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Kiteboarding Trick: Front Roll Stalefish - Ride With Blake Ep 04
The Front Roll Stalefish is the trick that inspired this entire playlist we’re working on. Last summer I started riding more with our local legend and original MACkite team rider Marc Hoeksema. I noticed no matter how bad the conditions were, how gusty the wind or choppy the water, Marc always looked stylish and fluid on the water. I started to pay attention and break down all of his tricks. I noticed his signature move was the Front Roll Stalefish. This is the easiest grab to pair with an
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24th Dec 2018
Kiteboard Trick: Front Roll Nuke Grab - Ride With Blake Ep 03
Front Roll Nuke
The nuke grab is considered one of the most advanced grabs but if you watched our last video, you know there is a trick that makes it easy to do, You’re probably thinking, that the front roll nuke must also be a difficult trick. While it is an advanced trick, it’s surprisingly easy to do. Blake was actually doing these before he was landing the standard nuke grab!
The reason is because of the way he was rotating his front rolls. By doing an off-axis roll and throwing his
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10th Dec 2018
Kiteboarding Trick: How to Nuke Grab - Ride With Blake Ep 02
Nuke grab
The Nuke Grab is one of the more advanced grabs we cover in this playlist but it's not nearly as difficult as you think. There is a trick to doing this with ease and you can progress into it fairly quickly. For episode two of our jump with style playlist we'll be buildup up to our next trick in this series. The Front Roll Nuke Grab. Most of the tricks we cover in this series are very simple and while this is not the most difficult trick it does take a bit of time and commi
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26th Nov 2018
Kiteboarding How To: Jumping With Style - Ride With Blake Ep 01
How to Jump with Style So you want to learn how to jump with style? You’ve come to the right place. In this video and blog, we’ll break down five practices to implement into your kiteboarding every session. Regardless of your level, adding these concepts to your riding will give you something fun to try and it might turn a few heads or two when you seemingly upgrade your style overnight. For season three of Ride with Blake, we wanted to take things up a notch or two. Blake and I thought it
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8th Nov 2018
kiteboarding: How to Butterslide "Ride with Blake"
The Butter Slide is hands down the easiest trick I’ll ever teach you. Just remember to come into this with good seed and power. The rest will sort its self out.
Once you learn the butter slide, try to incorporate into tricks you already know like transition or even front rolls!Step OneStart Small
Come in with good speed on your heel side edge, kite at 45. Ride slightly downwind lean back your your tail and put most of your weight on the back foot. At the same time, pull up wit
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24th Jul 2018