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This has been a topic before but I am curious what the pros have to say on this. I have never self rescued or rolled my lines up in the water before. I know thats bad after 3 years of kiting but I never crash my kite. But trying some of these moves in light wind with a kite that stalls easily puts me in the same position almost everytime-kite trailing edge in the water. So for those of us who just cant seem to get it up, what is the best way to self rescue with a bow? I heard someone say not to grab the wingtips together like a "c" kite but rather grab the bridle and sail it in. But does this do anything in light wind? I couldnt figure that out at all, though there was very little wind but almost enough to relaunch. It seemed like when the kite wanted to take shape the way I wanted it would crease the hell out of it and stall. Do you let a little air out of it if you are planning a long haul back in?

I'm all ears.

12 TD

windhorny wrote:... but I never crash my kite

How do you want to loop then like Charlie?!?!

sorry, off topic ... G-)

I would never claim to be as cool as LMC

The new Kiteboarding mag has article written by Jeff Kafka with a nice pic of how it should be done. It basically says to depower the kite by wrapping one line on your bar then take all 4 lines and wrap em till you get to the 1st bridle and detatch it. You'll ride that side of the kite while holding on to the bar which is still attached to the other bridle. The article probably explains it better but this should give you an idea.

ddd

So for those of us who just cant seem to get it up,



Uhh, kiter Viagra?

I find kite cialis works better

The new Kiteboarding mag has article written by Jeff Kafka with a nice pic of how it should be done. It basically says to depower the kite by wrapping one line on your bar then take all 4 lines and wrap em till you get to the 1st bridle and detatch it. You'll ride that side of the kite while holding on to the bar which is still attached to the other bridle. The article probably explains it better but this should give you an idea.

This is actually a great idea, never thought of this before. Thanks for summarizing Jeff's article!

Please note that I am new to this sport but the one thing I gather is it is nessasery to take out some of the air from the LE in order to grab on to the two "wings' of a flatter "bow" style kits.

As the description above sounds great, in all practicality, in a rescue situation , I would really need to know / learn more regarding this description in order to save my big fat ass. It sounds more like something I would do with my kids for a fun Sunday....

I would like to know a tried and true description of what to do (step by step) when (and I say when) I need to do a self rescue ( to avoid hurting me or another kiter.

As I have been doing "down winders" a Sherman, I could surely use some advice to self rescue / self landing techniques that are again tried & true for the places I ride.... reading it in a mag just doesen't work when "all Hell breaks loose"....

Just my $ .02 worth...

Rich

Go out on your kite at Alameda sans board and intent to keep it in the air and wrestle with it on the water for an hour. You will have a much better understanding of what to do. Mantras like "stay upwind of your kite" will make more sense by the time yiou reach McDonald's.

A caution on the release the air trick. If you release leading edge air and lose the plug too you now have a hole in your life raft....

Good point Bob...