Kitesurfing Technique
Jump Transition to Toeside
Variations and add-ons lie at the very heart of kite moves. Combining moves you have stuffed firmly in your box of tricks is a brilliant way to keep moving forward and stoke your mojo. Landing a jump transition to toeside is a perfect example of this kiting chop shop and a cracking progression from last issue’s jump transition. The principles...
Toeside Water start a Strapless Surfboard
The toeside waterstart is a great weapon to have in your surfboard armoury. If you’re up and riding and can carve around to toeside but haven’t yet mastered the art of the foot change, this one is definitely for you. If you already have a toeside but can’t yet carve, this is also for you. Whether you’re riding strapless or...
Front Roll Tail Grab
Continuing the “you can’t have one without the other” theme, which we introduced along with the front roll on the hallowed pages of IKSURFMAG issue 107. You can’t have a grabbed back without at the very least being tempted by the grabbed front now, can you? We always like to start with a bit of good news, and today, the...
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Hooked In Back to Blind
This is a beautiful combo for you to add to your repertoire. We love a good hooked-in blind landing. Unhooked freestyle may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but having a few popped hooked-in moves in the bag for low-level showing off is a must. The back-to-blind is a peachy move, and pairing it with an Ole makes it even...
Inverted Grabbed Front Loop
Funnily enough some of the most pleasant to watch and pleasing on the eye kiters are not necessarily the most radical, but simply the most stylish. Obviously there are the golden few who combine both and have as a result forged a decent career out of kitesurfing. So with that in mind here’s another way of adding the mustard onto...
Double Front Roll Grab
To self-quote from an earlier article – “It’s an unwritten fact, that to really prove yourself as an accomplished front looper, you must learn to slow your rotation down, so that your complete 360 matches perfectly the time you spend in the air. This, of course, shows great control, adds oodles of style, and concerning this next move, teaches you...
Pop Back Roll to Toeside with Front Hand Grab
Woohoo! This is often one of the first popped grabs that kiters nail. It fits so well with a back roll to toeside, as you actually have a tad more time. It even helps the switch to toeside, and can be boned out as you get more and more confident. It’ an absolutely phenomenal feeling to stick a grab onto...
Unhooked Popped Front Grab
Here we go – unhooked grabs always seem like a good idea until you decide to try one, and the task ahead seems a little bit more daunting than the initial light bulb moment. That said, there’s no reason not to add some picante to your unhooked moves. We’ll start off here with the popped front roll with a tail...
Shifty 3
Some time ago we covered the shifty to wrapped. If you’ve got that down you’ll have no doubt thought about or even tried its big sister, the shifty 3. This is another dynamic move that feels sweet, looks chipper and even more stunningly happens to be the base and therefore holds the key to so many moves. Get this nailed...