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Postby ben newman » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:45 am
The old debate... Andy didn't give an answer but there are some nice tricks in this short vid.
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Postby DirkGently » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:05 am
He missed all his grabs. Except for the sent ones. Or maybe he was just trying to swat a fly away from the edge of his board.
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Postby edt » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:12 am
DirkGently wrote:He missed all his grabs. Except for the sent ones. Or maybe he was just trying to swat a fly away from the edge of his board.
andy likes to throw his elbow not as much head movement to initiate counter rotation on slims & kgb or to continue rotation and finish a mobe. I agree it sometimes looks like a sloppy grab.
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Postby C Johnson » Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:38 am
based off the riding sequence I'd say he strongly prefers boots.
And that's supposedly after coming from a straps background too..
interesting....
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Postby eitan80 » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:14 am
Mostly straps for me, unless super flat water.
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Postby TheJoe » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:57 pm
Boots with power. Can't keep board on my feet with straps if kite is low.
Straps if I have to send the kite to get off the water.
Strapless is for waves. (had to throw that in there).
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Postby braveman » Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:26 am
How about those heel straps ?
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Postby jedi1 » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:12 am
braveman wrote:How about those heel straps ?
They're crap, as you don't have advantages of boots and you lose all of the advantages of straps. What I mean is you can't kick your board away and at the same time your ankle is not stable as in boots.
eitan80 wrote:Mostly straps for me, unless super flat water.
Why is that? Boots excel in choppy waters, much easier to hold your edge.
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