davmeva - 2-5-2007 at 10:13 AM
I was out on my board on a glorious evening this week winds were slightly higher than I am used to but I felt it was time to step away from the safety
of my previous experiences.
I was on my board with the kite in front of me aiming to go to my right. However every time the kite became powered up it was dragging the back of my
board round clockwise.
This is not a problem I have come across in the past although like I said the winds were stronger than I’m used to, any ideas.
I do have a vague memory of Pablo posting something on this site that may answer my problem but couldn’t find the thread, if anyone could post a link
I’d be very happy, or if anyone has any ideas they will be equally well received
Last think is there anyone out there who is kiting and boarding around Crosby Formby way, I can’t believe the amounts of time I’ve spent on miles of
untouched coast with not another kite in site, this must change
B-Roc - 2-5-2007 at 02:21 PM
Were you riding on sand?
Sounds like you are just power sliding because you are fighting the power of the kite - no biggie really if you are enjoying it. If the kite is that
powered your options are really only to eject from the board, or ride it out and slide the power off while you move the kite to the zenith to kill
some of the power.
Doesn't sound to me like there is a real problem. If you don't want to slide you could try jumping at that point as you redirect to the zenith but a
2.5 pepper is a bit small so don't expect much float.
For a super powered run you could redirect the board towards the kite and go crazy fast until you either outreach the kite or if the kite is still
really powered you just kind of go in a straight line with it mostly in front of you until you hit a balance between your speed and the windspeed and
then redirect the kite and turn your board.
awindofchange - 2-5-2007 at 02:29 PM
Agree with B-Roc. Turn your board more downwind (towards the kite) until you pick up a little more speed and the kite races more towards the edge of
the window. Another thing to check is the brake lines to make sure they are not too tight. If they are then the kite can be dragging backwards more
into the power which will give you a lot more downwind pull and less forward.
B-Roc - 7-5-2007 at 09:21 AM
I'm going to change my original answer a bit as this was happening to me yesterday (1st day with my new, softer cubes has forced me to change my
riding style a bit). When I was going right - no problem, but when I was going left (I am a righty), I'd occassionally get whipped around to toeside.
I thought it was cool as the board is much more snappy now but some of the power slide initiations were unintended.
To rectify it I needed to be more conscious of the weight I was keeping over my front foot and I had to adjust my bindings to allow more of my toe to
hang over the front of the board to reduce the amount of heelside pressure.
It is symptomatic of being over powered but if you drive the front foot into the wind and relax the backfoot a bit you should be OK - or slide to
toeside, ride as far as you like and then jump back to heelside.
So you may want to try that or tighten your trucks up if you can.