The backmobe is my nemesis in tricks, I have been working on it for so long that I can’t really recal
when I started trying to go for it. It’s one of thoose tricks that for me is almost impossible to get
consistantly. But there is a few key points I would like to share with you [...]
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December 15, 2008
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Trick: Backmobe
By kimandre in 2008 Australia, Kiteboarding, My Tricks
December 15, 2008
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Trick: Backroll
By kimandre in 2008 Australia, Kiteboarding, My Tricks, ReiserThe backroll is one of my favoritte moves, it’s easy to learn and a springboard to so many other
tricks. You can do the backroll is many different ways and the way you do them will determine the
style on all the other tricks that revolves around a backroll. Like the backroll 2 revert,
backroll 2 blind, KGB [...]
December 8, 2008
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Trick: Front with nose grab
By kimandre in 2008 Australia, Kiteboarding, My TricksFrontroll with a nose grab is an easy and kool move to do. It’s just like a frontroll, with small changes to get the grab on the board. The nose grab is a grab on the front tip of your board.
A tiny guide
1. Take off like a normal frontroll
2. Bend your forward knee up towards [...]
December 8, 2008
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Trick: Front with Indy grab
By kimandre in 2008 Australia, Kiteboarding, My TricksFrontroll with an indy grab is an easy and kool move to do. It’s just like a frontroll, with small changes to get the grab on the board. The Indy grab is a grab between your feet on your toeside edge.
A tiny guide
1. Take off like a normal frontroll
2. Try and get as inverted as [...]
December 1, 2008
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Trick: Back 2 blind with airpass
By kimandre in 2008 Australia, Kiteboarding, My TricksThe back 2 blind with airpass is an easy and nice trick to learn. It’s basicly a backroll with a backside handelpass landing toeside (if you land heelside it’s called a KGB).
A tiny guide
1. Take off like a normal backroll
2. Try and get as inverted as possible
3. Pull the bar hard towards your front hip
4. [...]
October 25, 2008
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My cold feet
By kimandre in KiteboardingYou know it’s time to stop kiteboarding on water when your feet gets red from the cold water … it’s allways a sad day, but thats the reality of it. I’m not one of thoose who enjoy using boots when kiteboarding, so thats when my season on water is over.
I haven’t had the best season [...]
September 25, 2008
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Review, Flexifoil HadlowPro 2008
By kimandre in Kiteboarding, My gearFor the last couple of months I have been riding my new Flexifoil HadlowPro 2008 kites. My weight is between 75 – 80 kg, I ride a 133×41cm board. The kites I have choosen are the 13m2 and 9m2 Flexifoil HadlowPro kites (the kite comes in sizes 13m2, 11m2, 9m2, 7m2).
First of I would like [...]
September 22, 2008
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2008 Nationals
By kimandre in KiteboardingI had my car nicely packed up with a sleeping madress, all my gear next to it and ready to go. Thursday morning I headed for Stavanger, Bore beach, for the Nationals in kiteboarding.
After 6 hours of driving, I finally got to the beach. The dark clouds was covering the entire sky, and the [...]
September 16, 2008
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Preparations done
By kimandre in KiteboardingThen the training sessions are done, and I feel beat. 10 days of hard workout done, have I gotten any better? Well, I would like to think so … but the hard part still remains … landing the tricks.
We have gotten many good days and I have started to work on my frontmobes, and finally [...]
September 9, 2008
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Training sessions
By kimandre in KiteboardingI have shifted gear and started training hard the last couple of weeks. Some new tricks are forming (the trouble seems to be the landing). Can’t belive how many hours go into acctually landing a hard techniqual trick. Sometimes I wish I was about 10cm shorter, it would make it so much easier (better center [...]