What size kite were you using, and what was the wind at? You looked like you were pretty lit. My smallest kite is a 12, and I was thinking of getting a session around 18 knots on smooth water and pulling the trigger and seeing if I live through it.
As far as I understand, if you throw the loop at the top of your jump, its less intense than if you pull it as you are leaving the water. I would think the tighter the loop, the less intense as well, so I would think that I would want to start out with tight loops thrown at the top of my arc, kinda like kiteloop training wheels.
What would you suggest to someone who is a competent jumper but has never (intentionally ) looped the kite in a jump?
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cool, one thing that is worth knowing is that before you try first kiteloop jump do a lot of kitelooping without leaving water to get to understand where power is/ how to kill power by going downwind....
longwhitecloud wrote:cool, one thing that is worth knowing is that before you try first kiteloop jump do a lot of kitelooping without leaving water to get to understand where power is/ how to kill power by going downwind....
Been there, done that. I do downloop transitions all the time. I have accidentally looped the kite and gotten superman-slammed plenty as well, usually after I go for a backroll with a lot of height, and forget about the bar when I land wrong and wipe out.
Thanks for posting that Dr. I will need translation, but I'll ask my wife...good opportunity to get her involved in this kiting madness.
I've never looped the kite on purpose, but I need to learn the loop transitions, as wave riding is my goal. So, I guess first step is to loop it intentionally and learn what it does ... superman slams here we come.