Never attach yourself to a death-leash.

TurtleHunter said...

When you get a new board tighten the straps every session and eventually they will stop loosening and I know none of you city slickers do it but running your lines down wind is so much easier (surely its not that dangerous).

its a total pain in the arse when there's limited room to launch and one tosser runs their lines down wind and takes up all the room, only to run to the edge of the window and launch....

we usually wait till they are on their first run, then take turns to wee in their kite bag
(you know who you are stinky bag)

theDoctor said...

TurtleHunter said...

When you get a new board tighten the straps every session and eventually they will stop loosening and I know none of you city slickers do it but running your lines down wind is so much easier (surely its not that dangerous).

its a total pain in the arse when there's limited room to launch and one tosser runs their lines down wind and takes up all the room, only to run to the edge of the window and launch....

we usually wait till they are on their first run, then take turns to wee in their kite bag
(you know who you are stinky bag)

Running you lines downwind is 10x safer. The amount of times I have seen people rig a line through their bridle by rigging upwind is rediculous. I don't understand why the IKO continues to teach this way. Downwind you can see you lines running to the kite and you know exact whether there are any cross overs.

Or are you talking about running them sideways as opposed to upwind/downwind?

Wavekiting gumbies need to stay off the main peak until they acquire the necessary skills and learn the rules of surf etiquette.
When they do their time at the downwind break.....they may join the main pecking order.

Saffer said...
[br I don't understand why the IKO continues to teach this way. Downwind you can see you lines running to the kite and you know exact whether there are any cross overs.

I didn't know IKO had an opinion on which way you rig your lines Saffer. Silly me, I've been teaching IKO Instructors to rig your kite which ever way you are comfortable for the last 6 years.

Seems a lot of people have misguided thoughts on IKO teachings.

Good winds,

Handy tip no. 17

Try not to leave your kite on the beach when you are not using it, as UV light kills your kite faster than anything else. Deflate your leading edge and roll the kite up, stow it out of the sun if you can, it will make your kite last twice as long.

Handy Tip No. 24

Rinsing your bar and lines as well as your harness will make your lines stay like new for much much longer.

Handy Tip no. 35

Roll your lines and lay your bar on your kite after each session, even if you are only coming in for 10 minutes. It keeps the beach clear and stops people walking on your lines. Walking on lines impregnates the weave with fine grains of sand which wears the lines internally weakening them.

Handy Tip no. 1

Buy your mum and or wife a present before mothers day so you aint scratching around buying nasty overpriced flowers from servos next sunday.

Good winds,

Kitehard said...

Handy Tip no. 1
Buy your mum and or wife a present before mothers day so you aint scratching around buying nasty overpriced flowers from servos next sunday.

Lol Darren that's life lesson #1, completely unrelated to kiting, and has no place in these forums...

Run your lines cross wind. For that mater learn to run your lines in every direction so when you get to new area to kite you don't drag your lines over other kites.

If you get tangles because you can't work out how your to rig your kite then pratice first point.

Just because the local crowd all rig lines down wind does not stop issues of getting lines hooked up on other kites. If everyone rigs cross wind THEN you dont get lines tangled. I hate it when I see someone doing the bunny hop on the beach tying to get his lines over all the kites.

Remember with todays kites it's so important not to drag the lines across the beach as they may pick up sticks or get a tangled bridle and that can led to a bad launch.

Stop following the pack mentality.

But in saying this their are places that can only allow lines layed in a direction due to space.

I always double check the lines after rigging up the kite. with just a quick run from your bar to the kite, you can see if its all good.
control your adrenilin. things go wrong when you are in a rush.

Put your name on your board !

Especially if you live in WA. - Check out Lost and Found. Boards always lost in WA.


KR

dont pis.s in your wetsuit until you are actually out on the water - in case the wind dies before you head out, especially in winter.

lotofwind said...

bigmark100 said...

dont pis.s in your wetsuit until you are actually out on the water - in case the wind dies before you head out, especially in winter.

But that takes all the fun of flicking your wee thats running out the leg of ya wetty on ya mate or his board thats laying on the beach[}:)][}:)]

Careful... there is a sub-group of people who get their rocks off by being Pi$$ed on I believe...

waveslave said...

Wavekiting gumbies need to stay off the main peak until they acquire the necessary skills and learn the rules of surf etiquette.
When they do their time at the downwind break.....they may join the main pecking order.

Skills, fair enough Slave, but how will they learn etiquette by playing by themselves off the main break?

D

A) Your kite have a layer of silicon on top of it which makes it more resistant against UV.
By packing it on the beach you are rubbing this silicon layer to the sand and removing this silicon layer slowly which will expose your kite more into UV and causing damage to your wing.

B) Change your packing method every now and then as if you fold your kite from the same place over and over again, your kite is losing its strength from that folding point.

C) Don't pull your lines when packing your bar as you creating this folding issue with your lines, it's better if your lines are a little slack when packing your bar.

D_Meredith79 said...

waveslave said...

Wavekiting gumbies need to stay off the main peak until they acquire the necessary skills and learn the rules of surf etiquette.
When they do their time at the downwind break.....they may join the main pecking order.

Skills, fair enough Slave, but how will they learn etiquette by playing by themselves off the main break?

D

It might be that surf etiquette is really not a learnt quality...^^^
perhaps it's more to do with your breeding.