Travel into your jump with a little less speed. Whatever board speed you have will need to be washed off by having the kite behind you so if your too fast you will pull the kite out of the window.

Start with a small jump and control the radius of your kite so your forward movemant has stopped by the zenith of your jump.

Then dive your kite to give enough momentum in the opposite direction. Much better to loop it though as the kite is almost out of the power at this stage.

Good luck.

Jas

thanks mate,
when would you loop the kite, towards the end of the jump as i'm landing or mid flight? Once i've mastered this to do the more agressive and high transition jumps do you need to start being able to jump at a lot faster speed. thanks again

bobjaan said...

Hey Mate



Remember your body position needs to face in the new direction of travel.

I was thinking of starting some video tutorials and giving Noobs on the forum a video posted on which ever trick they wanted to see, request welcome.

Was just gonna film it myself and then post the body action and then the kite movement.

Would anyone be interested in that or would I be wasting my time?

i'd definately watch them mate.

I;m heading out this weekend so i'll try and remember everyones advice and give it a crack
cheers
cheers

bobjaan said...


I was thinking of starting some video tutorials and giving Noobs on the forum a video posted on which ever trick they wanted to see, request welcome.

Was just gonna film it myself and then post the body action and then the kite movement.

Would anyone be interested in that or would I be wasting my time?

I'm always up for video help in refining existing skills and working on new ones. Might be worth seeking some sponsorship and doing some product placement to make it worth your while.

P.S. I know they're not that difficult, but I would have classified jumping transitions as beginner/intermediate rather than noob?

As mentioned killing your speed in the original direction by carving to windward just before you jump and trying to push yourself in new direction as you release from the water.

Any momentum in the original direction absorbs the pull from kite when diving in the new direction causing you to just sink.

Looping the kite will help pull you out but if your not ready for the pull or time it wrong could get messy.

I'll just add one little bit the to above.

When you redirect the kite to the new direction try making an "S" with the kite so to speak. This will give a strong pull in the new direction and you'll power away. Works for any other transition as well.

why not just try to ask that mate of yours buddy

The easiest and funnest air transition is the downloop air gybe. Simply do the jump of your choice then pull fairly hard on your front hand to send the kite around. This eliminates all the problems of landing underpowered.

When first starting do the jump, keep the kite high then send it down and around when you land. As you get the feel of it send it harder and earlier and from higher and you will end up doing a nice powered orbit and land fulling planing in the opposite direction.

With a little practice it's easier to do the downloop than a normal jump because it's essentially overcooking the jump then keeping the kite going in the same direction. It makes a trick out of a mistake.

For the straight up pop transition you can also try landing to toeside. It tends to put you in a better body position so you're ready to plane away.

If all else fails, just keep doing what you're doing and loop the kite faster so you can ride away planing.

dave...... said...

www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=kitefilm&e=com

right at the bottom of the page is a downloadable WMV. hope this helps

that's an awesome sight mate thanks

gday webby! go to youtube and type in transition with ruben.

You loose power because you pendulum around the kite leaving it at the edge or worse, past the edge of the window.

Try keeping the kite at zenth and not sending it as hard as a normal jump.
Edge very hard so your momentum is almost directly into the wind.
If you have to loop the kite, then the later you start the loop the softer landing

happy kiting

kiting kid said...

kitepete said...

You loose power because you pendulum around the kite leaving it at the edge or worse, past the edge of the window.

Try keeping the kite at zenth and not sending it as hard as a normal jump.
Edge very hard so your momentum is almost directly into the wind.
If you have to loop the kite, then the later you start the loop the softer landing

happy kiting

don't leave the kiteloop to late

if you do a down loop start it as you start coming down . you want to complete the loop and have it lifting up again and in the oposite direction befor you hit the water . time it right and it`s the softest landing there is

A smooth aerial transition is an old school move. You'll need to ride properly powered up to do it right.
Don't be a skirt and use a bit bigger kite to loft around it.

Small kites make it real hard unless you have a bit of a wave and have the move totally nailed.
Small kites wont do a good job redirect your inertia and the move will look like a poor effort, to land to kite loop recovery.