Another Kiteboarder Option

Rollo Tomasi · Since 17 Mar 2005 983 Posts Attractive

This looks "interesting"....

SailWakeKiteboarding

Bettyboarder · Wed Oct 04, 06 8:12 am

That's sweet, looks fun.

mystrygrl · Since 07 Sep 2006 95 Posts PDX/HR - What day is it?

Really fun... having to jump off a moving boat to start seems "interesting". Where were they connected to the boat? Couldn't tell...

Mark · Wed Oct 04, 06 8:28 am

Thats a awesome trimaran! Its center hull is on a foil. Look how fast it can go with very little wind.

I want one! Thumb's Up

looks like they are wakeboarding off a halyard from the top of the mast.

jbruxer · Since 24 Jul 2005 398 Posts Beaverton, OR Obsessed

Not to be an ass, but thats about the laimest thing I have ever seen! Rolling Eyes

Being a long time wakeboarder, what the heck are you going to do without a monster wake? .....unless they are going to sail by a slider park! Wink

pacifichigh · Since 11 May 2005 1004 Posts ATX Texan

[quote="jbruxer"]Not to be an ass, but thats about the laimest thing I have ever seen! Rolling Eyes

Being a long time wakeboarder, what the heck are you going to do without a monster wake?

What your're not going to do is spend $80 on gas for an afternoon of wakeboarding! Riding behind that tri is a total novelty, but its pretty cool that they are able to sail that fast in light wind (so its flat enough to wakeboard behind)

jbruxer · Since 24 Jul 2005 398 Posts Beaverton, OR Obsessed

Yah, your right on about the gas!....and flat water is always a plus. Very Happy

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

If you tied the tow line to the top of the mast, I'd think you could get some pretty good 'pop'!

NateDogg · Wed Oct 04, 06 12:18 pm

I love how the title of that is "Trimaran Kitesurfing." Uhm...I don't see a kite anywhere. And then there's what I like to call the "WTF-factor." I guess if you can afford a multimillion dollar, high performance trimaran you can afford to hire a chopper pilot to film you and your buddies "kitesurfing" behind it, and then hire a couple of chase boats to pick you up out of the water just in case you eat shit cutting back and forth. Wouldnt want the crew on the trimaran to have to "tack a bitch" to come pick your ass up. That's what I want to see; the crew trying to grab one of those guys out of the water under full sail

Nonetheless good find!

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

ditto what Nate said... also as long as you got a helicopter hanging out, why not tie a line onto that guy and go for a ride. Very Happy

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

Redbull did that with KiteCinema a while back... If you haven't seen it, it's nothing special, but whatever;

http://www.kitecinema.com/movies.html (scroll over 8 "pages" to the right - it's called "Redbull Heli-Wakeboarding")

Sorry for not getting a direct link, but it's all embedded into Flash, so it'd take forever to find in the code.

jahmbi · Wed Oct 04, 06 6:29 pm **Re: Another Kiteboarder Option**

Slipin Lizard · Since 23 Sep 2005 88 Posts Hood River, Oregon

Thought the shots of the boat were more interesting than the wakeboarders... its a novelty, but the coolest thing ever were those two brothers, where the one kiting pulled the other out into the surf. They were amazing.