Kite Source: Answering Kiteforums Conundrums:2

Question: Volare: The Movie

Answer: Volare is the latest mini movie from Flysurfer. Now, if you don't know about Flysufer it is the latest and greatest in the foil kite industry. There were many posts about this vid, some hot some cold; some as being totally out of date, to others defending the riders to the core. For full disclosure, Toby who runs Kiteforum is the main star of the movie. Now, I watched it twice, and here are the results: At first, I was giggling like a school girl, at the tricks. The spins, oh the spins, how many can we throw, circling the kite, higher and higher. The board offs, the deadman's, the flicks, twists, twirls, flicks, bounces, bumps, flicks, flops, jolts, pulls, quakes, quivers, shivers, snags, thrusts, tugs, tweaks, twitches, wiggles, wrenches, wriggles, and yanks. I kept thinking, "boy are these kites big" Then it came to me, we all watched Shawn White in the Olympics...just so much better, higher, faster, not to mention style. So, I rate this movie...HTTM...Hot Tub Time Machine. These guys are dreaming they could go back in time and win the 2002 King of the Air. (Did you notice how Toby looked a little like me...but missing the front portion of his hair????)

Volare: Let's get this party started

VOLARE - The Movie from Flysurfer Kiteboarding on Vimeo.

E60° 15mph 10ft Sugar coated with a sprinkle of suprise

Create your life

Kiteboarding in Maui is my passion and job. Yet, living in Maui, it brings you to another level of living. Gone are the days of late nights at the restaurants and bars. Each day brings a new adventure in the sun, wind and waves. After getting home, I peruse the web looking to feed the muse. Making little video shorts, writing in the blog, and sometimes breaking out the brush and doing a little painting relieve the tension from the day. Maui brings out the artist in me and a lot of my friends. Watch the little movie; then get inspired, turn off the TV, get some Jazz going and release some beauty.
Art is what you make it

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NE30°15-22surf 10-15+

Stretch your limits

Today, was not like every other day. It was light, fun, easy riding. I rode my big kite and jumped around like a ping-pong ball. I had the pro-pool to myself. That was the first hour. Then, the wind shifted a little more north and and a bunch of people came out. I felt the ride area compress. Then, I felt the urge to get out. Each track I gained about fifty feet, making sure not to lose any ground on my turns, watching the water for certain patterns. If I saw glass patches, I turned around; if I got a pulse I kept the line. I was about a hundred yards out further than all the other kiters when I found a sweet spot. It was perfect wind, a little bump of surf that stretched for two hundred yards into Naish beach. Once, up to Naish beach the chops came back and I swooped back to the sweet spot. If felt good to cruise, relax and enjoy a good sail.
At first funny, then scary...

15mph NE 35°on the rise

Kite Source: Answering Kiteforums Conundrums

Question: Can you convert an old windsurfer into kite race board?

Answer: Well, after reading all the posts, my answer is yes. Kite racing is still really new. Think about how NASCAR began, it was a bunch of moonshiners who got together on Saturday nights to race. The first time I saw a kite race board, I thought it was a chopped in half longboard. There are going to be problems, but from these problems, new and better solutions are going to occur. As with surfing, custom building lets the boards evolve. Don't let anybody tell you "no" when it comes to customizing something, originality breeds innovation.

My Old Longboard?

An old ironing board