Loftywinds said..
I never tried what you've suggested but I did have twists in the lines where the stearing lines would over-lap the control lines. I once self-launched like this and went holy shyte! But what I did was put the bar through one of the middle control lines and it was un-tangled! Just like that!
If you use the method I strongly promote to anyone that will listen, you will never mess up your lines when rigging ever again.
Connect your front lines first, just pull out your bridles, make sure they are clear and untangled, connect (helps to know left and right front lines, only so you know which is your flagging line this should be the upper line when you come in to self land when no one is around, so mark them).
Walk downwind behind your kite unwrapping your lines (with practice you will be confident to rig side wind as well), when you have all the lines unwound, pull them slightly tight and put the bar down on the sand/ground with the red side on the right.
Then just pick up your 2 steering lines, red in your right hand and the other colour in your left, walk back to your kite , as you near the kite remember that the centre lines stay between your legs or without crossing the lines in your hands.
Turn around and look back at your bar, the steering lines should be outside of the centre lines, and the steering lines should go straight from the bar end to the connection on your kite, with the colours matching because you are downwind of your kite.
Get a helper to launch and always practice in your mind what you would do if something went wrong on launch, check your safety, rehearse in your mind what you would do, make sure your leash is on and that the red side of your bar is in your left hand. Pull back hard once your helper has lifter your kite into position, move up or downwind to make the canopy tight (downwind if the canopy tips forward as you pull back, upwind if the canopy drops back). If you are in the right position the kite will sit quite stably in your helpers hands, visually check your front lines are clear, don't worry about twists in the centre lines for now, undo them once you are in the water and away from the shore (you can only see that your front lines are clear if you pull back hard).
Never allow you helper to be pushed by your kite!!! Give a clear thumbs up for your kite to be released (you should have made this clear to your helper prior to asking for a launch)
Launch towards the water, keep the kite low or on the launch side and quickly move to where you have already placed your board. If the spot is crowded body drag away from the shore with your board in the hand thats closer to the water side, extend your arm holding the board by the front strap/boot or the handle steer the kite with the other arm (if you can't steer with one hand, you need more trainer kite flying). Once you are 50 to 100M offshore put your board on. Its your responsibility to give other kiters plenty of room, so don't crowd the beach area when you can simply drag out to get started.
