Hello,TeabagVic wrote:Hi everyone, I have learned kiteboarding 3 months ago with my girlfriend. Yesterday we kited at a local spot, flat water, very shallow for the first 10m near shore.
Anyway, we both lost our board at the same time right by the shore. Her board was a little bit further than mine so she didn't have problems body dragging upwind since she was in deeper water than I was (one time her legs touched the ground but not for long).
But for me, unfortunately, the board would not go downwind at all (no wind to push the board downwind when it is that close to shore over there/no wind for the first 1m-2m height). I started body dragging upwind without problems until my body started to touch the mud. I succeeded in somehow raising my body a little bit but then its my legs that where touching the mud. I tried back and forth for like 5 minutes with little progress. I was getting quite exhausted and luckily saw "an opening" (a deeper part) to my left, upwind of the board. So I body drag upwind in it and then just bodydrag downwind to my board.
The advantage of shallow water I guess is that upon reaching my board I could start riding from a sitting position which was fun/cool, but it doesnt outweight the disadvantage of not being able to bodydrag upwind.
Do you guys have any tips on bodydragging upwind in shallow water? I find that I was doing more progress when it was just my legs touching the mud, as oppose to my arm and the side of my body. Thanks in advance for any help/advice as we really enjoyed this spot and would really like to go back.
Stephan & Jessica
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