Landboarding

Next time i'll go for glory but if death happens it'll be fun trying/dieing!! Ps we need some bloody wind first!!!!:D

There was plenty of wind last Saturday. Was wondering where all the Elwood crew were. Was gusting up to 19 knots in the afternoon.

mate, this is an honesty thing going on here, we dont expect you to carry a tape measure.

take a well educated guess/estimate of your distance.

if we are wanting to make these distances official, then we would have to measure.

No Problems but I still want more video anyway
Static= 5m high 20+ Long
Landboarding= 1m high 2m long curved(was workin on 180airs at the time)
Kitesurfing= 2.5m h 9m d(Crest-crest)
Buggying= 66.6cm h 4m d(Stockton Buggying w/ Luke)
No Problem(F---- my back and ribs hurt)

i haven't posted yet... because I don't really know either. don't want to overestimate in case I get shouted down.
could be 30m, conservatively.

makes a difference too if you're on a hill - does that count? makes the glide so much longer.

should we organise a national freestyle and big air comp for landboarding? distance is easy to work out, but been trying to think of good ways to have a jump height comp... Get some guys on stepladders holding a long streamer, slowly increasing the height... sounds fun :-) perhaps I'll tack on something like that at an upcoming GKC race meet.

this is a flat land not kickers challenge. manly because monst people have flat land. not everyone have access to sweet jumping hills.

ps i like your height idea. sorta like high jump for kiters.
sadly since i'm in a diff part of the world riding nigel no mates iwont be able to partake in such an activity

should we organise a national freestyle and big air comp for landboarding?

Perhaps at Speed week we can include buggys & kite blades also.........

does it matter what is under you feet, there is not enough in this country to warrant separate classes.

Throw it all in together.

Sounds like a really good really bad idea !!

well i suppose there is no reason why we cant add separate sections for each discipline and an overall list too.

we can add the method of measurment ie. estimate, measured, or what ever.

what are your thoughts, i can change the page title, lets just get mote opinions.

well i suppose there is no reason why we cant add separate sections for each discipline and an overall list too.

Peter, there is only a few people jumping on land in Aus.

In Vic, we have Jolli, Spartan, Danny, Goshen, Southerly Buster if Joel & Nigel wish to come out of retirement and make up some numbers that would help

In Sydney, we have Schmik, me, and and possibly Dave.

If I have left anybody out in Vic, no offence meant, I was only there for 48 hours.

Personally, the guys on the Land boards, can go higher and longer than a buggy anyway, so I am quite happy to jump in with them and give it a shot.

All in good fun, and make for some great video at Speed week.

I'm with Luke, at least chuck the blades and landboarders together in the one heap. Buggies should be separate. The way I see it, you have two classes:

1) Vehicles strapped to your butt (buggies, bikes, blowcarts(but let's not go there!).
2) Vehicles strapped to your feet (landboards, blades, dirt surfers)

(Yes I jump on the landboard too, no offence taken Luke )

As for Goshen's idea of a championship / competion, sounds great. As for the height competion, I think the step ladder thing may go pair shaped or impractical. If the kiter stuffs up, then he might crash into the step ladder (ugly), the holder "upers" well they just have to watch out and get out of the road if need be. Then there is the case of, oh bugger I can't reach that high. Then there is the now did he touch that line or not? Why not the way they do it for high jumps athletics, a long bar loosely held up, so if you don't make the hight the bar falls off. It's a simple pass or fail, no questions asked. Sure we will need a longer bar (is that practical?) and the structure holding it up would have to be flexible enough so if the kiter stuffs up and hits it he/she is not going to get impaled.

Here's another thought, why not a "GKC" (Geelong Kite Club) gps that has height measurements on it. You strap it on, do your jump and then read the gps. Sounds a lot safer to me. I know the paragliding guys have meters capable of height measurement, so if the ordinary gps does not measure hieght accurately enough, this may be an option.

Well there is my brain dump.

Norman

Sorry SB,

Edited my post up above.

I am not fussed, I think whatever is decided it should have the emphasis on FUN & not be taken to seriously, certainly not above safety.

I still think it should be an open class as we don't have the numbers in Aus to separate it.

As for judging, thats easy "let the people decide" if it comes down to the wire, replay the video. Let the crowd vote.

Personally it would be great to see some sort of freestyle social comp happen at Speed week to compliment the racing.

Maybe this would inspire some others to get into it to.

You guys can work out the details I just want to participate!

Luke

just to make it sillyer we can have a how fast can you jump comp too... i think i'm doing around 30kph when i hit into a long distance jump. maybe i should throw caution to the wind and hit into the jump at 50kph? oooh pain if you stuffed up.

ok i will add on to this!!!
i was doing my speed records on saturday and did some jumps and i think the best was L 8m+ and H 1m wind 18knots kite 7m flysurfer

dale

sweet. thats a good distance. bet it felt good aye?

do you have a bigger depower? 7m is abit small for sub 20 knots. imagine the height and distance your would get with another 3-5 meters of fabric above you.

i did a couple of long floaters today. i didn't measure them but they must have been at least 10m+. i love the sensation of taking off on the long low jumps.

i blat along maybe 30kph and send the manta back just a little bit maybe 12.30 -1 jump and re-direct and just soar off the ground.... great stuff. not rapid tearing off the ground just a gentle take off followed by a glide and pillowy soft touch down. ooh yeah good times.

sweet. thats a good distance. bet it felt good aye?

do you have a bigger depower? 7m is abit small for sub 20 knots. imagine the height and distance your would get with another 3-5 meters of fabric above you.

i did a couple of long floaters today. i didn't measure them but they must have been at least 10m+. i love the sensation of taking off on the long low jumps.

i blat along maybe 30kph and send the manta back just a little bit maybe 12.30 -1 jump and re-direct and just soar off the ground.... great stuff. not rapid tearing off the ground just a gentle take off followed by a glide and pillowy soft touch down. ooh yeah good times.

yeah it is good it lets me feel free when i do that!!!

i have been doing this 2 wheel thing where i have the kite riding hi in the sky and let it drag me on to wheels and then i will lye back as low as 20cm of the ground!!
it helps me to get to know the board and the kite as you need to know what it is doing at all times when your doing jumps and speed runs !!