the "normal" way is to set the lines up so that the kite stalls ever so slightly with the bar pulled closest to you.

lately though, ive been setting my g13 up so that max power is with the bar furthest away from you, shorter chicken loop, so that pulling the bar in over stalls the kite, then just use the board to control the kite and not a lot of bar input to control kite speed... much higher and floatier jumps this way.

your setup is definatly whats making the kite feel slow and have no depower, but remember its a bit of a different feel than a LEI kite