Freestyle WTF how did kiteboarding get a TV show?

[ATS_Aaron]

I'm watching "Catchin' Air" on HD Theater. How did this get to be a show and we, stand up riders get nothing?

Aaron

 

[munki63]

Speaking about kit boarding... I want to try it so bad ha ha... And next time your looking for wet suits they have some pretty bad ars suits, but I totally agree with you...

 

[ATS_Aaron]

My NPX wetsuit is a kiteboarding wetsuit. I didn't realize that sport was big at all.

If I were promoting kiteboading I would emphasize the "green" aspect. No motors, no batteries' etc.

I did see a go pro mounted on the kite looking down at the rider. That was a cool angle.

Aaron

 

[Matt_E]

Kiteboarding is somewhat exciting to watch for some time, for a non-rider. It's also somewhat new.
Standup riding is not.

 

[Mr Bojangles]

Well in the 20 years i have lived on the coast, i have only seen 2 people with standups. But every weekend i can see 20+ people kite boarding.

And i do want to try it oneday

 

[baxt3r]

Standups get no love because we don't end up in trees.

 

[Peter123]

Or buildings.

 

[Mark44]

I don't know if you know this but most people don't even know they still make a standup jet skidoo thing. Soon the manufactures won't be making them......

Mark44

 

[THRUST]

Kiteboarding is a blast but requires lots of free time or too live in the perfect zone where wind is consistant . If you try it it will take at least 3 days before you start to have fun , most 5 days .
This sport is much much bigger than standups and like said before is new sport kind of like snowboarding to skiing this too windsurfing . And sit-downs couches to our old standups

 

[wydopen]

..that show is pretty lame (lots of old footage and the guys are not very good), but the sport of "kiteboarding" is also pretty lame as a whole so i guess its fitting, lots of guys that are more concerned with safety equipment and "big air" than doing anything remotely stylish (dangling through the air for 30 sec isnt really that cool)..the best thing about it is that u can ride anything pretty much..its actually easy to ride on flatwater if u have any sort of coordination and any concept of sailing...riding in the waves is very difficult though and lots of fun but there are very few people that can make it look somewhat appealing...if u dont live somewhere where it is windy all the time its not really worth learning but around here its good a few times a week..heres some vid from our local beach

(no footstraps)
[video=vimeo;17347133]http://vimeo.com/17347133[/video]
[video=vimeo;17743764]http://vimeo.com/17743764[/video]