North American Championships 2013
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:36 am
Good close-ups video.
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Downwinds are true downwinds - 45 deg off true downwind on 17-15sqm kite and 10-15 deg off on 7sqm kite (you just need to loop it a lot).knot_moving wrote:What were the wind conditions for this. Very novice kiteracer - but seemed everyone was riding fully powered upwind. Wouldnt there be advantage to going up a kite , or are downwinds really power reaches and not true downwinds?
Depends on the jury. 7 out of 40 is not even 20% of the fleet. I wouldn't recall.longwhitecloud wrote:if 8 kites go down at start (as happens here - 7 in tangles) is there a general recall?
Agree. That is a pretty fast reaction and a difficult one too. He was even starboardronnie wrote:Nice bit of skill at 6:50 in the first video.
That's what I was thinking, It looks like Adam Koch that made the error, I could be wrong though... but super quick reactions all the same.lander wrote:Agree. That is a pretty fast reaction and a difficult one too. He was even starboardronnie wrote:Nice bit of skill at 6:50 in the first video.
We usually have 2ft chop at Crissy too What you're seeing there is a string flood tide making the water flat. It also takes a few knots off the wind speed, plus the wind where they're tacking is super gusty and horrible. I have trouble sailing (and sometime keeping a kite in the sky) there at all, and I have no idea how they tack and get up to speed so fast in that area!Tone wrote:
I wish I had water that flat to train on. where I live, unless it is <10 knots, we have 2ft short chop the whole time.
I have been in flat water once and it was a revelation!