Harsh words you are using. I don't agree. I am one of these impressionably underqualified, and can't find anything dangerous with this technique. If you fail, you swim back home (you should practice kite packing in water before and be able to do it in deep water). If a gust hit, it is safer in the water than on land. In particular where I live in Switzerland, most spots are very difficult to launch, some are impossible at all to launch on land. Where it is impossible to launch, it is either starting the kite from water or not kiting (if starting from boat is no option). And drift launch with LEI is also virtually impossible (some do it though but legal wise it is a grey zone).jumptheshark wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 12:47 pmIt's not like I'm angry about this video or anything quite so dramatic, its just that without any kind of warning or context, I think its bad leadership to simply put it out there as example to the impressionably underqualified.
Okay, I see your point. I remember that in the written description of the technique, maybe only in German, it is clearly said that you have to practice it before, at first on land, then in knee deep water. Also different mentality: in the US people are constantly warned against risks that are obvious, and lots of interdictions to protect people from themselves. In Europe, we are tired of all these warnings and disclaimers. Yes, Kitesport is dangerous, I don't think there is anybody out there who doesn't know that.jumptheshark wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:30 pmThere really aren't any harsh words there. It's not a beginner technique and the video makes it all look quick and easy.
deep water ?Kitemanmuc wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:10 pmI water launch every single day with my foil kite. It’s that or a parking lot. After a week it’s just as routine as launching on a beach. Only pain is landing and having wet kite.
Heck yeah. Jump off the boat.jumptheshark wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:32 pmdeep water ?Kitemanmuc wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:10 pmI water launch every single day with my foil kite. It’s that or a parking lot. After a week it’s just as routine as launching on a beach. Only pain is landing and having wet kite.
No in deed, packing is the base of everything.jumptheshark wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 4:30 pmThere really aren't any harsh words there. It's not a beginner technique and the video makes it all look quick and easy. The reality is that in any decent wind, things can and will often go wrong. Packing up is the least of the issues.
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