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What sort of styles are there in Kiteboarding? |
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Kiteboarding is the generic name and within that name exist many different forms of the sport. There is freestyle twin tip, which covers most riding whilst doing tricks on TT boards. There is of course Kitesurfing which is mainly surfboards in the surf. These boards can either be ridden with foot straps or without and can be ridden hooked in or unhooked to the bar. There is powered kite surfing which is mainly using the kite for power and then there is wave surfing using the power of the wave and only using the kite to get you onto the wave and do tricks. There is wake style, which comes from the wake boarding crew pulling off similar moves as riders behind the boat. This also covers "park" riding which is using kicker ramps, sliders and obstacles to grind and olly. Racing is just starting to emerge as a separate discipline and comes in two different guises. The first being flat out times speed runs and the second being course racing with the latter being the newest kid on the block. There are also endurance epic downwinders from one point to another point further downwind. Whatever your fancy, there are styles to suit everyone and it comes down to how you ride in most cases as there is huge crossover in all disciplines.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 25 July 2009 18:28 |
