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What we talk about
- Patrick Rebstock on a spring of downwinding on the Central Coast of California
- A trip up the Oregon coast with parawings, clearing big headlands
- Why he parawings on his short, wide downwind board
- Carrying a paddle on his back in a bike tube, and board volume for parawing
- Whales, sea lions and sharks when you are miles offshore
- Riding further out for cleaner bumps, and tips for learners
- Safety kit offshore, from buoyancy aid and phone case to sharing your location and music
- His strapless kitesurfing start, early foils, and why downwinding is just surfing
About this episode
Old School strapless kitesurf pioneer turned downwind and parawing frother.
Huge amounts of content was consumed of Patricks early days strapless kitesurf riding when Liam and I were honing our kite skills and now he's churning out the videos of his downwind runs along the Oregon and Californian coastline.
Patrick was kind enough to offer us a place to crash as we drove down the coast past his town last year on our trip, and we spent a great morning chatting all things kitesurf and foil history - we knew we'd need to sit down and record eventually. It may have taken 10 months - but its a banger.