Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

by **windrider99** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:04 pm

Do you call it Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing? Why?

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by **TechOps** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:20 pm

kitesurfing. Because I don't consider "boarding" a verb (unless it's related to private school). And cuz it sounds cooler.

by **Aloha** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:37 pm

IMO you need cross / cross-off for proper surfing with a kite

by **behindThePeak** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:02 pm

TechOps wrote:kitesurfing. Because I don't consider "boarding" a verb (unless it's related to private school). And cuz it sounds cooler.

snowboarding?
wakeboarding?
skateboarding?

good old Bush style water-boarding?

new hires on-boarding?

the pirates are a' boarding?

just thinking out loud here, you know, whiteboarding....

by **le noun** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:27 pm

kiteboarding if you use a twin tip.
kitesurfing if you use a surf board.
problem solved.

by **The111** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:58 am

boardsurfkiting

by **kingfisher** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:39 am

Just plain old "kiting" either way.

by **keithdkd** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:52 am

I heard that kiteboarding is the umbrella term for using a traction kite on various surfaces:

water - kitesurfing
snow - snowkiting
land - landboarding
sand - ?

All of these are kiteboarding. I don't know if I agree with that source, though.

by **sc-surfer** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:39 am

I don't think you can call twintip flatwater riding kitesurfing. Just my $.02

by **le noun** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:53 am

le noun wrote:kiteboarding if you use a twin tip.
kitesurfing if you use a surf board.
problem solved.

sc-surfer wrote:I don't think you can call twintip flatwater riding kitesurfing. Just my $.02

Agreed.