This is my little contribution to help
anyone who wishes to try kitelooping
all you need is a good session with regular wind
decent health and internal peace
the rest will follow
translation will be available if required
let me know if this helped
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:43 am
by Flight Time
Translation might help a bit.
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?
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:03 am
by Dj A-Ron
The only thing I know is that you chose the wrong song... That's definite.....
Looked like a fun day until the music started...
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:20 am
by sotheysay
That spot looks unreal and the wind is cranking. Jealous.
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:37 am
by papand
Thanks for sharing !
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:13 am
by longwhitecloud
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....
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:38 am
by Ned Divine
Very nice, merci a lot!
It is presented very clearly and positively!
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:23 pm
by nicor
I agree a translation would help me. but looks helpful.
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:32 pm
by Flight Time
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.
Re: Kitelooping for dummies
Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:25 pm
by juandesooka
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.