That’s right, Short line kite will catch you a bit better but will be more aggressive. As far as learning I thought bandit 24m line was pretty hard to learn to loop on, I probably didn’t have great body position, it kept yanking me into Superman and tended to stall, I had tendancy to sheet back in q...

there isn't beach room to setup and a lot of swimmers in center of playa del carmen. I kited a few times off the beach just north of the reef cocoa beach. Overall kiting wasn't great there but i was there only 4 days. I went to Holbox and it was great. Tulum looked ok too. Were you there recently t...

teabagged lol

hit a few fish in Florida last time I went down there. It was pretty freaky, each time i would land a jump, fish will get scared and jump right into my chest.

there isn't beach room to setup and a lot of swimmers in center of playa del carmen.

I kited a few times off the beach just north of the reef cocoa beach.

Overall kiting wasn't great there but i was there only 4 days.
I went to Holbox and it was great.
Tulum looked ok too.

Make sure you sheet in all the way when you steer it, I did notice that you need to be quite powered for it to be responsive since at teh bar it's on / off when sheeting in and out. With bandit you still get some steering when bar isn't sheeted all the way. coming from bandit it feels slow for sure ...

still on hero 4 silver

lately, it sometimes freeze up when i start it when i turn it on, and need hard reset. Hopefully there will be a worthwhile upgrade

i have had a bruise over my cheek bones, definitly can't let it hang around your neck on tether, after landing a jump it will swing and hit you in the face and it hurts

I bring one of those on vacation but usually i try to fit a helmet.

Tried only once, i feel like head strap is good recipe for gopro smashing you in the face, also video isn't very stable.
Helmet mount gives much better results.

My progression was more or less like that: Jump, backroll transition, slow late backroll kiteloop. Then jump with transition with late downloop, or learn heliloop in general. grabs on jump One footer Powered kiteloop Frontroll transition Frontroll Backroll hand drag with slow late loops then darksli...