hello there,

just a newbie starting out, can stay upwind fine now and lovin' it - but still manage to scare myself silly once or twice a session with this one.

only tends to happen in stronger winds, but i somehow loose my edge and are skimming - next thing the kite starts sitting back in the window powering up more and more, and i end up shooting downwind at tremendous speed - depowering does nothing. trying to edge harder or do a carved turn upwind, but problem is the kites pulling too hard and my centre of gravity is too far forward over the front of the board by this stage, and can't manage it. usually end up coping a severe tea-bagging or manage to get the kite to 12 and lose about 200 metres downwind in the process.

still not quite sure what's happening here and causing this, i suppose prevention is better than cure, is it just a case of not concentrating and loosing my edge ? maybe a slight wind direction change (lift) that i don't notice ? is it just a case of practice and getting used to it. once in this situation any better ways of handling it?

cheers,

great, thanks for that. shall give it a try.:)

maybe pull in power line trim a bit to suit conditions and edge edge edge.

riding 2007/2008 ozone instincts 7/9/13m. they feel a little gutless in the lower end of the wind ranges to me, so like to ride powered - haven't ridden any other kites so wouldn't know any better.

all good suggestions, i need to play around with the trim as never really tried that they are probably all out of tune. And technique is still probably dodgy, it does feel much better when i'm leaning back and standing straight with more weight on the back foot, sometimes i just forget.

cheers!

Karve said...

If you have plenty of room down wind.... then just turn downwind to take power out of the kite and get yourself back into control.

do that