Possibly the most comprehensive tale of our origins. Bravo everyone for putting this together, and especially to show Joe Kool in the light that he so shined.

hands down the best 'history of kiting' movie

Thanks for all the positive feedback everyone...this was such an exciting time in the sport

Fantastico storymovie.... Mi sono venuti i brividi ripensando a quegli anni. Solo pazzia e divertimento. Rispetto.

I really love how much of this was dedicated to Lou. A lot of what kiteboarding is today is an extension of him and he deserves so much more than what he has now.

Best history of kitesurfing movie, ever. Thanks for posting.

Yes! THE kite movie! Love it, every kiter needs to see this!

Cool, I'm now officially part of kiting history thanks to this movie!

A big thank you to everybody who contributed to the sport!! Great documentary! :-))

Awesome video guys! This really makes me appreciate where the sport came from and where it is today! Big ups to all the OG's who took a beating back in the day. haha

loving it.. seen 100 times..

I remember those days. It was so fun when we were all trying to figure it out together. LOL

Fantastic! It is crazy how far this sport has come so quickly!

LUV it ... great that the Newbies can have the chance to see how was the beginning! *ride on*

Amazing video, , i was about to go to sleep and i ended up watching the whole thing, , thanks you

brings back loads of memories!

Love it! Great Documentation!

great video! Interesting history

Man is nothing without bit of craziness...

Dan Connely you do good work!!

Amazing!!

Awessome cool!

Thank you all for kite develooing!

WOW very cool...just watched your footage. i had no information on this and robby or anyone else didnt mention it either. we would have included it had we known. i wasnt in charge of overall production or editing. but, this movie is about the beginning of the scene of modern kiteboarding. realistically we could have reached back 2000 years if we wanted to give credit to everyone who used wind/kite power. we would have included it had we seen this. you should make a movie.

proud that kite surf was invented in my region!

What’s the song that plays during Lou Wainman’s introduction, been trying to figure that one out for a long time

Great vid! Now i know that i got the legendary rrd- Flash board :-)

Thanks nice 1now I need some wind

10:20 what was the principal reason for using skis and then a monoski rather than just use a surfboard with straps or a windsurfboard? Was it that they havn't figured out how to waterstart sideways yet?

My god.. Kiting really does attract some of the biggest kooks on earth

Great movie, this is the real story, except they missed a lot of good stuff from Australia haha!

great to see how easy it is today... omg don`t wont to change my equipement today.

i wonder what jobs these guys had. sure, robby nash was a professional windsurfer but a lot of them look like normal people. at least back in those days.

That`s Andrea Kuhn, contacting you! It`s NOW MORE AS 40 YEARS I DO THAT also WITH Water- skiing and kitesurf and there are together with Strasilla Brothers more of 44 years to each of SNOWKITE,for Dieter, Udo and for my! Why do you lies so much the realy history! Even Roby Naish and Bruno Lagaignoux who was see me with my SkyWings(+I was show& speak-about with Roby since 84),THEY all have see me from 85