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Toby
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Postby Toby » Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:42 pm
Do you have a trick you do every time as first trick when you start your session?
My first trick is an Upside Down Grabbed Front 360.
I do this trick to see how high I get, since fronts get my the highest, and it also looks cool.
Which is yours?
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windybrit
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Postby windybrit » Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:10 pm
Along the lines (groan) of the previous poster.... Jumping up and down for joy when I realise I'm actually going to get a session in..... Those of you who live close to regularly kiteable warm water please take moment to smile and pat yourselves on the back....
Mine, toe-side transition...... (but I probably doesn't even constitute a trick for most)
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plummet
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Postby plummet » Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:59 pm
Depends on the wind. Ideal is a booooooooost off a wave lip on the first tack out. As you say to test the wind. Just for you Toby i'll add a boned board grab.
Or slash onto a wave and a waveride in on the first peaking wave I hit.
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zloilyoha
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Postby zloilyoha » Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:13 pm
raley or blind judge for wakestyle
sent jump for kitelooping
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TheJoe
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Postby TheJoe » Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:15 pm
Raley or S-bend to see how the wind is blowing.
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Postby dyyylan » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:07 am
Usually a front roll or raley to see how much pop I get
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Bob Marley
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Postby Bob Marley » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:50 am
Depends if there's waves and the wind directions good then a bottom turn. If no waves and onshore wind then either a small ollie or a straight air with grab.
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Oldpeople
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Postby Oldpeople » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:55 am
For me it is a back 360. Tells me how much power I have. How much I have to send the kite. Then I run through my tricks one after another and see how far I get with my hair dry.
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Postby speedyRider » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:46 am
I must confess i warmup less than i should, so what i do to warm up is a few tacks with air transitions with rolls usually to start get a feeling and warm up, after a 3-4 tacks i usually start with a raley and then work on the trick i want to nail for a while. After this if im really close to the new trick i keep trying for a while, if i dont get it then i move on to the tricks i nail
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