Kitesurfing Lessons - How to Perfectly launch and land your kite. EVERY TIME.

This is a video to help you to learn to kitesurf better. In this video, we are covering the launching and landing of your kite and looking at some common mistakes.
Launching and Landing
00:00​ Intro
00:43 Wind direction
01:10 Correct position
02:40 Common mistake - standing too much downwind
03:05 Common mistake - standing too much upwind
05:03 Kite Launcher - Launching & Landing
Please note this video is not to replace any kitesurfing lessons, these should be taken with a professions school or instructor. This video is aimed at people who have completed a course and need a recap or can kitesurf but have issues with launching and landing.
In the video, we do not cover all scenarios but try to look at some of the main mistakes we see every day on the beach and look at techniques to avoid and correct them.
Thanks for watching and we hope this is helpful! If you have any questions please comment below.
This video was filmed at the Panama Kite House - www.theriderexperience.com/pa...
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Filmed by Brendan Rider, Hannah Kerkhoff and Ronja Geppert
Filmed with Go Pro 7 & Phantom 4 Pro
Location - Panama Kite House, Punta Chame, Panama
Music: Fade Out Lines (The Avener Rework) - The Avener

[@TheRiderExperience]

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[@ScottSkywalker]

Best tutorial I’ve seen yet! Thanks

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks!

[@danzbeard]

Thanks for this!!!

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks for your feedback! Great to see our videos help and we will keep making more :)

[@hophmanbg]

Simple for stupid foil snowkiters like me, thank you!

[@TheRiderExperience]

Glad it helped! Thanks :)

[@MartinDevoto66]

Excellent!!

[@danielleclerc4812]

Excellent. Very good and complete explanations and funny iguana.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks Daniel! We will keep the videos coming. We plan to make a beginner series and then start getting into some more advanced stuff :)

[@paulthompson6219]

Great video - thanks for sharing. Good reminder for a rusty beginner looking forward to a new season 👌

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks for your feedback Paul! Yes, definitely a good reminder for both beginners and intermediate kiters not having been out on the water for a while.

[@vlaaady]

Thanks for the video. At one of the launch sites the wind is very weak at the bottom and very strong at the top. So during launching the kite starts naturally drift downwind and then hot launches. Any recommendations?

[@__-1234]

Thanks for the video. Just to mention a variation that I could call the "French Method" to launch: when walking upwind you connect the safety leash, but not the chicken loop that you simply hold by hand, and do not even touch the bar. Once there is tension in the lines, one can feel it in the hand, and if all is good in the lines then the bar will set itself automatically fine with no tension in it.
In case the lines are messed up or any emergency, the only thing to do is to drop the chicken loop by opening the hand and the safety line will hold the kite. If all good then one hooks, take the bar, and launch. Since I've tried this method, launching the kite perfectly is super simple.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks for your comment. This is definitely also a nice way to do it.
We so often see people holding onto their bar and trying to untangle/spin the bar when all they need to do is let go and it will set itself up, this is a nice way to make sure that happens.

[@__-1234]

@@TheRiderExperience Exactly... there is absolutely no need to hold the bar before launching.

[@neverendinghobbies]

This was a great video!

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks Nathan!

[@BigTonY34]

Cool, but not perfect 😅 When you are walking up/downwind to find the proper position, only the leash should be attached, the must not hook your chicken at this time ! It is useless and may be dangerous if lines are not double-checked / gusty wind / assistant drop the kite unintentionally ! You must only grab the chicken loop with one hand. This will allow to drop everything easily and flag-out the kite. This also forces you to not grab the bar at this time ! Moreover, for beginners, grabbing chicken loop with the hand really helps feeling the tension coming as you are approaching the right launch position 👍 And only at THIS point, right positon found, and lines double-checked, you can hook, and launch !

[@gh0strid3r92]

könnt ihr das in Plobsheim nochmal zeigen? ;D;D

[@TheRiderExperience]

Ronja versucht es nächstes mal, wenn sie wieder dort ist zum Kiten :D

[@gh0strid3r92]

@@TheRiderExperience :D :D immer leicht deprimierend solche tutorials, wenn man das ganze dann bei dezent schwierigeren bedingungen umsetzen soll :D
aber top Video ;-)

[@desforgesstepahne9906]

No leash on take-off and landing! Never!