So - this is something that I too struggled with when I was learning surface looping tricks (darkslides, hand drags, and such). I would execute the trick fine and then at the end get jolted that that surge of power. This was especially the case with older model switchblades (2011 prior). The mistake I made was to fight it by pulling as hard as possible. This is a total rookie error and ultimately contributed to some minor elbow tendonitis. Instead, you want to very very lightly sheet out...by millitmeters...to keep the kite in that sweet spot zone of power. If it continues to build more power, let's say at the midpoint in the loop, simply sheet out further and then pull the bar in at the very end to finish the loop. I hope this makes sense. Text is a horrible format to explain this stuff but the summit points are this:
Did you felt the difference between looping a SB and looping a FX? What was more easy for you when you finished a trick?huge wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:53 am2018 fx has nice hangtime and has a lighter feeling than the sb. The 10m is awsome I just received mine and had a fun session in 15 knots, I weight 185 lbs and was surprisef by the nice hangtime compared to my 10m fx of 2016. I still have a sb and i am going fx for all sizes this year, fed up with the lateral pull of the sb and love the feeling of the fx
Hello,shutupjoy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:14 amHello kiters.
Im weight 67kg and doing oldscool- back kiteloop, front, darkslide and hanplant, etc...
1. Wich kite is better for my goals? Fx has better loops but switchblade has better airtime. What do I need?
2. Im kitesurfing at 20knots. Weight 67kg. Do I need size 9 or 10 ? Only one kite use.
Thank you professionals!
Yes you right, I did a test riding on Switchblade and Evo. Looping with them is really bad and feels like driving a truck. Looping too early and you got punished.xoen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:44 pmHello,shutupjoy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:14 amHello kiters.
Im weight 67kg and doing oldscool- back kiteloop, front, darkslide and hanplant, etc...
1. Wich kite is better for my goals? Fx has better loops but switchblade has better airtime. What do I need?
2. Im kitesurfing at 20knots. Weight 67kg. Do I need size 9 or 10 ? Only one kite use.
Thank you professionals!
My opinion might help you. I am 68 kg, and I am mostly into hooked riding (jumps, rolls and slides with or without loop). I currently have a Switchblade 2013 quiver (12,9,7m); I also own a 11m m 2016 Best Roca, which I bought based on Lindseym s Review (amongst others). I have to say I Iike my switchblades, good hangtime, and good overall performance, but I have always had a big problem looping them. Loops are powerful, and imprecise (for me at least). I I do not loop the kite without much line tension, the loop will pull like a truck, so much that I either crash, or crash the kite (I cannot close the loop). For me, the way to close the loop is either loop it late, at the edge of the window, or going a little bit in direction of the kite to release tension, and grabbing also the bar end (the horn), to try to make it pivot more. Although it kind of works, in high winds, it becomes kind of not repeatable. Lack of skill I guess.
On the other hand, I own the a Best roca 11m, and find I can do tight and powerless loops if I want to, even in strong winds…this helps in trying tricks with loops , makes you want to try things. Besides they have more hangtime. my advice for you would be to test. A roca, or the similar Eleveight one (RS i believe), or may be aven an EVo...
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