Kaino Kai Lenny
on 29. November, 2009 – 15:23 / 25 Comments / 4,829 views
Kai Lenny , the young Hawaiian waterman, comes up with a great Kono variation and calls it Kaino. What do you think, is it a new move or should it just be called Wave Kono?
- Kaino
- Kaino – Kai Lenny
- Kai Lenny
- Taka – Kai Lenny
- Kaino – Kai Lenny
amazin move
and KAINO is a great name
Great move!
I think we have seen it in the past by Robby Naish!
vom robby naish hab ich den noch nie gesehen! die 360er hat sich der kay lenny eindeutig von robby naish abgeschaut, aber der robby naish verabschiedet sich dann meistens über die welle drüber! hat er auf sylt z.b. ein paar mal gezeigt.
Right! aber echt richtig geiler move! und dann von so nem super jungen nachwuchssurfer!
wave kono
holly shit!
I have seen this move first by robby naish.
and i have seen an guy that tho is move 3 years ago
i send the video to continentseven.
but its a really nice move!!!
da bin ich ja einmal gespannt dass zu sehen… looking forward to see this video…
Why not Kaino?
Think of all the moves that are pretty similar but given different names: Goiter/Ponch. Flaka/Taka… What did Ricardo call his Grubby on the wave? A ‘campello’?
This is no different.
Props to Kai for taking a cool move into the waves – he deserves to be able to name it!
Fish
Kaino because in the Kono you go and finish on the oposite way … there he’s finishing with a slide backward and make an half turn more in the wave (like end of spock 540 …
no doubt ! = Kaino (nice name)
Stylish move! No problem with naming it the Kaino.
The first ‘kono switch’ movie from Kiri Thode also included this sliding trough (http://www.continentseven.de/windsurfmove1322.html) so that part in my opinion is not new ( I’d rather say that what most riders do and call a ‘switch kono’ in fact is a ‘semi-switch kono’). On could also argue that Kai Lenny’s version is Wymaroo with a slide built in afterwards (as he jibes into the switchstance backwind position)(or vice versa the semi-switch kono most riders are doing is a sort of twisted Wymaroo, but you arrive at the position for jumping not by jibing into it); If you will I think the pro’s can also do this Kaino on flat water, the only difference with the ‘original’ switch kono from Kiri would then be the way you get into the ‘starting position’. (for comparison: you can also ‘jibe’ into the position for a clew first puneta or you can sail switch stance than duck the sail and do your CF puneta)
my 2 cts (but in the end it’s all just semantics…)
grtz,
Maarten
I thought that was meant to be the same in the Kono as well…
Its just that its difficult to turn 360 in Kono so most people just end it 180 in the opposite way. I may be wrong.
Yes nice move! (cant wait to see a switch Kono into forward!
)
Michael,
I thing there is one on the extras by Gollito in 4 Dimensions. He is trying them for sure
Flaka/Taka
Ponch/Goiter
Kono/Kaino – thumbs up!
not easy to do it on a wave… in flat water i think is much easyer… sick control of the stuff!
respect
downwind 360 kono…
i think kaino is a good name for it, i’ve also seen people land it on flat
This move is a normal kono just on a different surface. I think it is easier to go down a flat wave in hookipa (the wave push you and support the sliding) then doing it on chop in fuerte.
The name is pretty stupid. Either he thinks he inveted something new… then he should have a completly “new” name and not conect it to the word “kono” or he just reliese that the move he does is a move that already exist since 2 years and call it “kono in waves”.
Other then that i believe Kai is a good rider ike all the other 60 out there in Hookipa.
Rip On
learn english and stop being jealous. he’s not guilty for you being such a nerd. he aimed to get supported. and a name and move like this is nevertheless worth it!
@ binsurfen.de
You’re definitly right!!!!
SIck move Kai. First of all, a Kono is a downwind 360 for all the people who dont know that, a Kaino is a downwind 540 on a wave. Kai Lenny will be the best windsurfer in the world very soon. Nice one Kai
A switch Kono is definetly no downwind 360! You get into the initial position by changing footposition to switch and by ducking under the sail. Out of this position you jump an upwind(!) 360 (or 180 in the switch semi Kono).
But as we see now it is also possible to get into the same starting position by doing half a 360 first (which is imho much easier).
Due to different initiation of both moves it´s a good idea to use different names. Kaino is a very good solution but we should use the name also when doing this move on flat water.
Just my 2cts
Der Move ist doch ganz klar Robby Naish – Signature Move! Nicht Kai Lenny’s – Kai ist wirklich sehr tallentiert und ich habe eine menge respekt gegenüber seiner Leistungen allerdings geht der Move für mich auf Robbys Konto!
Der Name passt trotzdem sehr gut da er ja in der Welle gesprungen wird.
@ sli – and why should it be Robby Naishs Signature Move?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yqAzCHhYtE
You can see Robby doing ‘Kaino’:) yet without switching the direction at the end. It was much before Kiri “invented” the Kono
This move is sick.
and Kaino is a great name for this move.
I would definitely put this move on my list of amazing moves!
Aloha
robby naish did this before him. quite positive about this but still Cool move