good topic here ... I do a course for the beachpatrol here on South Padre every spring. One of the most practical and useful parts of it which they end up putting to real life use, is simply how to grab a down kite that is drifting in and carry it onto the beach. Riders end up swimming in / drifting...
yes it definitely is info overload lessons and info etc are somewhat catered to the clientele ... is it someone that taking one lesson and then 'might be back again sometime' or is someone that signed up for a course and we are taking them out 4 or 5 times over the week or whatever, we are going to ...
ah ya, he (like all of them) learned basic kite handling (although he got introduced to a lot more kite handling skills than most due to the nature of the conditions), and how to use the leash system to disable his kite and when it is important to be ready to do that (after crashes, during self laun...
standing behind what im saying .... stand wherever when your client has things under control, stand where I recommend while you are teaching someone to fly and you'll have a lot of success with a lot less sketch, its free advise take it or leave it, but for those teaching kiteboarding you should tak...
oh ya, stoking the fire .... making it personal there huh. ya, advertising is what it is, and a good record is as well upwind and in front until you're confident the person you are responsible for can comfortably handle a kite. downwind side still better than behind, but not until your person has ev...
this is great, haven't been on here in ages and what a topic I almost missed! cant help but contribute and fuel the fire: I certainly don't recommend a trainer kite (stunt kite, kids toy) as an essential, or even necessarily beneficial first step ... can make plenty of arguments for the detrimental ...
South Padre Island, Texas. Year round wind, killer waveriding mid November through mid May. Everytime I go kite someplace new I come back to appreciate this place even more.
the kite is not responsive enough ................ and the backlines seem to be much longer then the front lines... the back lines are slack, the kite is unresponsive (to steering?). this is probably not stalling. stalling is caused by too much backline tension (for the particular moment). when you...