I feel like something sketchy is always gonna happen whenever I over-rotate on jumps, esp. back rolls when you end up facing the wrong way so that pulling left makes it go right and pulling right makes it go left and you can't think that fast so you just pull in the direction you think best and...

My body is in a totally weird position in the air and the kite is pulling my god knows where, all I am doing is just praying I don't land awkwardly. Sometimes what happens is I will land on my face and then the kite will get sent to the opposite side of the window, launching me right after crashing. This isn't like surfing where I can just ditch my board, bailing is serious sh!t... any tips here?

When you lose track better to nudge the kite along with a few small tugs with your front hand.
If totally disorientated, remember, when on a port tack your front hand is your left hand and vice versa on the starboard tack

Centrally locate your hands on your bar

VRBones said..

drewpweiner said..
My body is in a totally weird position in the air and the kite is pulling my god knows where, all I am doing is just praying I don't land awkwardly.

A big part of keeping safe is ALWAYS knowing where your kite is. Practice kite control more. Practice kite control while looking in different directions. Practice kite control while spinning your body while body dragging. Practice kite control while underwater. Practice kite control backwards. Practice kite control upside-down. Break down the trick to get the kite sorted first (like not moving it as much by placing hands in the middle of the bar, or removing the hand that's pulling too much)

Learning new stuff is awesome, but as soon as you realise that you're kite isn't under your control you're asking for trouble.

Get a trainer kite and face upwind. Bend your head and neck backwards and fly it. Will get you used to flying the kite and keeping it under control when disoriented.

The woo series with Lewis crathern are worth looking at, take note about hand on bar placement