Yep, I do to. Forgot to add that about foil kites. But I only use foils on snow or an occasional demo on the water.
Yep, I do to. Forgot to add that about foil kites. But I only use foils on snow or an occasional demo on the water.
This is what I would do.
fly it on land ???Matteo V wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2019 3:21 pmThe best way to train is to buy (cheap used, of the same make as your 6m) and fly it on land with the biggest bar you have. If you train this kite hard by doing drills such as not looking at the kite the entire session, crossing the window and trying to do instant redirects, and multiple loops, you can get used to a faster tempo than you will have to use on the water with your 6m. This is the fastest way I know of to train yourself to push the limits of a smaller kite.
Thanks for pointing out something I need to be more clear on, and please re-read my origional post as I have made a correction. Understand that because I was a snowkiter first, I forget that many kiters have virtually no experience with land/snowkiting - other than launching and landing. And in almost all beginner through intermediate land/snowkiting, the kiter can (and almost always does) use a smaller kite by sometimes 4-5m, than they would use on the water in that same wind speed.pākihiroa wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:45 amWell, they say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But that sounds like particularly dangerous advice to me. Especially on an unfamiliar 6m on the biggest bar you have. You could easily unintentionally loop it and launch yourself into a car or a tree before you even have time to blink.
I don't really care if someone who should know better hurts themselves following this advice. I do care a bit if someone who doesn't know any better hurts themselves.
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