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Posted 25 July 2009 - 01:43 AM

I am looking for a kiteboard for kitesurfing with paraplegia. It have to be wider than standard kiteboards and with a seat with cushion. Where can I find a board like this?
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Posted 25 July 2009 - 05:42 AM

Make your own! Get a kiteboard and adapt it with whatever works!
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Posted 25 July 2009 - 06:56 AM

this is what you are after
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Lu3rmOCMtE4
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:41 PM

View Postqman, on Jul 25 2009, 07:56 AM, said:

this is what you are after
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Lu3rmOCMtE4

Nice video...many thanks.....Have you used a board like this?
Something like this in USA?
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:57 PM

View Postqman, on Jul 25 2009, 07:56 AM, said:

this is what you are after
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Lu3rmOCMtE4

That looks like amazing fun!!!
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 01:27 AM

i am in NZ and have not tried it yet, but i have a friend here who as made something similar for wake boarding that would work.

it shouldnt be hard to get one welded out of allow.
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Posted 03 September 2009 - 06:42 PM

Finally, I found something, a german shaper who make this kind of boards, I ordered the mine al ready, letīs see?? ..... http://www.b-boards.de/index.php
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Posted 03 September 2009 - 10:12 PM

That YouTube video is brilliant!! Most afternoons, whatever the weather, we walk the dogs down the seafront then have a coffee and spend half an hour watching the kiteboarders (life could be worse :lmao: ). I've always thought it must be an amazing experience skimming the waves the way they do and would love to try it, but would never have thought it possible for a para. Now all I have to do is buy a board...and persuade my wife that I'm not too old. :D

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Posted 04 September 2009 - 10:42 AM

I'm pretty sure that's a sit ski mounted onto a kite board - looks very very similar to a praschberger/tessier seat arrangement with the exception that the feet are on the board.
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Posted 04 September 2009 - 02:49 PM

View Postruss1, on Sep 4 2009, 11:42 AM, said:

I'm pretty sure that's a sit ski mounted onto a kite board - looks very very similar to a praschberger/tessier seat arrangement with the exception that the feet are on the board.



Yes, I know that some people Praschbergerīs seats to kite........

View Postgraphic, on Sep 3 2009, 11:12 PM, said:

That YouTube video is brilliant!! Most afternoons, whatever the weather, we walk the dogs down the seafront then have a coffee and spend half an hour watching the kiteboarders (life could be worse :D ). I've always thought it must be an amazing experience skimming the waves the way they do and would love to try it, but would never have thought it possible for a para. Now all I have to do is buy a board...and persuade my wife that I'm not too old. :(


Kitesurfing is a sport for people of all ages and physical condition, I am completely sure that you can find plenty pictures on internet of people of all ages....to show to your wife.....let try to find some good examples....
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Posted 04 September 2009 - 06:35 PM

Great another hobby for me to try that I cant afford, but I already have the Praschberger seat.

That looks like so much fun
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Posted 05 September 2009 - 09:07 AM

that video isnt a modified sit ski it is a custom build rigid frame which is bolted to a wake board. the only peice that may be from a sit ski is the actual seat bucket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESw-3HBJSMk...re=channel_page

this is probably a normal sit ski with a snowboard attached.



ps on that original video you can see the rig from sec 8 to 10 at the beginning.



ps on that original video you can see the rig from sec 8 to 10 at the beginning.
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