This is the best explanation of the wind window I’ve seen. Every instructor should get their students to watch this rather than trying to explain it themselves. Well done.
Thank you for this explanation and visualization ! I just started yesterday and the 3D visualization makes so much sense, my instructor had drawn this in the sand I did understand but this presentation makes much more sense. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This is by far the best visual reference of the wind window I've seen. I think this would have helped me considerably when I was learning to kite. Thanks for going to so much effort to create a visual representation of what can be tricky to get your head around when learning to kite. All videos I've seen describe the wind window as being a 2 dimensional thing and I think its imperative to visualize it on a 3 dimensional level to get a clearer understanding of why the kite behaves the way it does. Top job !!
Incredibly good teaching material here, thanks for sharing this! It covers the theoretical notions in an even more extensive way than my actual kite course did.
I was really struggling with understanding the wind window, but it makes so much more sense after watching this video. Thanks for taking the time to make it!
Thanks Barry. Hopefully if the students arrive with a good grip on the theory, they should get more out of the lessons and come out safer kiters in the end. I'm going to add a few more fundamental topics like this soon.
Absolutely phenomal material in all of your videos. Thanks for sharing it all! Every aspect of these videos, with calm continuous narration over a great visual is truly exemplary for all teaching videos. Now do calculus! :D
Thanks so much. I was a physics teacher and electronic engineer a long time ago, so I have been thinking seriously about starting a science & mathematics channel next.
Yesterday I had my first theorical class and I was a bit confused with this. On Monday I will have the practical one and I think this is going to be very helpful. Thanks!
I have been following this channel for some time now and I must say it’s the best kitesurf tutorial in TH-cam. Could you please do a tutorial about trainer kites.
In this video it would be helpful for new people to know the size of kite, and wind speed you are flying in. Trying a power dive, with a big kite, in lit wind, is dangerous. This looks like a 9 m ish, in 12mph ish winds? These are by far the best videos I have found on kitesurfing. One thing I have had a hard time finding is training wind/kite charts. Most show the kite size -> rider weight -> wind charts. For riding. But a video telling people what winds/kites are good for beach practice would be really helpful to a lot of people. Just my .02c
Best way to learn/feel the wind window is to take a 2M trainer or smaller and "fly into and through" the entire wind window. Feel it and never forget. Taking any bigger kite in strong wind will be teaching you how to "slide" on your stomach. Letting a beginner take out a 10m kite and "telling him" don't go into the power eye is "asking him to do that". He will do it sooner or later. Also, flying in the "green zone" you learn that the kite doesn't stay there and tends to "fall down". That's where you have to pilot the kite up/down to keep it going.
It is a good tutorial, but .... what can be misleading is that someone could think that the clock positions are preserved for the low power zone. So 12 o'clock is always the kite right above you. But 12 o'clock is also the kite right in front of you on ground level. You have two directions that determine the position of the kite in the window. Towards the left or towards the right (the clock positions) and towards the edge or towards ground level. For the latter I would preserve the degrees notation.
thank you! I do have 1 question. Once you're moving in the water, just cruising at normal speed at 45° let's say cross wind, where the kite is located then? In the orange or in the edge of the window?
Hi John, I like that question a lot. I think that pulling the bar in kiting, is like pulling the back hand in winging (except the low projected aspect ratio of the wing means it doesn't stall as badly). And flying the kite deeper into the wind window in kiting, is the equivalent of pumping the wing with your arms in wing foiling. Since they both involve increasing the apparent wind. Except with kiting the high power lasts longer due to the line lengths, and is stronger due to the speed the kite can reach.
I've watched a ton of your videos and am struggling with sinking in the water after getting up(Waterstart). Is there a video which focuses on how to keep the board planing, i.e where should the kite be ?
Hello Vatan. Anyone is welcome to submit subtitles for this video. We have a few subtitle languages, unfortunately not Turkish yet. I don't make the subtitles myself, I am not bilingual.
Access our playlist to watch all tutorials in order:
th-cam.com/play/PL41dAinz_9ZeaG5FJ_XU8vyBAE_HL_Cgl.html
This is the best explanation of the wind window I’ve seen. Every instructor should get their students to watch this rather than trying to explain it themselves. Well done.
Cheers Iain. It is difficult to fully explain a 3D area with sand drawings.
Thank you for this explanation and visualization ! I just started yesterday and the 3D visualization makes so much sense, my instructor had drawn this in the sand I did understand but this presentation makes much more sense. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Wow this is the best explanation i have ever seen! Thanks
This is by far the best visual reference of the wind window I've seen. I think this would have helped me considerably when I was learning to kite. Thanks for going to so much effort to create a visual representation of what can be tricky to get your head around when learning to kite. All videos I've seen describe the wind window as being a 2 dimensional thing and I think its imperative to visualize it on a 3 dimensional level to get a clearer understanding of why the kite behaves the way it does. Top job !!
You guys ACE'd the wind window tutorial. Best I've seen yet.
Didn't understand details of wind window u til I watched your video. Thank you !!!
Incredibly good teaching material here, thanks for sharing this! It covers the theoretical notions in an even more extensive way than my actual kite course did.
Kudos for the overlaid illustrations - made the concepts 100% easy to understand.
The best kitesurfing tutorials. The illustrations help so much! Thank you
So true.
Ideal video tutorials ~ I keep coming back to these. Best for introducing and refreshing the Newb.
I was really struggling with understanding the wind window, but it makes so much more sense after watching this video. Thanks for taking the time to make it!
Have to comment for the n times I watch this. Thank you for such a perfect video
Amazing video. Thanks for sharing
Best explanation of the relationships between wind and Kite I've seen at TH-cam. Thank you very much :)
Great visuals. Totally agree with Darren Born's comments.
Your Tutorial are really amazing! thanks you so much!😊
Awesome tutorial video! These videos should be a prerequisite of every beginning kiteboarding training.
Thanks Barry. Hopefully if the students arrive with a good grip on the theory, they should get more out of the lessons and come out safer kiters in the end. I'm going to add a few more fundamental topics like this soon.
The best visualized training video series out there!
Thumbs up for the great work!
Absolutely phenomal material in all of your videos. Thanks for sharing it all! Every aspect of these videos, with calm continuous narration over a great visual is truly exemplary for all teaching videos. Now do calculus! :D
Thanks so much. I was a physics teacher and electronic engineer a long time ago, so I have been thinking seriously about starting a science & mathematics channel next.
Just started learning and I really wish I saw this before my first lesson! it explains it perfectly!
Thank you so much for this video finally i can understand wind window. The best visual reference about this subject 🙏👍
I'm very glad it helped.
Wow, great Video. Thank you so much!!!
one of the best kite control vids for beginners!
really good n graphic explainer!
Thank you, this make everything very clear and the grafdic is easy to understand. Top notch vo for explanation
Excellent visualisation of what need to be done to leverage winds to its maximum extent....
Great video! Still going back to this to refresh my mind! :)
Fantastic! Exactly what I was looking for!
Great explenation in every detail! Congrats!
Thank you!
Great video! Thanks for this.
The best movie I've ever seen !!!
Yesterday I had my first theorical class and I was a bit confused with this. On Monday I will have the practical one and I think this is going to be very helpful. Thanks!
This makes things easier to understand! Well done video!!! :)
Thankyou
Thankj you this is so great--clear, and unbelievably helpful.
Thankyou Maxwell
Thank you for sharing, very helpful and educational.
My pleasure!
Bravo just the best out there!!!
Thanks Tom.
Excelente demonstração!!! Excellent demonstration!!! Very good!!
Solid explanation!! Thank You!
Such an amazing video description. well done guys
Thank you very much for such video lessons!
Fantastic graphic explanation !
Thank you.
amazing video!
Wind Window Mission Complete 👍🏻
I have been following this channel for some time now and I must say it’s the best kitesurf tutorial in TH-cam. Could you please do a tutorial about trainer kites.
Thanks. We have an old trainer kite video, and the new version should be out in 2 weeks.
th-cam.com/video/mi26J4DCNDM/w-d-xo.html
I wish my bones didnt break so easy like glass i want to do this so bad... I love watching thank you
Best tutorial! Keep moving)) Thanks!
In this video it would be helpful for new people to know the size of kite, and wind speed you are flying in. Trying a power dive, with a big kite, in lit wind, is dangerous. This looks like a 9 m ish, in 12mph ish winds?
These are by far the best videos I have found on kitesurfing.
One thing I have had a hard time finding is training wind/kite charts. Most show the kite size -> rider weight -> wind charts. For riding. But a video telling people what winds/kites are good for beach practice would be really helpful to a lot of people.
Just my .02c
Best way to learn/feel the wind window is to take a 2M trainer or smaller and "fly into and through" the entire wind window. Feel it and never forget. Taking any bigger kite in strong wind will be teaching you how to "slide" on your stomach. Letting a beginner take out a 10m kite and "telling him" don't go into the power eye is "asking him to do that". He will do it sooner or later.
Also, flying in the "green zone" you learn that the kite doesn't stay there and tends to "fall down". That's where you have to pilot the kite up/down to keep it going.
Awesome video
Cheers Andreas, any questions please let me know. All the best, Alex
It is a good tutorial, but .... what can be misleading is that someone could think that the clock positions are preserved for the low power zone. So 12 o'clock is always the kite right above you. But 12 o'clock is also the kite right in front of you on ground level. You have two directions that determine the position of the kite in the window. Towards the left or towards the right (the clock positions) and towards the edge or towards ground level. For the latter I would preserve the degrees notation.
excellent tutorial
Cheers Ed
Good job 👌
Amazing explanation!!
How does this help one stay in the air and travel about? I thought the window changed according to the apparent wind, rather than the direct wind.
Hell yeah. Thank you!
thank you! I do have 1 question. Once you're moving in the water, just cruising at normal speed at 45° let's say cross wind, where the kite is located then? In the orange or in the edge of the window?
Nice video ! We want to invite all further kite surfers to Kitespy reporting knowledge !
Great video! Could you explain the dynamic wind window in the same way?
Excellent!!!!
These graphics are really helpful
Thanks Bear.
You've nailed it again! Great video. Where is it filmed as it looks like a nice spot
That's the Breede River. It's an awesome spot if you're ever in South Africa.
Is that near Witsand? I go to Cape town most winters
Yes, Witsand is the village on the bank in the video. We stay at Barry's Backpackers there.
Come lo senti il vento da che direzione arriva
Power Zone. Is there more wind?
How does the wind window affect wing foiling?
Hi John, I like that question a lot. I think that pulling the bar in kiting, is like pulling the back hand in winging (except the low projected aspect ratio of the wing means it doesn't stall as badly). And flying the kite deeper into the wind window in kiting, is the equivalent of pumping the wing with your arms in wing foiling. Since they both involve increasing the apparent wind. Except with kiting the high power lasts longer due to the line lengths, and is stronger due to the speed the kite can reach.
I've watched a ton of your videos and am struggling with sinking in the water after getting up(Waterstart). Is there a video which focuses on how to keep the board planing, i.e where should the kite be ?
Hello. Advice for this is given in the waterstart tutorial and the riding upwind tutorial.
Very helpful
Se succede che una corda si spezza he problema può succedere
excellent !
Excellent.
podrían traducir este video al español? gracias.
On the ground, everywhere is the same Wind. The only reason for more Power is the speed of the kite
But how do I get back?
excellent
Please would you add Turkish language subtitle to your informative videos?
Hello Vatan. Anyone is welcome to submit subtitles for this video. We have a few subtitle languages, unfortunately not Turkish yet. I don't make the subtitles myself, I am not bilingual.
Thank you
No entiendo mucho ingles .
No pasa nada Mira !
Nice
perfect
Thank you Eric
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Tooop
Spanish???
Xiao Ling
wind brazil
Nice