So awesome to see how far the sport has come in 25+ years and thankful for the group that started it🤙🏼
@BumpSplat13 ай бұрын
I got this video free with my kitesurf magazine circa 2004, loaned it to a friend and never saw it again. I've been looking for it ever since.
@AdventureLife2 ай бұрын
Glad you found it :-) It has been a while since 2004. What a ride we all had since that time.
@HowToHarper7 ай бұрын
What an incredible documentary. 😊
@AdventureLife2 ай бұрын
Agree. once of the best ever videos.
@1N23459 ай бұрын
49:20 My guy is absolutely spot on. Wingfoil is all the rage!
@EezeeEmporium2 жыл бұрын
Got my gear in 2014 after driving past a marina with dozens of kites out there. Went past that same spot again a couple years later and it had something like 80 kites out there. Just the other week and now there's people with hydrofoils and wing kites in their hands, the innovation is still happening.
@HowToHarper7 ай бұрын
So true
@guillaumecote45494 жыл бұрын
Wow, make me realise how lucky we are just a couple years later to start with the current kites! Thanks for all the trial&errors :P
@glenngreen65534 жыл бұрын
It's an honor getting to kite with and befriend these Legends. Thank you all for paving the way to what is still my passion.
@flyingkiterider6 жыл бұрын
I never thought that any sport tops windsurfing but kitesurfing did it! Thanks a lot to all developers!
@caseyryannewman35393 жыл бұрын
Hands down up there with the invention of the wheel yewwwww most exciting sport on the planet
@mynkwazi9 жыл бұрын
I have been a windsurfer until 98 and did the transition to kitesurfing and that documentary explains all. It was tougher learning the sport living in Africa, but we managed by following our previous windsurfers stars like Robbie Naish.
@tomfuller.6 жыл бұрын
Every Kitesurfer needs to watch this
@dovereesserico78614 жыл бұрын
God.. I have a 12 NEO 2019 and can't go upwind .. And it's great to see these people who manage to go upwind with a stick with a pulley and a kite that flies miraculously.. really amazing!
@garrylarose1506 Жыл бұрын
are ypu going upwind yet?
@macpaz Жыл бұрын
@@garrylarose1506 oh he is. trust me, he is. he realized that going downwind produces too much speed anyway so he started going cross wind a lot more and after a while he noticed that if he can go crosswind, he can go upwind. all he had to do is lean back a bit more (with your shoulders, not your hips).
@dovereesserico7861 Жыл бұрын
@@macpaz I was reviewing this documentary masterpiece and I noticed my comment, totally forgotten in time .. 🤯 I am so moved, because this video and your comments reminded me of my old fears. A few months after this comment I went from my small Italian lake directly to Fuerteventura, I could barely upwind, but confident that the experience would definitely unlock me. That experience changed me profoundly, I kited every day for a week (destroyed😂) and as you anticipated, I was able to go upwind and even land jumps thanks to all the material here on youtube. Now, 2 years since then, I am totally independent and so grateful to this sport because it has definitely improved my personal growth, I have quit smoking and have built tremendous self-confidence! ''I just love what I do, try to do it well, so far so good'' 😎🤙
@macpaz Жыл бұрын
@@dovereesserico7861 what a wholesome experience. Thank you for reporting back :) glad I was right.
@dovereesserico7861 Жыл бұрын
@@garrylarose1506 Yes, and it was much easier than I thought, I just needed a little more wind than usual to understand the technique!! 😁 Now I'm all in the jumps and rotations, downloops, safe kiteloops, and about to step in the hydrofoil world 🤩
@skisuit4 жыл бұрын
that was so good. I sailed for many years, then started to windsurf...only once i started to windsurf i started to notice the wind on the leaves, the wind on my face... Kiteboarding is next
@LiquidForceKiteboarding4 жыл бұрын
Excellent! What a great documentary.
@VitorRezegue6 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is simply amazing
@aprtuned757 жыл бұрын
thank you guys I started kiting on the coast of RI on the east coast back in 98 my mom helped me make a kite and made my own bladders with tpu film and was kind of funk but it worked . thank you all for your development in the industry I will kite until I die
@toddmulligan26094 жыл бұрын
aprtuned75 thats pretty rad man
@judithvernon42429 жыл бұрын
we loved staying there....and in Caberate!
@blackpearlaruba92275 жыл бұрын
In Aruba he was still starting to "Kite Ski". !! I was out on the water with him and one day he showdup with the monoski,,,,,, and he just saild away,,,,, so vast!! Windsurf had a new buddy
@danielf18187 жыл бұрын
Excellent doc, I love kiting and I not good at all, yet! And these folks inspire me to keep going!
@sanfranciscobay7 жыл бұрын
It took me 10 years sailing year round 2-3-4 times per week, 3-4 hours per session to become an intermediate windsurfer. It takes practice and some knowledge.
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
I was a windsurfer before I saw kiteboarding. You can learn windsurfing faster, but after learning one, rider progression in kiteboarding is a lot faster than windsurfing, and kiting is a lot more versatile.
@mrbuchkie3 жыл бұрын
2 line big air comps wow thats some crazy
@i.b.miller84548 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@skesmond6065 жыл бұрын
1984: one of the originals was Kevin from Honolulu. Kevin was "hydro kiting" (coined by AKA Kite Master Robert Leora) in 1984. Kevin worked for kite fantasy and was sponsored by Hyper Kites. He used a 12 stack of extreamly powerfull delta Hyperkites. The kites could be instantly water launched easily in shallow water only. He would go from Sylvester Stallones yard in Kohala to Diamond Head Crater.
@NoseEurope3 жыл бұрын
Perfect my dear friend
@bartbruin4 жыл бұрын
Great watch!
@calviteste11327 жыл бұрын
Love it
@Speakerofthehouse29 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I remember those days. I started kiting in 1998 in Revere, MA. Nobody knew what it was. I used a stack of Flexifoil stackers with strap on a knee board then a home made skim board from 3/8" plywood and skateboard grip tape for a deck. I used my kite buggy kite Sky Tiger Hi 60 with quad handles but crashed and swam a lot. At the time I was well into buggying and used to go to the kite buggy races on Ivanpah Dry lake in Nevada. I knew Jeff Howard, the team rider for Quadrafoil kites and they just produced their first kite surf board so I was talking to Jeff about if he knew of a kite surf specific board and he told me he has one he was selling. I went home to Mass and called him up and told him send it to me. I bought it and had the first kite board in Massachusetts. LOL I asked him how do I kite surf and I got my lesson over the phone. I already knew how to fly these kites but didn't know how to apply. He said just take your kite out 2 sizes bigger than you would buggy with to the point where it is almost lifting you. "Go into the water sit down point the board down wind and take the kite from 10 oclock and dive it to 3 o'clock and stand up and go". LOL I must have eaten shit so many times and drank gallons of sea water. I would get show up on the beach and wind surfers and other people would ask me "why are you surfing and flying a kite at the same time?" LOL or "where's the motor on the board or the kite? LOL. Of couse the two main questions I got "What do you call this and how much does it cost?"
@astcomjakecw8 жыл бұрын
Its been around a lot longer than 1998, bud.
@Speakerofthehouse28 жыл бұрын
I'm sure Kyle and I remember but I saw one in person and action in 98
@roovexer9 жыл бұрын
Very comprehensive year by year compendium of kitesurfing. I also started and followed everything sonce very early in Tarifa circa 1999, when windsurfers would sail near you to have a close look at that new contraption. I even had a 9m Naish kite that previously belonged to Flash Austin. For the future of the sport my suggestion is to include kitefoiling if the video is to be updated.
@shreddagorge6 жыл бұрын
Kitefoiling has become big, and so has foil windsurfing. Just from the beginning of this past summer you'd see Tony Logosz out prototyping and a few others learning/crashing, and now you see many foil windsurfers, including many kiter friends switching to it instead of foil kiting. I saw two kids on foil SUPs pumping and paddling their way past Wells Island the other day. Foils are here to stay.
@jamesrekau39547 жыл бұрын
Cool doc y'all
@SH19744 жыл бұрын
Still got my old "EKKO 4,8" traction kite, made in 1997.
@slcncr4 жыл бұрын
I still have my 2.8 and a 4.0. And C- Quads from 3.2 to 8.5. And a Quadrifoil Competition C1 and the C2.
@blakeolsen97623 жыл бұрын
This is such an amazing video. Thank you for sharing! Is it okay to use some of these clips for a kite skiing video I'm working on?
@maeve.bennettt11 ай бұрын
And look at where the sport is now, 10+ decent Big Air events each year; whole podiums of teenagers leading the progression and kites going around the wind window three times. These guys couldn't have ever dreamed of this.
@AdventureLife2 ай бұрын
Indeed. We had an incredible journey.
@Adamc06073 жыл бұрын
I love wake boarding i would love to try this
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
Yes please try! WARNING: it’s instantly addictive! Be safe, have a blast.
@muchbetterinlosangeles3 жыл бұрын
❤️
@jonathantaylor96642 жыл бұрын
23:11 Me too bro.
@user-dz4eq8uo4l Жыл бұрын
懐かしい ピーターカブリナ、マイクウォルツ
@dmitrybasic8029 жыл бұрын
УРА!!!!!!!!!! RIOOOO
@playkidclub94028 жыл бұрын
great
@frugierdavid49068 жыл бұрын
Trop belle vdo remembre me when i start
@wildandbarefoot4 жыл бұрын
Windsurfing rocks...
@glenngreen65534 жыл бұрын
You live a boring life
@toddmulligan26094 жыл бұрын
Oh damn kiteboarding WAS cool once...
@Alexander-Kurtz4 жыл бұрын
Indeed, until the money grabbers took over....
@stephtraveler73785 жыл бұрын
was that the principal from Breakfast Club in that last scene doing the televised interview???
@jessiebrader29264 жыл бұрын
Glenn James our weatherman
@joeruger58582 жыл бұрын
Keith Baxter, long time no see
@stephaniefischer33028 жыл бұрын
Chet boat to the falls
@KiNGDALIZM4 жыл бұрын
yeww
@misha1182 жыл бұрын
Ah, that moment then they talking about kites future. They don't know about the foils at that time.
@naskokolev23072 жыл бұрын
49:20 almost predicted wingfoiling and who knows what's to come next.
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
Lou is a visionary, a talent and a legend! All in this doc are.
@jessedobson6098 жыл бұрын
1:47 I am sold on kitesurfing.
@kingprone78468 жыл бұрын
sorry to dissappoint you but kiting has become an old man's sport already. There is various reasons for this, but needless to say it doesnt have the same coolness factor it had when it came out
@jessedobson6098 жыл бұрын
yeah kingprone i have been seeing this the more and more i research it, oh well.
@nilshausotte99787 жыл бұрын
+KingProne sorry but I just cant agree with you
@alphadelta29547 жыл бұрын
KingProne is talking shit.
@kingprone78467 жыл бұрын
must be all the beaches i kite at in miserable weather. :P
@46zik4 жыл бұрын
Best sport in the world
@tarajordan13855 жыл бұрын
These were fun times,nowadays it's all about commercial and money,money,money.....Greed has killed the original spirit of the sport.
@CharleswoodSpudzyofficial5 жыл бұрын
It happens to all Sports
@sagespalding19583 жыл бұрын
Not really, I’m having a blast
@jonasrohdin88568 жыл бұрын
Is there anyone that kites with skis anymore? Like jump skis can be really rider friendly and you should be able to get some big/far jumps on them.
@toddmulligan26094 жыл бұрын
Jonas Rohdin JUST DO IT!!!!
@diegovh70154 жыл бұрын
yoo, what about the dude of 33:54 ??
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
Eric Eck (?). I think it’s still on KZbin. Serious “lofting”
@jamesgodfrey21029 жыл бұрын
!
@stereothrilla83747 жыл бұрын
Love this doc, but nothing wind powered (with the exception of solar wind) will break a speed record.
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
I didn’t hear the quote but the “speed record” the water sport industry talks about is in relation to wind powered sports. Ages ago, it was always held by windsurfers. You can travel faster than the wind because your air foil creates what is termed “apparent wind speed”. I am not sure what sport currently holds the speed record - if it’s a competition between windsurfing and kiteboarding I am sure it’s a kite. If it includes any watercraft it is most likely something big on hydrofoils with the advancements in them in the last decade, and a big fixed fig… just guessing. Love the doc too.. the pioneers, the fun, and how far it’s come, and branched - the sky is the limit! Thanks to ALL. Awesome job!
@mattmunkey68712 жыл бұрын
Love the way you yanks think you started kitesurfing lmao. France!?!?
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
Yes! LEI Kite Patent is proof! 😁. I lived in St Gilles Croix deVie for one winter/summer. There I had a friend made a very good WING KITE and was riding on the big beach on 🛼 all the time… 35 YEARS AGO, wing kite! You have so many pioneers, great people, great food…. we all love France! Vive 🇫🇷 🙏🏼
@christophesalvaing4027 Жыл бұрын
Curious how Americans rewrite history in this report to appropriate the history of kitesurfing which in its current form (Wipika inflatable kites) was created by the Legaignoux brothers, Manu Bertin, Laurent Ness and others en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiteboarding
@Sumanitu3 жыл бұрын
The first 5 minutes or so of this would have been a great intro for an actual documentary. Unfortunately no one told the video creator there is supposed to be commentary in a documentary.
@johnfraser81586 жыл бұрын
Why did people hate windsurfers
@JS-qg1ie5 жыл бұрын
Because they always dropped the soap.
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
The way I heard/saw it was the windsurfers were not digging the kite pioneers / fans taking up the parking and water (long kite lines and sketchy rider control) real estate in their nice spots. A feuding atmosphere briefly developed in the early days. I saw images of printed stickers on parking spots saying “Poleboarding Has Been Cancelled”. I was not there ~ you’d need to look at very early footage or talk to the locals. Today everybody ✊🏼 and gets along ~ the ocean has enough space for everybody to have fun.
@Alexander-Kurtz4 жыл бұрын
Love the sport, hate what it has become, a swamp for multimillionaires obsessed with making even more money.....
@fernandomaggi2503 жыл бұрын
original kite sport was kitebuggy
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
Yes I believe so,..for Ram Air traction kites,..which were first used (and still are ) on water (but start swimming if you crash it). Leading Edge Inflatable kites changed the game =rigid wing & water relaunch.
@reginalcarrar94784 жыл бұрын
A dude who lives in my town in Oregon is the first person to make a purpose built kiteboard. He was doing this shit with stunt kites, and before you were strapped to the kite! Nobody in this vid is the first of anything
@Aaronalex1174 жыл бұрын
Bruno Legaignoux has entered the chat.
@hurricanejanko73944 жыл бұрын
42:52 who the hell is Ruben Lenton ?
@reneraf93464 жыл бұрын
🤔type ruben lenten on youtube🤣
@kitesurfah22782 жыл бұрын
The Gorge. The air and kite loops I saw ~ Slingshot’s Hot Shot in the day.
@obyone679 жыл бұрын
ffs,too windy to learn and anooying the f--k out of everyone, nothing like a relaxing day on the beach,lol.
@tony160744 жыл бұрын
i hate how oh so different guys say the same thing over and over again, for 5 min, with slight word variation, then switch to the next sentence and repeat...
@dazbot117 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah america invented that too! cough cough Bullshi.....france /australia just put out the vid first. not history