+1 Always attach first, then disconnect from chickenloop, and keep to windward for the entire process.Peter_Frank wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:22 amVery true. ....foam-n-fibre wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 1:09 amWhen hooking to a fixed object, don't disconnect the leash and hold the flying kite just by the unhooked chicken loop. Hmmm... what could possibly go wrong? Why disconnect your 2 connection points before attaching one of them to the anchor? Even when hooking to that log, if you take the leash off, hook it to the chicken loop before you unhook.
Although, I prefer to stand to the WINDWARD side of the stake/object instead of leewards, as then there is no risk of me getting tangled in anything and no need to run around the object to the windward side to get my kite. Besides, I also always connect the object line to my loop before unhooking like you say......
Oops, put my reply in the wrong place initially...
If you drag the bar there is too big possibility for steering lines to get caught on something on the ground and kite get totally out of control.PullStrings wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 1:04 pmThe nice advantage of last method walking up the lines and staying hooked in all the way to the kite is....
...that once the kite is LE down you can detach from chicken loop and lay the bar a top of kite canopy keeping it clean and free of sand
Go then get your board and put it near kite...transfer bar to top of board....you'll never have to rinse your bar again that way
Do the same thing if someone you trust offers to catch your kite
My bar is not dragging on the ground at all...it is in the hook with chicken loop & donkey stick...it's stay a good 2 feet away from touching anything but my legsTurbaani wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:15 pmIf you drag the bar there is too big possibility for steering lines to get caught on something on the ground and kite get totally out of control.PullStrings wrote: ↑Fri Apr 06, 2018 1:04 pmThe nice advantage of last method walking up the lines and staying hooked in all the way to the kite is....
...that once the kite is LE down you can detach from chicken loop and lay the bar a top of kite canopy keeping it clean and free of sand
Go then get your board and put it near kite...transfer bar to top of board....you'll never have to rinse your bar again that way
Do the same thing if someone you trust offers to catch your kite
Would not recommend this for anyone.
I use this method as shown on video alot, just unhook everything including leash and walk up the front lines. Never had any issues, but you have to know what you are doing.
Oh my God! The horror, the horror! Maybe just you are being a just a little melodramatic? Please tell us how you foil boarders in Phuket do it, or shut up if you have nothing to add. What exactly is so Horrible? The video is just summary, of the common techniques we all have been doing for a long time. I do not see any difference from a hundred other videos out there.so many wrongs things in this video. Horrific and dangerous.
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