That’s really nice & to the point, thxzerogee_ca wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 5:58 amBeing nicely powered helps. Bigger /slower kites will need to be turned sooner than small /fast kites.
Look where you want to go. Not up at the kite. Not down at your board. Eyes level with the horizon.
Kite position and timing for the foot switch are the hard part to get dialed. Carve through the eye of the wind then perform the foot switch. This gives you a point of reference for your foot switch /kite position timing.
You want to be heading slightly downwind for your foot switch. This keeps the board flat and moving. This provides stability for your foot switch.
The kite should be high but not too high. This unweights the board for the foot switch.
Switch your feet. You can practice how you want to do it on land.
Drop the kite down into the power and round up with the board.
DONE!
Troubleshooting:
If you find yourself always falling back into the water you are heading too far downwind (or too long) and /or keeping the kite too high (for too long). Slowing down and losing power and falling in.
If you find yourself pushing the board forward and out from under you, you are not unweighting the board enough. Another side effect of losing power.
If you find yourself always getting pulled off the front of the board you are rounding up too soon and /or dropping the kite into the power too soon. Getting yanked forward.
Once you are comfortable with the timing and start getting some gybes you can begin to speed things up and get more aggressive with everything.
I do this if the wind is marginal or if I have blown my timing to maintain lift and unweight the board.
Learning the "standard jibe" goes like this:
This makes perfect sense as the first step. I'm glad the Sector rides upwind so nicely, I'll have plenty ground downwind to practise this. Should be fun too!
Practice riding the board downwind, then placing your rear foot into the new front foot strap, then putting it back where it was, then back in the front, then back where it was. This ability to balance the board correctly while shifting weight fore and aft is a key skill to foiling gybes.
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