I dont think ive laughed as hard as i did today in a long time... Went out to the fields to try out my new borad, and i suck!

I think its mostly just a new weird feeling, but man i cannot keep that board moving, and when i swing the kite into the wind... its jump and bail, or eat $h!t...

A buddy came out to video tape the whole ordeal... look for it on youtube im sure...

IDK, im sure ill come around, but for now im kinda bummed out... Im happy i got it, just bummed i suck at it lol
:P

just wear the eat #@%$#! pads and keep going.

it'll be the beating you beg for . and you want know why.

i know this disease and the only cure is more

Don't sweat it man...I have an MBS Comp 90 in route to me (Huge thanks DAKITEZ!) and a vendictive friend with a vid camera. This should prove to be hilarious considering I'm just getting the hang of flying my kite, and just barely started jumping with it and I have never even SEEN an ATB up close :P

Perhaps we can share war stories LOL

this is gonna be good

I had no real board skills at all when I tried ATB the 1st time. I was a clown at 1st as well! The 1st 3 times at least. Then I tried a bigger board. It felt more stable + the wind was much higher? It just sort of clicked that day. Not until the NEXT day did I figure out how to go toe side and ride down wind.

I found myself saying up on your toes and down on your butt. When the kites is going up and is not powerd you can go to toes. When the kite is going down and powered lean back on your butt.

Keep at it, it will click!

come on over we'll get you sorted out!

are there any good videos out there to show some basic instruction? my deck is used... so sadly no free dvd.... any pointers would be good too.. thanks blade!

Have you got ANY riding experience ?

The basic steps are :

Point the board down wind. The less power you have the more downwind you must point ? run the board.
Dive the kite in the direction you want to go. Again how hard you dive depends on the power available. In a big wind it won't take much.

If you have ridden before , the basics of creating poer are the same.
Keep tension on the lines by carving across / upwind. In a low wind you need to work the kite in a sine ~ wave pattern to keep tension on the lines + create power as you stroke.

See that's interesting, cos the first few times I jumped on the board with the kite I had no issues whatsoever with the board except for getting moving. On the third day of attempts, with the wind up, I was screaming up and down the beach - even riding goofy, which I simply can't do on a snowboard :puzzled:

Fast forward to today - can't ride worth a damn something got lost in that year I didn't have the board in Japan :D now I wobble and weave like a drunk ... I blame the surface - I had zero-fear of ditching it on the soft sandy beach at New Brighton, but here on the hard-pack dirt with lots o' little stones - it's like sand paper ... trust me, I'd rather fall off on concrete :blink:

Progression Landboaridng DVD for $20 on eBay ... excellent source of info!

hey noobs--im right with ya on this!!just got a landboard and ive yet to try it....maybe the three of us can get together and make a landboarding vid showing people what NOT to do!!i can jump and scud like a maniac,but never tried the board thing--should be interesting for sure......i'll keep ya updated on my progress(or lack of it,whatever the case may be).......

Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that the pros are going to be watching this thread to monitor the 3 atb newbs simply for the comedic value? Lol!

Hey yo make that 4 ... my Scrub just arrived and I'm going to riding down some hills on it ... can't do that on the Kava :D now, where did I put my ice hockey pads ...?

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Originally posted by Drewculous are there any good videos out there to show some basic instruction? my deck is used... so sadly no free dvd.... any pointers would be good too.. thanks blade!

the mbs dvd, is just a setup video ... how to assemble your board etc etc.

i have Progression Kite Landboarding Beginner DVD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF1OpzjdS6Y&eurl=http%3A%...

how smooth is the surface you are riding on? I bet if it is smooth enough you could do it. I rented one in Seaside and it took me about 2 minutes to get rolling on the hard packed sand. Of course I don't a surface like that where I live so I went from doing good to doing nothing. I just keep going at it and bailing before I wear off my face.:online:

The beach I first started on had soft-ish sand above the waterline ... don't laugh but the first 2 days all I could do was hang on to the kite for grim death and diddle downwind like a turtle for about 2m then stop ...
The third day, while I was power diving the kite, I thought to 'lift' my legs like you would to get started kitesurfing, sort of unweighting my feet & pushing them forward and taking all the power of the kite in my upper body ... sure enough, I was off and away!

... I had no lessons for this either, it was totally DIY - maybe that's why it took 3 days

Make that 5.......... ive perfected the art of being blown straight out the front onto my face.
i should really get to a beach as i get brutalised by the grit on the field. not sure how much skin my legs can lose before it becomes an issue

As far as experience: I can control the kite really well, since ive got this kite a few months back, ive been out nearly every day with it...been in about all the different kinds of wind around here, and im basically really comfortable with the kite...
the board is a different story... virtually no experience. When i got the board i spent prolly a total of 2 hours (over the course of the day before i could go out) on the board getting a feel for it, hopping, turning, riding it down the loading docks at work... so i feel pretty comfortable on it, but as far as past experience, none.
The only good spot where im at is a big soccer complex with like 6 fields next to eachother... so the grass is a little rough, not the easiest to get moving on, but its doable (seen plenty of boarders on grass)
i think its just a new prospect to me and i just dont have the confidence, nor the "feel" built up yet... It'll come in time, today we are supposed to have some good winds, so i'll let you know how today goes!

Thanks for the input, and i may have to pick up that dvd rip...

ill check back to this thread when the vids start to show up.!!!!!!

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Originally posted by carltb ill check back to this thread when the vids start to show up.!!!!!!

ya thanks...:moon:

crash & burn ... only makes you better, and not to do certain things again. live and learn

i've had my fair-share of crashes and the peanut gallery is on the side lines laughing. its all part of the fun.

take off your skirt and get out there and practice. routting for ya.

Good luck to you all! I am working on getting the right stones between my legs my self to step into one of these atb's. I will put my experience in this thread asap, One of the funniest threads on here!

Just started trying to landboard with my Access depower - didn't go so well since I'm used to being pulled by the hands - not the waist or seat! CG adjustment strategy is underway!

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Originally posted by Skint Make that 5.......... ive perfected the art of being blown straight out the front onto my face. i should really get to a beach as i get brutalised by the grit on the field. not sure how much skin my legs can lose before it becomes an issue

You're not a real kite pro until you leave blood on your kites

lol

"When the kites is going up and is not powerd you can go to toes. When the kite is going down and powered lean back on your butt. "

I applied this at my first, decent prolonged board session on a hard-packed beach.
BUT, being on the safe, underpowered side, I would move sometimes faster than the kite. It would luff during off-powerzone upstroke after I just accelerated during the in-powerzone downstroke.

So, I tried the opposite!
Heel back during the weaker upstroke so I could keep tension on the lines/kite.
Toes forward to work up speed during the downstroke.

The wind was off-shore, angled towards the direction I was traveling (upwind was not doable - then again it could be the slower trainer kite I choose!)

Do whatever it takes to keep tension on the lines ... remember my reverse infinity slingshot method? or was that another forum ...?
No line tension, no pull, kite him fall outa sky.

i think ill start with the vids then...............

this is one of my first vids........... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRUJ5rA6gqs&feature=chann...

and 2 weeks ago........................ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJgqnvaAOjs&feature=chann...

Show off
I think we're talking about getting moving at all - not trying to do tricks :shocked2: or at least, I am :embarrased:

i never had a problem with just getting moving. i used to buggy before i boarded so already had kite control.
its all about having enough power, either from kite choice or from kite position. the standing on the board is the easy bit.
anyway kevin, when you get that phantom you'll progress really fast as you wont have to worry about flying the kite.

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Originally posted by Kamikuza Quote: Originally posted by Skint Make that 5.......... ive perfected the art of being blown straight out the front onto my face. i should really get to a beach as i get brutalised by the grit on the field. not sure how much skin my legs can lose before it becomes an issue You're not a real kite pro until you leave blood on your kites

I must say that you can definitely get blood on your kite without being a pro. :o