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Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by windrider99 » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:04 pm

Do you call it Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing? Why?

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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by TechOps » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:20 pm

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

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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by Aloha » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:37 pm

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

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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by behindThePeak » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:02 am

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....

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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by le noun » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:27 am

kiteboarding if you use a twin tip.
kitesurfing if you use a surf board.
problem solved. 8)
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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by The111 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:58 am

boardsurfkiting

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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by kingfisher » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:39 am

Just plain old "kiting" either way. =-

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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by keithdkd » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:52 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.

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Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by sc-surfer » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:39 am

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

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Re: Kiteboarding or Kitesurfing?

Post by le noun » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:53 am

le noun wrote:kiteboarding if you use a twin tip.
kitesurfing if you use a surf board.
problem solved. 8)
sc-surfer wrote:I don't think you can call twintip flatwater riding kitesurfing. Just my $.02
Agreed. 8)
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