practice practise practise, then when you think you have it sussed practise some more...

also when you get caught out and the wind is dying off, dont just simply struggle to get back in when you know your going way down wind or even worse going to miss the spot altogether as I have seen it done plenty at point walter & woodmans point. Jump off your board and stick your board under your arm using it to extend keel effect your body makes in the water and body drag in to shore. You'l be suprised how fast and easy you track back upwind into shore.

regards browneee @ bestkiteboarding

Hi Getfunky,

I thoroughly recommend a lesson with a kite school that teaches in deep water. I get loads of students that come to me for lessons from other schools and when I ask them if they can relaunch their kite they emphatically reply "definately!"

Usually with a little more probing I find out they have learned with a school that teaches in knee deep water and they definately cannot launch a kite when they can't touch the bottom. This presents a problem when kiting anywhere but in kiddies wading pools.

I've seen plenty of people drag along behind a kite from Pinnaroo to Mullaloo unable to water relaunch because they cannot touch bottom. Ordinarily this isn't a problem but for the 5m+ Great Whites which frequent the area....

Find a good instructor and get a short lesson or ask a friend to show you the proper method. You never know, you may enjoy having legs someday!

Good winds always

ok fellas settle...
ta for advice so far.

I actually did do great lessons but havent had many probs relaunching my 10m (generally) so have forgotten some of the tips to bringing the kite around in deep water. It is obviously a bit harder when on my 16m in 14 or so knots. I only bought the 16m late last season so only had 4 or so cracks at it (great kite though).

Is tugging the inside or outside line the trick? (careful of digits of course).

BTW every time I try the paddle toward kite number I am struggling as I seem to get tangled.

Cheers,

Fellas, fellas, fellas.

Our friend and yours, KiteHard was simply using a common technique of human communication called 'Humour' or 'Flippancy'.

It's a technique often demonstrated on this forum, and even about that every same topic; the great whitey.

Chill boys, and have a laugh, it's more fun than paranoia.

Someone please give WaveSlave a shot of humour real fast.

Get Funky, i've found the following method works for me every time.

1. Hook your chicken loop back onto your harness.
2. Depower your kite by pulling on the strap. This will reduce the tension on the back lines and allow the kite to roll onto its back easier.
3. Swim towards the kite until it rolls over. Stop as soon as it rolls
over because if you let the lines go slack the kite can turn inside out.
4. You will normally find that at this stage the kite will automatically start to go either left or right but often wont go around to the edge of the window. Whichever way the kite is facing, grab the corresponding, middle(front), line. ie. kite facing left therefore grab left front line. Pull the line towards you about a foot and simply keep tension on it until the kite comes around to the edge of the window.
In light conditions you may find that it takes a short amount of time for the kite to start moving around but if you keep the tension on it and maybe even pull slightly more line towards you it will work.
Hope this helps.

The jiggle method:
after the kites got its legs in the airand its moving near the end of the wind window, sometimes it seems as if its glued to the water, and just wont leave (surface tension / water resting on kite / whatever).
I finding quickly giving left / right movements on the bar gets the kite moving forward faster, giving more momentum for an easier take off.

try it - it works really well for me.

Im a n00b kiter so dont kill me if i get this wrong, but you gotta get one of the edges of the kite to get in the air before you go to the opposite side, if i got it wrong then im sorry :s