Hi guys,
I am just starting out kiting and have the basics semi dialled. i dont have trouble staying upwind and and starting to do some little jumps and throwing back loops .
One problem i am having is I seem like i am forever pushing the bar away from me in an effort to stay at a comfortable speed. I ride one handed pretty much all the time so that i can edge further upwind and its less of a stretch to hold onto the bar. when i am powered up and try to hold the bar with both hands i seem to feel overpowered and end up in the dreaded poo stance a little bit. I am getting better at leaning right into the harness and but i still feel like it shouldnt feel that awkward to hold the bar with both hands.
I am 5'11, and mostly ride a 10m in 15-20 knots, but i have a couple other kites i ride in stronger or lighter winds. i dont think its an issue of being overpowered. even i am at the bottom end of my range the kite feels and flys much better when i am sheeted out so i still feel i need to go one handed.
i just feel if the bar was 2 inches closer when fully extended i would feel a lot more comfortable .Is there something i can change in the rigging or anything? or am i being a girl and just not riding fast enough? i mostly ride in cross/on seabreezes in adelaide and its generally pretty lumpy and i struggle to go any faster without spending too much time in the air and ending up down wind!
any help is much appreciated.

may have a freestyle chicken loop. My loop is huge so when I'm really powered I can't realy reach the bar!

Im riding a 2012 blade trigger. are the freestyle loops noticeably bigger? ill try checking the lines and see if that makes any difference. i usually ride with a about half to full depower just because i feel like the kite behaves nicer when i do.

gcdave said..
Waist harness riding up? What size board

could be the waist harness, it does ride up a fair bit. i try push it down as much as i can. i struggle to get it any tighter.
128 blade scalper

128 x 40. ah i weigh about 75kg. ok thanks for the help

Rear lines need to be longer to bring the bar closer.

Possibly try edging

cmrls23 said..
Hi guys,
I am just starting out kiting and have the basics semi dialled. i dont have trouble staying upwind and and starting to do some little jumps and throwing back loops .
One problem i am having is I seem like i am forever pushing the bar away from me in an effort to stay at a comfortable speed. I ride one handed pretty much all the time so that i can edge further upwind and its less of a stretch to hold onto the bar. when i am powered up and try to hold the bar with both hands i seem to feel overpowered and end up in the dreaded poo stance a little bit. I am getting better at leaning right into the harness and but i still feel like it shouldnt feel that awkward to hold the bar with both hands.
I am 5'11, and mostly ride a 10m in 15-20 knots, but i have a couple other kites i ride in stronger or lighter winds. i dont think its an issue of being overpowered. even i am at the bottom end of my range the kite feels and flys much better when i am sheeted out so i still feel i need to go one handed.
i just feel if the bar was 2 inches closer when fully extended i would feel a lot more comfortable .Is there something i can change in the rigging or anything? or am i being a girl and just not riding fast enough? i mostly ride in cross/on seabreezes in adelaide and its generally pretty lumpy and i struggle to go any faster without spending too much time in the air and ending up down wind!
any help is much appreciated.

Are you edging hard enough? If you aren't edging enough, the kite can sit closer to the middle of the wind window and will feel very powered indeed. Its a lot easier to get a good comfortable stance when the kite is closer to the edge of the window.

Also riding faster will generally make the kite feel more powered not less (apparent wind effect).