First off, Lonny this forum is a great idea.
Last week, I noticed a guy was riding a slingshot glide in light winds. Now that's not a big deal. But the detail is the guy was riding with no fins, no pads, and no straps. The board didn't even have wax, just some stock decals that ran in strips to give a little traction.
I've made a flat plywood wakeskate and someone had the comment that it's not a wakeskate because it doesn't have rocker, that it was just a twintip without straps.
Anyone ripping on twintips without straps?
And fyi, Liquid Force is releasing a kiteskate:
http://www.nwkite.com/forums/t-10847-0-asc-0.html