Herman wrote: ↑Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:53 pm
Personally I don’t think there is any ideal solution. I only landboard on good ground, if the ground is bad I just take a buggy but I am fortunate to live next to a hard sand beach, bugs have much bigger wheels.
If you check the gap between tyre and foot in various stances you may find you have room to fit a 9in tyre as opposed to the normal 8in (goes on the same hub), which would help a bit and is probably the biggest sensible diameter for MB.
When you get advanced you could take out a shed load of power for what I call pinned to the sky riding, where the kite needs minimal movement to get you airborne and you keep the board speed to a minimum but this is really only an in your dreams suggestion as it is very dangerous and is not a sensible approach to life!
PS I am not sure what you mean by edging! One of the first steps you need make is to be able to break traction and slide to be able to scrub off speed and to turn tightly. Too much traction/grip is not necessarily your friend. Playing with tyre pressure will affect grip level and ride. If you have not learned to slide it is too early to start jumping imho.
Thanks for all your answers !
So yeah, thick wetsuit is an option, but coming from the South of France to study in the UK, I am just not used yet to this winter cold
and also don't have a car to drive while lockdown is still in place. I was thinking of the buggy option, but again logistics is difficult as I carry my board, harness, helmet and kite on my bike across Oxford to reach the meadow so I cannot imagine how I would cycle with a buggy ! It's not ideal at all as a spot but better than no kite during these tough times
I was mentionning edging as, in the water, before a jump, I would carve the board aggressively upwind to generate tension and pull and I was naively trying to reproduce this with the mountainboard but as you guys said, it's hard to do so on bumpy grounds and I might also not have the right technique (really unexperienced with mountainboard).
I will try to work on my transitions and some board control/jibe downwind and maybe try a 9in tyre to see if it helps as you suggested.
Not familiar what do you mean by slide ?
Thanks plummet, I will def check out your videos !