I have a snowboard and a 4.1m peter lynn twister 2. Would I be able to snowkite with it in higher winds?

For sure, especially on good hard pack snow

You'll have no probs my friend :D

Sweet

How fast would I go?

Snow has little resistance... but it depends on the wind that you're in as well as your skill. You can get going pretty dang fast with that bad boy

I got ripping really good with my 4.7. It gave me the confidence in the higher winds (being a "smaller" kite) and really got me going. It's that kite that convinced me to start using a strop. And in lighter winds you're able to work the daylights out of it since it'll be so agile and keep going.

What is a strop?

Strop? Rope thats tied between the handles, top end, you then hook it into a harness which has a spreader bar, which is a steel curved shape bar with a hook shape for swinging the rope (strop) into.

Then it takes the pull off your arms and your body resists the pull.

O ok. Thanks for clearing that up. Then what is the bungy thing about 20 feet long that people tie to their back and then to a pole or another person while they're flying?

you dont want to know

What is it really?

:duh:

:puzzled:

Just tell me

if you're interested in suicide,we'll tell you--otherwise just forget it

Useing one of those will only lead to tears.



And pain.

It is NOT

I said N.O.T. part of our standard equipment.

Flying " tethered " is STOOOOOPID and DANGEROUS !!!!!!

the flexifoil team used to do demos with a guy flying tethered to the ground via ropes to two sets of three people each sorta flying the tethered guy. he'd get quite a ways off the ground (30 feet ?) and sorta slalom back and forth across the wind.

just searched for the video, i know for sure it was in my favorites, but seems it is no longer out there....

i wonder why???

anyways, yes, tethered flying (attached to a rope fixed to the ground so that when you get powered up you're up off the ground in mid-air) is about as dangerous as playing with kites can get.

i've heard of pendulum bridge jumps. you attach a nice stretchy climbing rope to one side of the bridge, bring it underneath and back up to the bridge, then hook it into a harness and run like heck across the bridge away from the anchor point. the idea is you judge how fast you'll run off the bridge so that you adjust the rope length to make sure you don't fall right on to the rope, but rather your momentum off the bridge carries you far enough out to tension up the rope a bit before you get into a fully vertical fall.

if it's done right, the jumper can swing right underneath the bridge and still have enough momentum to come up above the bridge deck level on the other side.

sounds to me that's maybe a wee bit safer than tethering myself to both the kite and the ground and trying to slalom about.

just plain old static kite jumping is way safer!

I am not going to even try flying tethered, but just out of curiosity, what makes it so dangerous?

Gravity

There is a great Youtube video of this that showed up on the forum a while back. can somebody help me out, I couldn't find it.

Hint......I seem to remember it ending with a faceplant

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Originally posted by power I am not going to even try flying tethered, but just out of curiosity, what makes it so dangerous?

does the term "drawn and quartered" mean anything to you?:o:megan:

Gravity + Momentum :o

People tend to get slammed to earth when things go wrong .

You were wondering about how fast you might go. Well, if you are on hardpack snow, you will be amazed at the speeds you can potentially attain, even with a 4meter.

I believe there is a site called stormkiting or something like that has posted speeds that people had hit with a kite and logged using a gps. If my memory serves me correctly, the top speed posted last winter was around 70mph. :wee: I've done over 40mph myself, (10M Frenzy and skis) and I'll tell ya, that was PLENTY fast enuf! Be careful when you're starting out, and believe it or not, slowing down under control is sometimes the trickiest part. Remember though, there's a lot more to snowkiting than speed.

Those speeds are impressive kiteyakker. Is is true that you could get some big jumps in when your going close to that fast?

The faster you are going, the higher you jump. It has to do with how much you load up on the kite, and the pull when you redirect at those speeds has got to be pretty insane.

I wouldn't even THINK about sending the kite when I'm zipping along at that kind of speed. You can get good height just by loading the kite hard, ie carving hard upwind, before you send the kite, just at moderate speeds. I don't think you're gonna see too many people doing that at 50-60mph

I know. But if they did...

Yep, if someone did....the results would be spectacular....or disasterous. I'm relatively new to the sport, (third season coming up) but I've found that jumping or boosting is more a matter of windspeed, edging hard to create tension in your kitelines and of course the right kite. Sending a smaller kite might get you air, but the bigger kites will get you air and glide and in most instances, a softer landing.

The danger of using smaller kites is that they can sometimes boost you up quickly, but can also drop you just as quick. Not a good thing whether you're going slow or fast. Just something to keep in mind when you are starting to experiment with jumping.

Your kite will be good to get going but is not by a long shot a good choice of kite for snowkiting or for jumping .

To do the stuff you want to well you will need a larger depower kite.

The Twister is a good kite. If you absolutely have to, selling it should almost fund a more advanced kite once you are ready. The kite you have now will get you going. Just be aware that you need to form a plan to get another kite down the road.

I got through my 1st winter and had fun with a 3 and 4.5m fixed bridle but I learned from others just why a depower kite is the way to go once you progress.

Do you have other snowkiters to ride with ?