A stake is normally not close to the water when it comes time to land your kite
Because in order to launch the kite sits closer the water where the wind is on side to side on winds
Nobody usually has a stake also near the water for emergency landing
What i am saying is that to land the kiter must go all the way inland to the same stake in the ground
...put kite at noon...then down to the original location of the launch..then detach etc etc.!!
Waaaaaaay too long of a production in my opinion especially in an emergency situation....
....to have to swing the kite overhead for a moment
I like to launch fast and precise
I like to land fast an precise as soon as i am out of the water...15 seconds..start to finish..LE down
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Without detaching from chicken loop and leash
Everything stays nice and neat with me....no QR release needed for me in 3 years to land my kite
Rebel is my kite of choice for landing without use of QR (300 times) and no errors
If one day my life is in danger landing it is great to know i can use alternate QR 5th safety landing
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