I have learnt kiting this winter on the east coast (gusty westerlies) **** winds but having fun by myself. Yesterday in extreme gusty conditions kite did the hindenburg acouple of times. 1.Now whats the termonology for when the kite rolls inside itself does the full turn (after hindenburg, kite on the water), 2.ways to avoid this other than just experience 3. Will the kite launch and fly enough to get you out of trouble with a single turn in each powerline with its corresponding steer line?. You know what I mean ey

just don't kite when its blowing off shore. its just way too gusty!!

Soon enough you're gonna get the nanna safety speech on here but before you do I'll just say keep up the good work... When the nthlys kick next month u won't believe how easy it will be after the crap you've put yourself through... Make sure you watch some you tube vids on how to work your particular kites quick release systems, practice it once or twice then go hard son.... Yew!

Try not to linger your kite at 12-o-clock, specially if it's gusty. Keep it moving.
Keep at it.

Oh... and safety first.

As the wind speed increases the wind wind expands a few degrees.

In really gusty conditions the wind window can expand and contract very noticeably.

If the kite is sitting at the edge of the wind window and a gust comes along the kite will shift forward. Then when the lull hits the wind window shrinks and the kite is now outside the window and it falls out of the sky.

To stop this happening when standing or floating static pull let the bar out in the gust and pull it in hard in the lull. If If your good enough you can fly your kite at the edge of the window in supper gusty wind.

To stop it happening will riding. Keep the kite moving always.

Now if the is hindenburging you have one option to save it. Tension the lines. Run like hell on the beach!. That's pretty hard when floating in the water. Fishpole the bar on the back hand (highest wingtip). Doing this gives you a chance of snapping the kite back before it hits the deck.

Note: The snap back can be very brutal depending on where it does it in the window. Prepare to get your arse hauled down wind for a bit. Don't do it on the land or very shallow water until you have the handle of the jandle.

Great advice allround I appreciate it!

Have a look at line attachments settings eg pigtails at the kite or your back line knots under your floats on your bar. Picture your kite in the wind how much angle of attack eg the wind passing under your leading edge to the trailing edge. If your kite has insufficient angle it will invert to much angle you get lofted and overpowered before the kite has reached its max windrange. Could be wrong settings or stretched lines some kites are very sensitive to the slightest adjustments. I had a slingshot T3 with the same problem your kite has.

djdojo said..
Terminology - what you've described is simply the kite rolling through its lines - no big deal just head back to beach and thread the bar back through the lines in such a way as to unwrap them (if in doubt disconnect your lines and run them again).

Inverting is when the kite flips so that the struts are on the outside. Reduce the chances of this by inflating adequately. If it does happen try to crash the kite gently into the water and it will likely flip back. Flying the kite inverted puts massive stress on the leading edge.

Well explained