What a great interview. Thanks for posting! I was surfing big waves back in those days. Sunset, Pipe, Laniakea, Portlock Point, when town was closed out. Rabbit Island. I completely agree with Larry's philosophy. I now have developed my own style of kiteboarding, and my own boards and gear for that style - its like surfing double overhead Sunset with never a crowd. I don't jump or do trix. I just "power-loop & caaarve." I'm now 67, and still getting the same rush.
I also appreciate what Larry says about staying low through the carve, and then unweighting and weighting. I use the same principles now, but I now have a kite that can unweight me when I follow through on a carve. Mind you, I do these maneuvers on flat water with no waves.... and zero crowd factor. Total surfing bliss.
What a great interview. Thanks for posting! I was surfing big waves back in those days. Sunset, Pipe, Laniakea, Portlock Point, when town was closed out. Rabbit Island. I completely agree with Larry's philosophy. I now have developed my own style of kiteboarding, and my own boards and gear for that style - its like surfing double overhead Sunset with never a crowd. I don't jump or do trix. I just "power-loop & caaarve." I'm now 67, and still getting the same rush.
I also appreciate what Larry says about staying low through the carve, and then unweighting and weighting. I use the same principles now, but I now have a kite that can unweight me when I follow through on a carve. Mind you, I do these maneuvers on flat water with no waves.... and zero crowd factor. Total surfing bliss.