You guys can keep your kiteloops and wakestyle trix, here's a sick video of the forgotten art of hooked in riding:
http://www.kiteforum.tv/index.php?optio ... 25&Itemid=
Boardoffs are very fun, but painful if you hit the board on re-entry.
The water walk is just plain badass...

the day of kiteloops
 

Kite-4-Life,

Yesterday was the day of kiteloops out at Anclote. It seems like everyone was at least trying them! Good to see us pushing each other out on the island.

As for the board offs, I am trying to land the "backfoot" out and back in and I have tried it a few times with almost 90% accuracy, meaning i'm close but not quite. You should see my shin on the leg I take out. It is battered!

thats why i have only tried 4 or 5 cause everytime I try I have to wait 2 weeks for my shin to heal!

Grabbing the tail with your back hand is the easiest to get your foot back in-because you don't have to bend down as much. Work on throwing your foot down towards the water first, they try throwing it forward in the direction of travel for more style points. Learn to ride with footstraps looser than normal and its also easier to land.
Mixing it with a backroll is fun too, but I have to switch my back hand to front side on the bar (on the way up) to redirect the kite- port tack is left(front) foot out. Kinda goofy looking, but sure is fun!
Boardoffs are much harder with a wetsuit on for sure,probably harder with a seat harness, too. I wear a seat harness and cant bend in the middle to grab the handle.... maybe I'm just getting fat and old :confused:
As soon as I can touch my toes again, I will be trying that spinning boardoff. My previous attempts have resulted in a yardsale every time...:(