Remember, there's wind somewhere in the world right now. Even if its on video.


As AJ would say, don't strike bottom!


This New Symrna, FL?

A collection of some of the more impressive kite moves out there on video. Hope the landboarder throwing some mega kite loops over the lawn is still with us. Broken lines or some other problems could make for a real bad day.

Here is the first GoPro HD UW video that I've seen. Viz. isn't the greatest and there is some compression loss, still it looks pretty good. I was worried some of the WIDE attibutes might not be present in the HD despite the better resolution, so far so good! I hope it will be insane in blue water. Have some arriving in early December I hope, will know more soon.



NOTE: the image resolution on the HD and WIDE cameras is limited underwater. This is likely do to issues with the dome port underwater vs. in air. With the WIDE the unusual shooting qualities allowed the limited resolution to be overlooked. Still evaluating the HD which still seems to have UW issues.





"Freediving at Vouliagmeni blue hole (pigadi) in Greece with a friend. Shot on gopro hero HD @ 720p."


p.s. - bizarre karst feature!


Just found another one, this time SCUBA diving in Norway. Note to self, if I ever come back as a flounder, stay out of the fjords!




and one free diving with a whale shark off the west coast:




just heard about another one involving a white shark cage dive. have some surreal imagery here.




and in the "odd fish" category, we have Kinsley Wong, actually his fish, not Kinsley from Cozumel.





Videos shot with the NEW GoPro HD camera
http://www.fksa.org/albums/album468/GoPro_logo.jpg

Video buffet time, a wide selection of clips ...

Cave free diving in the Dominican Republic with full caving team on SCUBA as safety




Kiting Teahupoo





The kind of seas you never want to have on a cruise. Looks like a dingy as opposed to a large ship in those waves




Wingsuit over Russia?




Some extreme snowboarding. The guy caught in the avalanche is one lucky bugger to ease out of that fall.

Towing into big December Waves At Jaws
 

Rick, killer videos, the wingsuit and the snowboarding on what seem like vertical walls makes Jaws seem tame in comparison. Thanks for posting.
JP

Thanks JP, there's a lot going on out there. The Internet makes it so easy to look in from time to time. Here's something a bit more local. Swung by LBTS and the pier last weekend.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album471/wave.jpg
Had some nice little swells wrapping around the pier. A guy on an Island Wave Ski catches one and breaks to the left while the surfer breaks right. I was blown away by the mobility and ease of catching waves when I first saw a waveski in Melbourne about ten years ago. The aerials weren't too shabby either. Picked a (too) small one up from http://www.waveski.com/, thought I could grow into it, whoops. You should know how to eskimo roll without ripping your shoulder out and be able to throw them fast. Or, be good at breathholding, well one out of two isn't too bad.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album471/slide.jpg
Barrel hunting


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album471/surf_IMG_9536.jpg
Looks happy


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album471/in.jpg


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album471/pier_IMG_9551.jpg
This guy had an interesting trick of surfing underneath the pier and to the other side. Watch out for those sudden hard stops!


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album471/carve_IMG_9538.jpg
Cowabunga!

Looking for something new in the waves? Why not try a new board ... two of them?





Here's another clip from big water. So, its frozen.



Some of us are thinking about snow, some are in it but hey, grab alpine time when and how you can.

The skis probably wouldn't be that expensive, but you gotta fork out a lot of dough for the jet ski, since there really is no other way to launch. And then you need a buddy that really isn't doing anything, to drive your jet ski.

Conch, you forgot to mention epic waves.

You've found a solution to light wind woes Russky. Even if it starts to become dull, no worries, you become so dizzy, you forget.

Continuing with the big wave theme, this just out of Maui bare hours ago ...




and into Teahuppo ...




and just because he is a personal favorite, here's something from Warren Miller;




some more from Warren, bloopers no less;

Tired of cold with NO SNOW?! Not going to take it any more? Well, ok then ... uh, right.

Here's some snow to help ease your suffering.



It was shot in Murmansk, Russia leading me to believe this must have been recorded on some warm days in July?




Here's something with mountains and guys in squirrel suits, fun stuff.


No kites in this one, still it is a famous trail, from Mont Blanc in Chamonix, FR to the Matterhorn in Zermatt, CH.

Couple local shots!

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs087...._4264816_n.jpg

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs087...._7643357_n.jpg

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http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...6_782985_n.jpg

Luderitz Speed Challenge 2009 Longer HD

Kiting in Quintina Roo, MX

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bdN0Dwt17XE/S1...0/DSC_7114.JPG

The bombora at Dee Why Point goes off! Talking about some monster very nicely formed swells. A standup guy and a bunch of surfers go to it on this great wave spot near Sydney, Australia. You can see the action thanks to Robert Smallwood.

Checkout the slide show at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/primalmy...51706936565570

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bdN0Dwt17XE/S1...4/DSC_7122.JPG
The bombie is this bump in the ocean, casting off nice waves

How's your Spanish?



Hate it when that happens.

"A frenzy of some of the favorite footage that we shot during the recent kite year.

Unusual riding, overhead sliders, strapless madness and more. Filmed on Maui in the fall, the California Coast in the spring, Sherman Island and the Columbia River Gorge in the summer, and La Ventana, Mexico (with night shots from the Burning Bush festival) in the winter.

More info about killedthewind here: bit.ly/ridersm and here: killedthewind.com
Music - cover of Chemical Bros. Star Guitar by Shinichi Osawa"

Made the cover of the Post!

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album482/Post_cover.jpg
http://www.washingtonpost.com/


Dumping big time in the northeast. What to do?

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album482/...ngton_Post.jpg
Go kiting on the Washington Mall? Why not particularly if you aren't rousted by the police.
Caption: Feb. 10, 2010
Washington resident Duncan Ferguson takes advantage of the blizzard's strong wind gusts and goes kite skiing on the grounds of the Washington Monument.
Photo by: Marvin Joseph - The Washington Post


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album482/newgraph.gif
From DC International Airport, may or may not closely relate to wind on the Mall during the blizzard.


Looks like Duncan picked a pretty windy day to hit the Mall. I imagine with all the trees and buildings could have been rotor city. Intense stuff, looks overpowered. Wonder what size he had up? Looks pretty easy to get messed up.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album482/...t_IMG_0395.jpg
The Mall in warmer times



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album482/..._Wash_Post.jpg
Photo by: Ricky Caioti - The Washington Post



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album482/...t_IMG_0941.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album482/Mall.jpg
Hang in there folks
Photo by: Ricky Caioti - The Washington Post


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A little bit more about this session and snow kiting in general from kiteforum. Including:

http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.p...62847&start=10


and a more in depth post dealing with hazardous weather phenomena and snow kiting at:
http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.p...23429&start=10

Feel like some island time? Here you go ...

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album479/NPX_Bimini.jpg

Click Image for video

Kent and Paula shot a video from ASM off West End, Grand Bahama. A tandem kiting run with some nice angles. Hope it shows up for non-facebook folks. Please let me know if you can't view it.


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album477/kp.jpg

Click Photo For Video

Thanks for the video. It's bad up here. You don't really understand it until you've been living here through the whole winter.

Good news is, I'll be back down in Florida two weeks from today. Hopefully warm temps, good winds and waves. Can anyone hook me up with some gear demos?

View from my dorm room at Penn State University.

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album477/Photo_24.jpg

Not getting enough wave time? How about cold water? Well, got you covered on both, read on. Off to Mavericks for the big surf contest!


http://surf.transworld.net/files/201...inner-copy.jpg



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Is the guy on the right holding back? If so, wonder if it worked?! Ouch!



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http://surf.transworld.net/files/201...wiggy-copy.jpg
This is the wave that smashed into the cliff injury 15 spectators.


All photos from: http://surf.transworld.net/100009636...-surf-contest/ There are many more there too from the contest.

nice and clean
 

those are some great waves, really smooth and clean for the size, wish I could of been there to watch the contest.

Greg

Just a plane flight away Greg! In this case being a spectator has its risks too.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mavericks...nclick_check=1

Why monster waves at Mavricks? It seems to come down to deepwater, long period swells being refracted together by the bottom bathymetry and summing amplitudes when they converge. There seems to be a narrow strip of rubble on the bottom west the of point which helps in shoaling the waves in a narrow sector.

Here's what the USGS has to say about it:
http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/pre...607_items.html

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album477/...ence.sized.jpg
An overlay of wave nodes and amplitude amplification points through wave convergence and summing.

There's a nice slide show of the event including some really good inwater shots of the monster waves rolling through at:
http://extras.mercurynews.com/slides...0214mavericks/



The crowd under wave attack at Mavericks. Wasn't President Bush, the dad, not junior, about swamped by a wave out of no where in Daytona years back? Recall it washed some cars around the beach and scared the hell out of some folks. The Secret Service thought the Soviets might have been tossing monster swells at him or something.

Will you look at this place, Witsand, SA.

http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/13/31/75/40/witsan10.jpg
From: http://i61.servimg.com/
Some of the steepest, high narrow wavelength surf I've seen. Impressive stuff. The winds look honking strong too.


http://www.yosurfer.com/public/photos/292.jpeg
From: www.yosurfer.com
Gothic waves? Interesting place.

Mavericks Contest
 

I watched the contest live at maverickssurf.com you might still be able to see some video clips from the event there.

JP

Some random shots from past Florida kiting events ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album384/flying_II.jpg
A look at II09



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Off to the course races, II09



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album160/118_s.jpg
A cool windy but memorable day off Ft. Desoto some years back during the first Masters Competition.



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album385/Off_II.jpg
There off racing south to Vero in last year's Central Florida Downwinder



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album386/Josh_001.jpg
Another from the race to Vero. Josh "NPX Toastinator" rips along in fine time south.



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album210/9_G.jpg
Sunset on the Gulf at yet one more great event.



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Come in from orbit at II09

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Great shots from the Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ter-waves.html ...


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...53_964x453.jpg
Talk about a tight lineup. Wonder who figured out the right of way rules?


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...78_964x654.jpg


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...99_964x578.jpg
It isn't all fun and games some of these group flight responses are triggered by killer whale attacks


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/...85_964x582.jpg

Still more views and info on the Daily Mail site from South Africa http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ter-waves.html

One of many great Crandon events ...


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More fun times on tap this weekend! This time off the West Coast.

If you are wondering what Toby of Kiteforum has been up to in Brazil in recent years, here's your answer. Only saw one handle pass in the entire clip, honest injun!

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...39_41401_n.jpg

Chuck Patterson tows in with skies and poles????!


Some comments:

"Chuck Patterson
Here's a teaser shot by Rob Keith of one of my wave skiing rides. The whole thing was super humbling because I was not sure if the skis would glide and turn the way I had invisioned, but it was pretty insane how fast I could go making big GS turns just like snow skiing. Thanks Jason Star for the skis. Will have full story and more photos soon."

"Chuck Patterson
Riding waves on skis was pretty sick. I used ski poles to keep my balance and body position so it felt normal. I had to wear a thicker life vest to keep me floating because the ski boots felt like cement shoes. I was lucky not to take any wipe outs because I'm not sure the skis would have come off. It's great to dream a little and then put it to action. "

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs406....0_852522_n.jpg


You can see more photos and info on this novel approach to running in big waves in Chuck's blog at:

http://chuckpattersonsports.wordpres...-into-reality/

Daryl Drown of Extreme Ocean Sports in St. Augustine, FL returned to home snow in Utah last week and ripped it up.


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Just floating along, nice skies!


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album485/d1_6O2D3182.jpg
EDGING hard, looks a bit overpowered too. Daryl did you stay put or did you rise up?


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album485/D0_s.jpg
Snow geysers, having some fun now!

Some photos from a fashion shoot with Chrys Rocha of Shameless Charlotte a while back. There was wind and kiters during some of the shoots adding an interesting backdrop. There was something like 5000 plus images, so you might see some more of these from time to time.


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http://www.fksa.org/albums/album486/t2.jpg

Out for a short 40 mile paddle for charity through cold, shark laden waters from Catalina to the mainland? What should come along but a 30 ft. whale, swimming escort.


http://images.grindtv.com/images/1/0...96277_m500.jpg


http://images.grindtv.com/images/1/0...96275_m500.jpg


Story and photos at: http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...thon%20paddle/


p.s. Jodie Nelson, http://www.jodienelson.com/, likes waves too.

http://www.xgirlsport.com/categories...dienelson1.jpg
Photo from: http://www.xgirlsport.com/



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And a few more from that Ft. Lauderdale Beach photo shoot with Chrys and Shameless Charlotte fashions ...


http://www.fksa.org/albums/album486/Walk.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album486/Ali_IMG_8774.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album486/Flying_IMG_9679.jpg



http://www.fksa.org/albums/album486/Shower_IMG_0234.jpg



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http://www.fksa.org/albums/album486/fine.jpg



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More updates from the waves via Chuck Patterson. This time doing standup at the Surftech SUP surf Shoot Out at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, CA.


http://chuckpattersonsports.files.wo...pg?w=655&h=491


http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X134...teamer-lane%2F
Chuck in his first heat of the standup competition. Photo by Jarrett McPeek


More images and a great deal more info at Chuck's blog:
http://chuckpattersonsports.wordpres...-steamer-lane/



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Some kiters including Neil and Evan are getting into paragliding and even imitating flying squirrels ...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._6230771_n.jpg
A whole squadron of high flying squirrels tool over Sebastian Inlet.


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Look up!


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The trick is to reduce the rate of fall and increase the glide slope with the webbing between appendages.


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Impressive panorama!


http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs015...._3774654_n.jpg


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Photos from Evan's Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/adventurespo...1&id=512639121


Keep 'em flying Evan!



and for something from across the pond, wingsuits on video over Norwegian Fiords




The father or is it mother of the sport, the placental rodent.

http://extension.unh.edu/FHGEC/graphics/NFSquir.jpg
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~jmerck/bsci...lecture12.html

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