it looked like his hand was pulling on the far end of bar when he crashed..
(it appears he steered kite into water)
Today I did the same.. 20kts, nicely powered on the 4m.. having fun after a winter break.. a bit rusty.. spinning the Peak a few times and throw the bar to un-spin and grab and pull.. the damned wrong side..jumptheshark wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:04 pmNot to get all forensic but it looks like he goes down directly after trying to unspin the bar one handed ...
You sir, are a gentleman. Thanksjumptheshark wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 10:01 pm
Horst has put together a thread guide here:
https://kj4l.com/?p=418
Yep, they are so easy to loop back the other way.Janus wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:52 pmToday I did the same.. 20kts, nicely powered on the 4m.. having fun after a winter break.. a bit rusty.. spinning the Peak a few times and throw the bar to un-spin and grab and pull.. the damned wrong side..jumptheshark wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:04 pmNot to get all forensic but it looks like he goes down directly after trying to unspin the bar one handed ...
Peak in the water.. quickly grabbing the steering lines and reverse launch... et voila; airborne.. and in the drink again because the bar was still reversed.. repeat; but now I put it back on the water for hot launch.. over sheet, turn the bar and launch.
In the upper wind range of the Peak it is easy to relaunch.
It was on my local gusty flat water spot.. only doable with Peak’s.
Btw better unspin the Peak instead of the bar.. rear line tension disappear when you let the bar go..
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