Corpus Christi video (kiteloop accident)

Well... had a little kiteloop contest and Scott and I concluded it was a draw. We agreed we are both doing some pretty good powered kite loops. It sorta died but then picked up again as the sun went down and we got some real good ones when it gusted to solid 25. Have to admit I was impressed with Scotts loops. I was pretty happy when Scott confessed that i was doing them the same way he was cause his were pretty sick and I've never seen what mine look like (and I don't do them that way often).

I guess I thought Danny was doing the big ones but it seems thing are not what I once thought. Danny has been downgraded.

Broke my board... so I guess it is not unbreakable (but what is).

That was sort of funny doing them out in the dark.
Yeah, I thought Danny's looked pretty insane at first.
But not after what I just saw tonight.

[inferno]

Originally Posted by Tom Stock

I guess I thought Danny was doing the big ones but it seems thing are not what I once thought. Danny has been downgraded.

thats just wrong.....

LOL Danny we're messin' with ya. Sorta.

Definitely just messing around.
You and I both know the whole reason I ever even tried a loop at height was because you have been doing them awhile and then egging me on. The first time I saw you do one at Lassing I was totally floored.
I saw you do at least ten of them and waited at least 3 months until I even tried one. I waited until I saw you get close and also til I saw you wouldn't snap in half (I thought you would, to be honest). I then just mimicked you exactly.
That's not very hard to do.
It's pretty obvious who already "won" our 3 way bet, by simply being first

[bryanleighty]

Tom.. as i was driving away yesterday I saw you hit a really nice 15foot kiteloop.. looked awesome.. both you and Scott are getting these dialed in.. getting that nice horizontal slingshot ... and then getting the kite back up above you before you hit the water..

i'd say that even from doing small 3 to 4 foot kiteloops, the main element to not getting worked is to get that kite back up (or at least on its upward trajectory) before you hit the water. having a kite that is consistently powered thru the loops makes that so much easier..

Thanks Bryan .. it's funny how different a kite loop can be.. you can do it late and come down like a butterfly on a daisy... or start doing it earlier and earlier until you find yourself grunting and getting whipped up as the kite loops. I had done these "megaloops" occasionally but not as often and aggressive as Scott has been doing them for fear of breaking gear ... he sort of got me fired up and I've been doing them a lot lately (and more aggressively than I had been doing in the past). I can tell it's going to get expensive though ...

Lots of fun but there is some risk of injury as they get more aggressive. I wouldn't recommend the aggressive ones unless you can afford a medical bill and the time missed from work.

I botched two of them yesterday and came down hard enough to bounce.

Scott enjoyed it... I could hear him laughing from shore hahaha.

[inferno]

tom were you both on 08 9m waroos?