cant seem to get past a bott turn any tips to go up the face and hit a lip

First of all, are you a surfer and can you go up the face and hit the lip when surfing without a kite?

The more cross shore the wind, the better. The smaller the kite the better (kite speed is crucial). Ride out behind the back line until you see a nice swell coming in. Turn onto the swell and start riding heel side back to shore. As the wave starts to get steep, turn to toeside downwind cranking the kite back towards the wave like a toeside carve - this is your bottom turn. As you are going back up the wave crank the kite back the other way (preferably downloop) and hit the lip heelside. It can be quite tricky as you are surfing downwind towards the kite and you have to keep the kite powered up. If the wind is a bit light you can keep looping the kite as you surf down the line. You need to have a balance of surfing the wave with the power of the wave and keeping tension on the lines without the kite pulling you off the wave.

thanks for that guys will keep on it
as for surfing 30years or so in the waves and still on a 6.1 sweet
18yr wave sailing **** get a box out and put me in it
2 yr kite

Kite surfing waves = 10 X more waves in a session. It's like tow in surfing just that you have to fly a kite whilst doing it. Completely different vibe though. I've been a surfer for 15 yrs and love the vibe of going surfing. When there's 15kts+ blowing across the face of the wave then the kites on. What I'm really saying is that I don't do regular surfing in blown out conditions anymore.

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Originally posted by spot1

as for surfing 30years or so in the waves and still on a 6.1 sweet

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Excellent - I don't like mals in the line up. I'm still on a 6.2.

no no no and no

o yer, original q... i found riding in towards the wave pop to toeside and losing as little speed as possible and then down loop down the line and hit the lip were you want and put the kite somewhere out the way and carve about. thats on my c, if i had a bow i would just depower instead of racing the kite

Slave, I am so happy that you have found a new challange.........cus dats what its all about.

Waves scare the crap out of me still.