Really enjoy your video's, thanks so much. Where in fla are you guys located ? I will check you out as soon as my knee heals. In the mean time I'll continue to learn. I took lessons couple times last year, don't completely grasp full concept. I also weight 225 so I wonder if I was working with small kite and board ? I did some wakeboarding for practice! No real problems. Thanks
Hi Jeff, great videos and amazingly helpfull! Could you give some tips for riding downwind? I heard of people going 5-10km downwind trips but somehow when I try to do just a few meters that way it turns I got underpowered. Thanks!!
everything past 90° of the wind direction (so 180 in total but the sides are just mirroring...) is considered upwind. As sailing a sailing vessel into loof (against the wind) gives you more manouverability traditionally this is called 0° (kite surfing you have more manouverability going lee (with the wind), so everything -90° to +90° would be considered against the wind (in the video hulk is at exactly 90°). Best kites can go probably achieve -30° and +30° against the wind, best sailing vessels probably around -8° and +8°... if the boat likes you...
"Best kites can go probably achieve -30° and +30° against the wind, best sailing vessels probably around -8° and +8°..." As far as I know, yachts can only get 30-27 degrees against the wind. I would be very interested to see one of those GoPro Google earth plots to show how close the Kite could come to the Windward mark.
Hi Jeff, thanks for the tutorial, I wanted to ask about the rocket of the board. to go upwind it has to have much or little rocket ..?? thank you very much for the reply. I invite you to see some of my videos on youtube. just wrote the word CHARLINIANO. THANKS AGAIN
+Alastair Moore ye but does kite goes upwind.. his kite was goint into winds direction.. isnt kite going where wind goes + aprox 90degrees on each side?
You are the man Jeff, thanks!
Jeff, thanks for the tips.
Very well explained. Thanks
Really enjoy your video's, thanks so much. Where in fla are you guys located ? I will check you out as soon as my knee heals. In the mean time I'll continue to learn. I took lessons couple times last year, don't completely grasp full concept. I also weight 225 so I wonder if I was working with small kite and board ? I did some wakeboarding for practice! No real problems. Thanks
Hi Jeff, great videos and amazingly helpfull! Could you give some tips for riding downwind? I heard of people going 5-10km downwind trips but somehow when I try to do just a few meters that way it turns I got underpowered. Thanks!!
unless i got it completely wrong (I am a newbie so ...), I think you got the wind arrow in the wrong direction!?
everything past 90° of the wind direction (so 180 in total but the sides are just mirroring...) is considered upwind. As sailing a sailing vessel into loof (against the wind) gives you more manouverability traditionally this is called 0° (kite surfing you have more manouverability going lee (with the wind), so everything -90° to +90° would be considered against the wind (in the video hulk is at exactly 90°). Best kites can go probably achieve -30° and +30° against the wind, best sailing vessels probably around -8° and +8°... if the boat likes you...
I'm having a hard time believing the kite would fly with outside of canopy facing the wind direction. This video is confusing to me, also.
"Best kites can go probably achieve -30° and +30° against the wind, best sailing vessels probably around -8° and +8°..."
As far as I know, yachts can only get 30-27 degrees against the wind. I would be very interested to see one of those GoPro Google earth plots to show how close the Kite could come to the Windward mark.
Hi Jeff, thanks for the tutorial, I wanted to ask about the rocket of the board.
to go upwind it has to have much or little rocket ..??
thank you very much for the reply.
I invite you to see some of my videos on youtube. just wrote the word CHARLINIANO.
THANKS AGAIN
keep 'em coming!
Good pointers!!!
THE ARROW IS ON THE WRONG DIRECTION
the arrow is fine. the whole point of the video is to go upwind.
Justin Lamontagne
He is right. Hulk or arrow should be exactly put in opposite direction.
Justin Lamontagne no its not.
+Alastair Moore ye but doesnt kite go downwind.. if u blow at feather it would go with the air not in ur mouth.
Thanks!
How about a landboard
just checked other wideos and arrow is faced other side whitch makes sense... kites dosnt go upwind... u can drag urself upwind
thanks but i think the wind it is wrong. ( Or the rider)
+Alastair Moore ye but does kite goes upwind.. his kite was goint into winds direction.. isnt kite going where wind goes + aprox 90degrees on each side?
How about a
Wind should blow from behind, lol)
wtf kite goes towards the wind?