well I have been kite landboarding for about 3 yrs now and havn't had a chance to have the pleasure of kiting with anyone else in motion. (Just revs where i am at) .......is there some sort of kite Etiquette as far as a few people flying and buggying or landboards in the same area? like who's responsible for placing kite higher in the window or vice versa? I only ask this cause yesterday at my spot I am saw a man flying his 3m Beamer and he mentioned wanting to get into landboarding eventually. So I might have to share at some point...I think...:wee:

Hey

General rule of thumb for kitesurfing is to yeild right of way to donwind rider. Generally they can't see you if your upwind "behind" them.
If two kiters are travelling in the same direction and one is over taking the other and they are both aware of each other the upwind rider keeps his kite high and the downwind rider keeps his low.
Same thing if you are passing in oposite directions close.
If your a lot bigger than the other guy he should yeild as well. (lol just kidding)
Thats all I can remember right now.

John

There's racing rules and basic etiquette...

rule #1 avoid putting yourself in a position where a colision is possible

Basic etiquette when passing is that the downwind flyer keep his kite as low as possible and the upwind flyer keeps his kite as high as possible. the downwind rider has right away mostly because they can't see the upwind rider, who can see the down wind rider. There's all sorts of crazy variants, if you are headed at eachother, if there is an overtaker, etc, but same basic rule holds.

The resources section of the napkra website has more detailed info.. here's a link to the basic racing rules info http://www.napkra.org/pdfs/Basic%20Guide%20to%20Class%208%20...

You're expecting stunt kite fliers to follow rules of etiquette?

Ride either way downwind or way upwind of everyone and try to stay out of their way.
The kiteboarding vids say the upwind rider should send his kite up, the downwind rider lowers it. IIRC the rider on the starboard tack has right of way ...

Just hit the guy once and he'll know you mean business and will always yield to you in the future :o

yes... there are rules... upwind kiter keeps the kite high... downwind kiter keeps it low... make your path obvious to the oncoming kiter and dont do anything that could result in a wipeout in close proximity... dont roll over anyone elses lines, and generally use common sense...

if you get into buggying there are some more rules, but it looks like you are strictly a boarder, no?

Yeah Dylan strictly boarder, not much room for much long runs on a buggy. Thanks guys for all the info!!! and fast too

Just watch how and when you send the kite high if you're upwind.....you may end up downwind in which case your kite has to be low....welcome to the world of kiteloops ; )

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Originally posted by B-Roc Just hit the guy once and he'll know you mean business and will always yield to you in the future :o

I think I have raced with the instructor on that school of thought... :wow::P

i have a shotgun mounted to my buggy--all other riders defer to me