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[gsvasci]

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?

[twisted_ophelia]

Make your own! Get a kiteboard and adapt it with whatever works!

[qman]

this is what you are after

[gsvasci]

qman, on Jul 25 2009, 07:56 AM, said:

this is what you are after

Nice video...many thanks.....Have you used a board like this?
Something like this in USA?

[Trinity]

qman, on Jul 25 2009, 07:56 AM, said:

this is what you are after

That looks like amazing fun!!!

[qman]

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.

[gsvasci]

Finally, I found something, a german shaper who make this kind of boards, I ordered the mine al ready, let´s see?? ..... http://www.b-boards.de/index.php

[graphic]

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 ). 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.

Edited by graphic, 03 September 2009 - 10:14 PM.

[russ1]

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.

[gsvasci]

russ1, 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 Praschberger´s seats to kite........

graphic, 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 ). 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....

[wheeels]

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

That looks like so much fun

[qman]

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.



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.