Hi All,
Been progressing on my glides on 15m soul. Everything has been coming together a little too easy for take off and flight, i can go head into the wind or at an angle, flying left and right flying the flying sleeping bag like a paraglider. Landings are a a bit sloppy. When I fly into the wind directly and not crossing the wind left and right, I go much slower and can comfortably loop 10' 15' above the ground and have an easy perfect landing on a board.
When I glide and constantly cross the wind window back and forth, im flying a bit faster, and it is a lot more fun but I dont feel like im getting into position to confidently loop the kite to land.
One of 2 things happen:
I come in hot(strava shows 20mpg avg speed) so I pull on the brake side and it swings me up a bit and still leaves me flying backwards and drops me to a slightly harder landing.
I do nothing and do the butt touchdown landing. Neither is ideal as I end up eating shit on the landing and gliding backwards and not landing on the board seems a bit kooky.
I have also messed a bit arround with turning a bit a sheeting out and back in but that creates a way more disorienting descent.
For reference, I snowboard, and fly backwards 15m soul 20 m lines. I know gliding is kind of a *fight club* subject so if not comfortable discussing publicly, I welcome any pms.