Deano - 25-11-2006 at 02:45 AM
this may sound like a daft question but im wondering will i find staying uprite easer on my board once i start useing it than i am currently doing so
just getting used to the power of the kite standing on terra firmer?
i'm thinking as all the kite wants to do is drag me along this is the aim when on board where as im resisting that at mo by standing on the ground
thus keep getting pulled over?
i'm not alowed on the board till xmas as my wife wont let me use it without helmet and pads (i cracked my head open on my skate board in the summer)
my bro has got me some 4xmas.(im not ment to know) not to fussed as it gives me time to master the kite.
Pablo - 25-11-2006 at 10:26 AM
I think you'll find it's both easier and harder all at the same time.
You'll find it harder at first, when the board's not moving it'll be harder to ballance, you can't move your feet at all, even shifting weight from
your toes to heels won't be as firm as when standing on solid ground because of the give in the trucks. Be sure to keep your bindings nice and loose
at first, make sure you can basically jump off the board at will without your feet getting snagged in the bindings.
Once you get ok at moving though you'll be able to ride out the gusts, I find that when you get hit by a gust you can swerve downwind to lose the
tension on the lines and lose power a bit, then when the lulls come you can carve upwind a bit to keep tension and keep the kite flying through the
lull. I'm still working to perfect this on a board, but in the buggy I can find myself easily moving 10ft upwind or downwind to adjust for the wind.
The key on point 2 though would be speed, It's sort of like learning to ride a bike. Everyone wants to do it really slowly while underpowered to be
safe, but the bike is so much easier to ride with a bit of speed behind it.
If you want to get some practice in, try to fly without moving your feet, no stepping forwards or backwards, learn to lean back as the kite comes
through the middle of the window, then standing more upright when it's at the edges. Also try to get used to flying the kite by feel more, so you
don't have to watch it every second. It's sort of hard to watch where you're going if you have to babysit the kite.
Deano - 25-11-2006 at 10:43 AM
cheers for the advise i'll deffantly try that not baby sitting i mean
ive already done the whole no moveing feet bit.
im not to sure as to where to position my kite when wanting to move back and forth on the board. i kinda know about the power zone but if i were to
fly my kite there surely i would b draged off the board toe side?
domdino - 14-1-2007 at 02:11 PM
best advise i ever got when i first started...
just LEAN BACK... and never ever let your feet out of the board!
As soon as someone told me that i was roaring away, just need to have the courage to stick it out!
Bladerunner - 14-1-2007 at 08:57 PM
Try this:
Sit down, dive they kte from zenith into the power zone. Use that power to pull you up and then start running along, accross the wind. Feel How the
kite moves the the edge of the window and you must adjust by flying the kite up and down. Keeping tension on the lines. This is the motion you'll go
through on your board. So run it out and see how it feels 1st.