hey people. I tried some un hooked raileys yesterday. I found it much easier to generate pop and lift while being unhooked. But A couple of times i found myself instead of coming down after doing the railey i would get lofted up real high and just dangle.

What am i doing wrong to cause this? I have a feeling im steering the kiite in the opposite direction instead of in the direction im heading.
Any tips advice will be appreciated cheers!

Try a C kite, fewer dangles. Spent some of last season getting dangled lots, changed to a C and problems solved. C's are much more forgiving learning unhooked stuff than an SLE, they depower more and for longer, giving you time to hook back in. I use and old yarga, it's great.

thanks guys, koma, i was pritty sure thats what i was doing wrong so thanks for clearing it up for me! cant wait for next session! cheers!

My yarga will relaunch quicker than my SLE's, almost too quick. You have to watch it as it can be ready to go before you are, does it automatically, no swimming or line pulling. Don't know if this is a 06 yarga thing but it is kind of weird.

4 line C's are meant to be a bugger to relaunch but this one isn't. Practicing surface passes at the moment and probably dumping it 15-20 times a session and no drama with relaunch. It has a thinner LE than a Fuel, maybe this helps.

Great for unhooked but will work you over bad with loops etc, I like an SLE for this stuff.

Related question on unhooking:
When a lot younger (10 yrs ago ) I used to be able to do raleys wakeboarding at the cable park. I have not done any unhooked riding yet but am ready for it. Should I try raleys first hooked or unhooked?
Also, if anyone has got any good links to unhooking instructionals to post below that would be cool... :)

Well I think the first question has been already answered..
Rescueme, it is easier to learn raley's hooked in as less weight on hands.
Doing it unhooked you will learn better tecnique, and be much more similar to being behind the cable. Just remember to trim your kite in before unhooking so it won't over power.

On a different note, with the improvements in the hybrid kites these days you can do all the unhooked stuff on them, you don't have to have a c kite..
Look at dre, and the Aus nationals how amny guys were actually on c kites.
My advice yes some bow's are harder to do it on, but the easier and quicker you get the kite out of the water the more often you can try tricks.

I rode c's for years still love the fuel.. Yet these days I ride the rpm and feels so close I'm super stoked with it for anything unhooked..

airsail said...

My yarga will relaunch quicker than my SLE's, almost too quick. You have to watch it as it can be ready to go before you are, does it automatically, no swimming or line pulling. Don't know if this is a 06 yarga thing but it is kind of weird.

4 line C's are meant to be a bugger to relaunch but this one isn't. Practicing surface passes at the moment and probably dumping it 15-20 times a session and no drama with relaunch. It has a thinner LE than a Fuel, maybe this helps.

What line lengths and bar are you using? any info would be nice.
I am using an 06 yarga with a liquid force 12m m80 bar and 5 (long but not sure how long) line setup and just havnt gotten around to trimming up the yarga properly.
I heard the 06 was not too bad in hind site.
Im still to noob to raley tho!!!!