as to how he got up there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erh0rsCMEoM&feature=share


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[*] posted on 21-12-2011 at 04:30 AM


Although I agree that for the most part it does not reflect well on the sport I still have to admire the creativity of the guy for comming up with the idea and then having the grapes to pull it off.

The launch was nothing, the climb up was (IMO) the amazing part.

Is it any more showboating than hillside gliding or hucking over shoreline structures? I dunno.

I just can't believe how smooth the wind must be there. SUPER SMOOTH.



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[*] posted on 21-12-2011 at 07:44 AM


Wow- after watching the full version of this I am definitely more impressed with the UP than the down! That's some stable kite he's got there- Fone? Looks like it has a below-the-bar depower cleat @3:05



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[*] posted on 21-12-2011 at 09:32 AM


Yeah, the "up" could have ended up in a rusty cheese grater scenario :eekdrull:

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[*] posted on 21-12-2011 at 09:40 AM


What I didn't get was how was he able to eat that sandwich??? After that climb, I probably would have lost breakfast! Heck, I almost lost it just watching. :rolleyes:



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[*] posted on 22-12-2011 at 06:54 AM


up the boom was hard to digest, just couldn't see what the steps where or the grip points.

cavalier for a steward of the sport no doubt.

but the roof on your house gets closer and closer to the ground as time goes by because you are always hanging out in your back yard .... WHEN YOUR A CHILD! and you think why not. kinda what i see going there. glad he AND HIS SPONSOR are comfortable with it.



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[*] posted on 22-12-2011 at 11:14 AM


ya, don't agree with it in the end, but it is impressive, especially the climb up.

I see it differently than hill gliding cause the guys that hill glide are doing it for the enjoyment of gliding....this guy is doing it cause it's a stunt.
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[*] posted on 22-12-2011 at 11:44 AM


I agree, definately the shock factor was a driving force here.

But if it were me I know there would be a lot of " I bet I could pull this off." involved. I'm sure that isn't the first time he tried it and he's comfortable enough with it to showboat a little.

I suspect very few people that weren't directly involved even noticed it while he was doing it. Not from shore anyway and not until it got posted.

The climb up totally blows away the ride down.
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[*] posted on 26-12-2011 at 03:17 PM


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