Poll: Best Crossover Sport
- OliverG
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Which sport do you think translates over into kiting best?
- OliverG
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I had to think about this one a bit. Wakeboarding translates well in the respect that you have some board skills and it would eventually help in certain types of moves, but I had to vote for Windsurfing. So many of the guys I know in the Bay come from this background and have years of experience with the wind, water and conditions, so I thought that's more helpful overall.
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You forgot to add soap shoes. Probably one of the funnest things you can do if not kiting. http://www.soapshoes.com/
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I had never windsurfed whatsoever, I only had a bit of wakeboarding experience. I used to have a boat and bought some used wakeboarding gear, including one ancient Hyperlite directional tri-fin board. I should have kept it to have some laughs with it kiting, but included it with some other gear when i sold the boat.
So for me, having said that I never had any windsurfing experience, yes, the wakeboarding experience was helpful. But I imagine windsurfing experience would have been very helpful also.
So for me, having said that I never had any windsurfing experience, yes, the wakeboarding experience was helpful. But I imagine windsurfing experience would have been very helpful also.
I learned to waterski when I was 12, but hadn't done it since. Otherwise, none of the above. Kite skills seem like such a big part of kiteboarding.
However, my wife can fly any type of kite better than I can, but she still can't get onto the board after multiple lessons and 15 plus sessions in the water. She took a wakeboarding lesson to get some "board skills" and got up on her first try.
She says it's having to do everything right all at the same time. None of the sports in the poll fit that except windsurfing.
However, my wife can fly any type of kite better than I can, but she still can't get onto the board after multiple lessons and 15 plus sessions in the water. She took a wakeboarding lesson to get some "board skills" and got up on her first try.
She says it's having to do everything right all at the same time. None of the sports in the poll fit that except windsurfing.
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