viddies pls. You are doing something wrong that is not obvious. There isn't much to popping toeside you hop out of the water and swing the board around.coleman wrote:I always seem to lose board speed when going to toeside. can anybody give me some tips on how to make it seemless?
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Hmm, I have the opposite problem. Whenever I try to pop toeside I seem to have so much power I can't edge hard enough against it. I start by riding fast heelside and start to bear off slightly and load up, hop around to toeside and sheet in the rest of the way, start edging hard and unhook, and at that point I'm about to get exploded off the water and have to hook back in. If I don't go as fast, by the time I unhook my kite has no power. Any advice there?edt wrote: viddies pls. You are doing something wrong that is not obvious. There isn't much to popping toeside you hop out of the water and swing the board around.
I think you already know the answer, flatten the board a bit and bear downwind more when you are toeside, you're edging too harddyyylan wrote:Hmm, I have the opposite problem. Whenever I try to pop toeside I seem to have so much power I can't edge hard enough against it. I start by riding fast heelside and start to bear off slightly and load up, hop around to toeside and sheet in the rest of the way, start edging hard and unhook, and at that point I'm about to get exploded off the water and have to hook back in. If I don't go as fast, by the time I unhook my kite has no power. Any advice there?edt wrote: viddies pls. You are doing something wrong that is not obvious. There isn't much to popping toeside you hop out of the water and swing the board around.
Same for me... I lose a lot of speed during the transition, I just slide around usually, no chance of maintaining speed doing that. It's gotta be a quick hop around, need some wind for that and a little wave is useful. Aggressive riding and lots of practice is the only way to get it done I'm guessing. The other thing is a person is likely not nearly as efficient riding toeside as they are on healside so no matter how quick you do pop around you're still gonna experience a slow down in speed. That's the way it is for me, toeside riding is just not as fast and I need a bit more wind just to keep going.coleman wrote:I always seem to lose board speed when going to toeside. can anybody give me some tips on how to make it seemless?
thanks!
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