Kiteboarding DVDs
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Zero 2 Hero
$29.95
Confused about what entry level kiteboarding instructional DVD to get? Look no further, Zero to Hero is here, produced by Real Kiteboarding. This DVD contains the syllabus to their 3-day entry level kite camp. You will get the most thorough, cutting edge, and effective instruction translated directly from the Zero to Hero camp to this DVD - with sections on safety and responsibility, wind, trainer kites, flying 4-line and 5-line inflatables, launching, landing, tuning, bodydrags, and board starts...everything to take you from a total zero to a safe and self-sufficient rider. Plus killer bonus sections
The main program teaches you how to kite, but the bonus sections teach you how to be a kiteboarder. There is a Coaches Tips bonus section, where several Real Coaches, both men and women, sit down to answer a multitude of rapid-fire questions that will help you stay safe while learning to kite and literally cut months off your learning curve. Shop Talk is a comprehensive section that will help you make sense of the board, kite, bar, and harness options available out there. Life of a Kiter is great bonus section that teaches you the stuff you need to know after your sessions are over: how to tune your 4 and 5 line bar, how to repair your kite canopy, how to repair a kite bladder, how to do minor board repairs. You won't get this stuff anywhere else. These and other bonus sections all add up to a slam-dunk of a kiteboarding instructional video. Do yourself a favor - learn easily, quicky, and safely the first time, with a Real - Zero to Hero kite camp.
Evolution
$29.95
Welcome to the second installment in what will be a 5 DVD instructional series from Real Kiteboarding. The first DVD, Zero to Hero took you from rank beginner to the self-sufficient riding level. Now you're on the water and are ready to step up and do some more serious riding. What may be the most unique aspect of Evolution is not the specific moves and techniques within kiteboarding it teaches you, but that it lays out the most effective way you should go about learning these things. Other DVDs probably wont teach you the specifics of circuit training, or doing downwinders, or how to practice your boardriding, but if you really want to learn quickly and correctly, pay attention to these early sections. Plan out your sessions and stick to your plan - that's the way to get to the next level safe and fast.
Evolution goes into detail about riding both ways - regular and switch, the stop, slide, heelside, and toeside transitions, sheeting and safety systems, riding stance, and finally, the holy grail of kiteboarding - riding upwind. And just like Zero to Hero, the bonus sections are extensive. There is an Evolution level Coaches Tips sections where all the Real coaches share their kiteboarding learning and teaching experiences, giving you several different perspectives. There's massive tech sections on both kites and boards, which will be very helpful as you get to the point in your riding where you can understand the differences in equipment. The kite tech section is especially helpful as it lays out the differences and similarities between 4-line, 5-line, and bow or SLE kites. It teaches you how each are rigged, tuned, and relaunched from the water. At the moment, Evolution is the only kiteboarding DVD that addresses and utilized the new bow kites.
Helpful graphics and every conceivable POV angle - trackingcam, helmetcam, overheadcam, barcam - is used to best demonstrate both proper, and improper techniques. Keep your learning curve vertical with Evolution.
Joyride
$29.95
Welcome to the thrid installment from Real Kiteboarding. The first two DVDs have both already won 2006 Telly Awards for outstanding acheivement in independent video production. Now comes the good stuff - jumping.
Everyone loves to jump. It certainly is the main draw that gets people into kiteboarding in the first place. But before Joyride jumps into jumping, you'll reinforce techniques like proper stance, which in turn lead to doing more powerful turns, downlooping the kite, riding faster with more power, riding in control, and riding in a crowd - all things you'll need to know first before hucking your first successful 20 foot air.
In the jumping section you'll learn the mechanics of jumping, progressive edge (kind of teching out with that one but it's key), load and pop jumps, boosting jumps, air transitions, and, of course, troubleshooting. Then it's on to the tricks - boosting grabs, load and pop grabs, hooked in front and back rolls and spins, and an intro to unhooked tricks.
Finally, there's tips for your continued education in kiteboarding. Finally, that is, except for the huge bonus section. There's the Joyride stage Coaches Tips section, the sure to be popular Sleazy-J Grab Tutorial, Gear Tuning, BVI Action, etc., etc., etc.. No effort was spared in bringing on the bonus sections.
How To Snowkite, Volume 1
$49.95
Who better to make a great new (and sorely needed) snowkiting instructional video than the maker of the amazing snowkite DVDs like Entropy and Something Stronger - Morten Gjerstad. He is not only an accomplished filmmaker (using all high-definition footage) but also has access to the top riders in the world who are on the cutting edge of what is happening in snowkiting.
This is 2 hours of the most thorough introduction to snowkiting you can imagine. There are chapters on terminology, equipment, location and conditions, kite flying basics, using foil kites, using tube kites (each kite chapter includes information on setup, safety systems, launching and landing, relaunching, and even packing), riding basics (like edging, turning, and going upwind), back country riding, expedition kiting, kite repair, and basic jumping. This is definitely the complete course to becoming a safe and confident snowkiter. When volume 2 is released it will take off from the basic jump and go into all the trick types of jumps and many other specialized advanced snowkiting skills.
Kiteboarding 101
$28 (Reg: $32.95)
No matter what kite you fly, Kiteboarding 101 dishes up great instructional material. This is part one of the three part Progressive Kiteboarding Instructional Series. Hosted by Shannon Best.
- Body Position
- Heel side, Unhooked, Toe Side, Switch
- Kite Position, Hand Position
- Load & Pop, 180's, Jumping
- Back Rolls, Toe Side Back Rolls, Rolls to Revert
- Jibe and Air Jibe
Kiteboarding 201
$28 (Reg: $32.95)
This instructional kiteboarding DVD starts where Kiteboarding 101 leaves off. Part two of the three part Progressive Kiteboarding Instructional Series. Hosted by Shannon Best.
- Tons of tricks!
- Frontroll, Scarecrow, Tantrum
- Raleys, Krypts, OHH, S Bend
- Foot Out, Board Off
- Rolls to Blind, Downlooping
- Handle Pass, Tricks to Blind
- F16, Mobius, KGB, Mobe 5... and more
Spare Change
$31 (Reg: $34.95)
Slingshot riders Jeff Tobias, Marin Vari and Ben Wilson travel the world riding the best waves. Excellent production plus great music!
AutoFocus
$24 (used)
ACL Productions' latest installment in progressive kiteboarding DVDs. The film combines wind, raw talent and the most exclusive kiteboarding destinations in the world. If you are into sliders and kickers this is for you!
Project Cloud 9
$29.95
Follow the epic journey as a group of Snowkiters load into a tiny RV for a month long trek across the Rocky Mountains. Filmed on location in Idaho, Montana, Utah & Colorado, Project: Cloud 9 showcases the daily adventures from riders who travel in search of wind, snow and the ultimate natural terrain. From deep powder near the Kansas border, to roadside jibbing and climbing steep hills in the backcountry, this documentary will inspire anyone who loves winter and reminds us all why we Snowkite.
Something Stronger
$34.95
Morten Gjerstad rocked the world with the release of Entropy last year. He pretty much made every other DVD look bad after he filmed the first kite DVD in high definition (the clear mountain air didn't hurt either) and then hit it out of the park with breakthrough performances in snowkiting combined with fantastic editing.
Something Stronger is the sequel so this is the one to get for winter 2008. Take a journey to the frontier of snowkiting in the snowdeserts of Norway, the windblown peaks of the Alps, and the bottomless powder of North America. Another hi-def film that fires on all cylinders.
Once again the performances on the snow behind a kite have gone to another level. Crazy kite loops and psycho handlepasses, and even double handlepasses abound. Combine that with with more stunning cinematography, crazy locations, a great soundtrack, and great editing, and you've got another jaw-dropper. Wow!
