plummet wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:55 pm
I'm generally am the other way round. I ride small kites a lot. Then when I get back on the big kites, I'm like What is this slow piece of shit.
Most kiters have an issue with this. But at its root, it is completely psychological. A small kite is fast enough to redirect almost as fast as you. So you tune your self to the kite speed. Mid-range kites from 10 to 14 m, operate at about 1/3 the speed which you can. So every redirect is preceded by a relatively fast setup and planning stage. Large kites from 15 to 21 m, operate at 1/6 to 1/8 the speed at which you can move. So every redirect is preceded by an even slower tempo set up.
The key to using small kites if you use big kites mostly, is just focusing on one thing or movement or trick with each kite movement.
The key to using big kites if you normally use small kites, is to try to do a few things inside of each movement of the kite.
This is hard for people to wrap their heads around on this on the water because it takes completely switching gears when the wind speed is significantly different than what you are used to. Everyone is resistant to switching gears, but some people never push themselves to be able to actually do it, since it takes a bit of commitment. But inside of each wind speed, is a whole different world where you can do things that you can't do (in the same manner) at other wind speeds.