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im completely with you dereck

Anyone else want to ban this 47.dk guy? haha.

The fact that you even thought I was trying to prove his backside was better than his frontside just shows how little your opinion here means. Not only that but why would you even say that??? Of course his frontside would be better than his backside haha and if he was riding switch frontside instead of backside his natural frontside stance would be also better than his switch... Your comment has no logic.
All I was trying to do was show that backside riding can look pretty cool and that some guys make it look good. I did say that the videos weren't a great source for my argument but that the guy in them is someone who can do it... The one clip in there that gives you a lil idea of what I'm talking about is the big backside air he pops off the lip. I have seen him do some really nice backside alley oops and other variations to that just aren't possible surfing frontside... Which just proves how backside opens up a whole new approach to surfing.

As for your comments on "KSP"... For one KSP is totally wack. Any competition that is called a "professional tour" and doesn't have prize money is suss as fuck to me.
Also to compare Mitu and Felix to Kelly is sacrilegious. For one they are nothing a like, not even close in any sense and secondly Kelly doesn't at all "have it", show me Kelly (or anyone) surfing a respectable heat on an ASP tour stop on their switch frontside against people surfing backside... YOU are on CRACK. Surfing has had how many decades now to progress to a point where you think people could ride frontside both ways if they want??? You know why they don't do it... Because it's fucking gay and it looks horrendous. The only time anyone does it is for a bit of a joke or switching it up through a barrel.

Switch frontside waveriding is for claimers and people who can't ride backside and if are not one of those 2 types of people then the likely hood is you aren't very good at it. You say how good Felix is at it, how about you show us? Also how about you show us how good he is at backside riding to...

If you really want to prove a point show us one video of switch frontside waveriding that looks any good... Yep... I rest my case.

tweak you absolutely hit it.
there is nothing to add. i nearly alwys ride my backside, it sucks but how to improve in any other kind?! riding instead switch frontside hoping it looks better that way, is way more gay than watching gay porn, filmed by gay kooks in straps with a pic of toby in their wallet!!

that tweak guy should be a mod or something

http://www.vimeo.com/11368764

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEWTlUc ... _embedded#!

Btw.. Stop whining, just because we don't see things the same way!
Good discussion, is what makes this site sweet..

I think you would get more nuanced answer Tweak about riding frontside switch, if you did talk to some better kitesurfing riders.

The hole "ride your natural stance", sounds more like Toby dangling upside down, saying "ride the way that expresses yourself".

IMHO, what is more difficult, that being boots or frontside, usually is the most stylish..
Maybe im wrong.. ??

all tweak is saying is that if the conditions line up and the rider has the skills (like keahi) backside riding with a kite can look good and in those cases looks better then an attempt at switch frontside (even if you rip both tacks)

honestly that is the first vid i've seen with some good backside kitesurfing. most of it out there is shit because of shitty riders and shitty conditions.

slater could ride a single fin foam board, backwards, switch , blindfolded, drunk, stoned, pinned, and with a bag of cement strapped to his chest better than mitu felix or reo at their best

don't put them in the same sentence. or topic. or forum.

I like how your trying to pull out that bit of credibility comparing some obscure kitesurfers no one never heard about to some 10x time world champ ..

Being a surfer at heart I don't know how anyone would want to ride frontside both ways. Who in there right mind would want to cut out a backside attack! And i'm talkin about waves here.

riding frontside both ways is wack!

word.

somebody had to say that thanks dre.
Surfing on your backhand thats what is all about ..

check this damit

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29194892[/vimeo]

embed fail somehow ..

It's been said about 30 times in this thread by Tweak and Dereck, hence why the argument started. you gotta wait for Dre to come around and say the exact same thing..? PRO HOE.