What has this forum come to.. King of the air just on and no mention or comments.
There was some great kiting with a lot of firsts.. strapless, female, 3x pass attempt, etc.

Go the Orbits... Yeeeow.
Haha

King of Air is the ultimate trick and event in twintip kitesurfing...Its a showcase to the world of the sport...beats big wave nazare ,chopes tahiti and north shore hawaii ,and heliskiing alaska mountains everday of the week ...for risk and visual spectacle ..

towradgi said..
King of Air is the ultimate trick and event in twintip kitesurfing...Its a showcase to the world of the sport...beats big wave nazare ,chopes tahiti and north shore hawaii ,and heliskiing alaska mountains everday of the week ...for risk and visual spectacle ..

What a croc lol

Here you go - the whole comp replay
www.redbull.com/int-en/events/red-bull-king-of-the-air/live/red-bull-king-of-the-air-2020-day-1

If Marc Jacobs spends more time in Cape town over the next year to get his timing right - It will be between him and Jessie, both hardcore next level riders.. Good to see Marc also adapt to his new teams North kite with little time on it.

psychojoe said..

Sandfoot said..

towradgi said..
King of Air is the ultimate trick and event in twintip kitesurfing...Its a showcase to the world of the sport...beats big wave nazare ,chopes tahiti and north shore hawaii ,and heliskiing alaska mountains everday of the week ...for risk and visual spectacle ..

What a croc lol

Well, it might be more of a visual spectacle if they hired more than one cameraman

Camera work was much improved this year.

Agree best camera work yet this yr.
Hopefully they step it up again nxt yr.

Shows variation. It won't win you the comp but it does seperate out the boogie mega loop crew and mega loop board off crew which is pretty much everyone now

It blows me away the height and length of those jumps in Huge winds.
I sat and watched the 6+ hrs. I can't get enough of it.

What Incredible Kite skills of Jesse, Nick and Marc and what an Unbelieveable Kite design job Pat Goodman did with the North Orbit. His team placed in the finals twice in 12 months.

But, I guess he does have over 20yrs Kite design experience.

I'd love to have those skills and guts and Craziness.

eppo said..
I'm sure Jesse, Nic and Marc could be riding any of those kites and be killing it (particularly those three above as elder statesman and at the top of their game regarding this particular comp) ....But that won't stop the noobs reading, listening and buying based on such utter garbage as above. Just stop it.

I am with you. Funny how everyone was thinking one needs a C kite to even loop or jump or dangle and now you see Pivots and yes bloody Orbit and whatever else too. Who cares when you are a freak you can fly it all. Next year we might see a foil kite and strapless foil board tricks. Or a supersized wing thing

Gazuki said..

Next year we might see a foil kite and strapless foil board tricks.

So last year :)

Daaaaammnn, those souls have got some float.....

sorry,,,,as you were....

This thread is a plug for the Orbit, right?

Yeah I was there watching it! 8 hours of pure gold didnt miss a second..., except when we had lunch at Tigers milk 50metres away with the event broadcast live on both TVs... Cape Town is the place to boost if you jump left foot forward. Broke my personal record with 15.6m only to place 72nd out of 300 riders with woo of the day. BTW olly bridge with all respect wouldnt stand a chance with his flatwater expertise :) water there is messy