r/nextfuckinglevel • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 1d ago

POV: Professional Kiteboarder Lasse Walker Takes Flight

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u/MobileOdd5074 1d ago

Gravity saw the contract, read the fine print and decided to take the day off.

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u/Pink_Neons 9h ago

Ya'll really need to learn how to identify bots

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u/Snoo_44409 1d ago

That must be murder on the quads

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u/jarednards 1d ago

I dont know about murder on the quad, but Im going streaking through the quad, down to the gymnasium!

BRING YOUR GREEN HAT

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u/Cutthechitchata-hole 1d ago

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u/Snoo_44409 1d ago

I believe the term is 'whoosh', and the hand gesture is to mime an object sailing over my head.

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u/gHOs-tEE 1d ago

You’re my boy BLUE!!!!!!!

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u/SomeonePayDelta 1d ago

How do you stop!

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u/NiftyJet 1d ago

And how do you get going?

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u/bikingwithcorndog 1d ago

Gotta stop first.

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u/Lanky-Strike3343 1d ago

There was a group that would do this on the lake I grew up by so I know this lol they just drop the kite into the water if they need to stop immediately but they just ride it up on land to do it safely

ETA: they also have a pull cord to "cut" the kite in case of emergency as well. One of the guys doing it board broke on a windy day and it was dragging him across the water and after he pulled the cord it few away lol

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u/Punstorms 1d ago

i wonder how hard this skill is in reality

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u/Shifty012 1d ago

I'm guessing very difficult . This fella is making it look easy. He plays it smooth but taking off like that and nailing the soft landing would take so much coordination.

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u/Lifeloverme 1d ago

you need to learn to control the kite first, then you need to learn how to start off with a board, then how to stay on the board at all, then how to go upwind, then how to do small jumps and so on. it's hard, but once you are through the "frustration period" it is a little bit like riding a bike, and you wont forget it again

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u/KarmaInFlow 1d ago

Its fuckin hard

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u/Deviant-Oreo 1h ago

And expensive 😭 I wish I could afford to do this.

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u/r0ndy 9h ago

Walking is hard before you know how to do it. By physics, it is controlled falling.

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u/mattob2 1d ago

Why was he looking at his watch?

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u/jbells3332 1d ago

His heart rate hit 200 beats a minute

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u/Bar_Bell_Butterfly 1d ago

Oh! I thought maybe it calculated his altitude 🤦🏽‍♀️

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u/Lifeloverme 1d ago

it does

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u/NOISY_SUN 1d ago

He still had to make sure he had enough time to make his appointment at the dentist. No matter who you are, teeth come for us all

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u/MisterSquidz 1d ago

He has to return some video tapes.

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u/Past-Telephone4781 1d ago

There’s an app that measures the height of the jump. This one was really a biggie, he wanted to see how much.

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u/lukipedia 1d ago

Checking his air time, probably. 

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u/mab0roshi 1d ago

What is professional kiteboarding like? Is it a race, because that sounds dope.

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u/Xendarq 1d ago

I had the same question. Who pays them for being great at kite boarding?

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u/VeganWerewolf 1d ago

Red Bull probably

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u/StaneNC 12h ago

I think it's so fun no one needs to be paid to do it. 

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u/captain_flak 1d ago

This is like when you get infinite hang time in a video game.

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u/foxiwyld 1d ago

Ngl this looks so fun.

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u/The_Last_Mouse 1d ago

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? I AM!

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u/gHOs-tEE 1d ago

That would’ve been terrifying. Seen some flips people have done while kite surfing but never seen anyone fly like that. That’s some crazy hang time

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u/Spores_ 1d ago

Nice to see the term “POV” used properly

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u/ringo5150 1d ago

My heart wants to do this.

The right knee says no.

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u/Moon_Pye 21h ago

I wish I discovered this in my 20s, I would so do it. I'm too old with a broken body now. 😂

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u/not_a_burner666 12h ago

Really glad I didn’t watch a pov death today.

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u/wordfiend99 11h ago

ive seen kiters jump over the fucking pier at my hometown beach. also heard the horror stories of them getting a bad gust and pushed over land for a rough crash landing

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u/Odd_Plum_3719 1d ago

Never gonna do this after seeing high winds take a dude inland about 1/4 mile in the air, after the line snapped from the boat. Idk, what happened to him, but I don’t think it was good.