Kitesurfing Technique

Kitesurfing Technique - Beach Bounce Transition
Kitesurfing Technique - Beach Bounce Transition
Beach Bounce Transition

This is a beautifully fun move in its own right, and the first step to a stylish press. You’ve likely seen a picture or a clip of someone doing this, either on soft sand or far less sensibly on a solid object! It’s a great one to add to your armoury and if you choose the right time and spot...

Kitesurfing Technique - Two Foot Beach Start
Kitesurfing Technique - Two Foot Beach Start
Two Foot Beach Start

Some time back we took you through a beach start method where you anchor the board by putting one foot in the front strap to stop it misbehaving and running off whilst you fly the kite. As effective a method as that may be, the launch can often be preceded by a game of hop scotch as you pogo around...

Kitesurfing Technique - Pop Nose Grab Hooked-In
Kitesurfing Technique - Pop Nose Grab Hooked-In
Pop Nose Grab Hooked-In

The nose grab is an absolute classic popped trick. It’s guaranteed to get you buzzing and makes for a proper money shot in your holiday snaps. We’re keeping things sensible and looking at the hooked in variant. This type of low altitude move is all about adding some style and as well as working deliciously in flat water, it’s just...

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Kitesurfing Technique - Grabbed Popped Back Loop
Kitesurfing Technique - Grabbed Popped Back Loop
Grabbed Popped Back Loop

Mastering the hooked in grabbed popped back loop is a pleasure whatever your level. If you’re an aspiring popper this move will teach you a thing or two about rotation control. For the more advanced there is a lot to be said for practicing the fundamentals hooked in, giving both your mind and body time to adjust, learn and understand...

Kitesurfing Technique - Barefoot Water-ski Dismount
Kitesurfing Technique - Barefoot Water-ski Dismount
Barefoot Water-ski Dismount

Unsurprisingly here is another fun filled move from Heliarde. The water-ski or barefoot dismount. Not only does this look the absolute shizzle, but it’s also a good way to train yourself for the joys of the Jesus Walk should you be so inclined. The beauty is that even if you consider yourself to be on the wrong end of the...

Kitesurfing Technique - Shifty to Wrapped
Kitesurfing Technique - Shifty to Wrapped
Shifty to Wrapped

This is a cracking move, which looks phenomenal, feels amazing and is actually relatively easy to nail consistently once you’ve got it. For us 2009 has been shift-tastic, loads of the BKSA youth elite squad have been adding these to their armouries in coaching, as have a few of our more senior guests on clinics. If you have a look...

Kitesurfing Technique - Surfboard Foot Change
Kitesurfing Technique - Surfboard Foot Change
Surfboard Foot Change

Whether you are riding strapless or strapped, the necessity to change your feet will eventually come knocking. Back in the dark ages when three strap directionals were in mode, it was not unusual to see kiters dropping into the water, turning their planks around and then sailing back whence they came. However those with a slight thirst for progress took...

Kitesurfing Technique - Back Loop
Kitesurfing Technique - Back Loop
Back Loop

The backloop has often been the defining moment in many a riders kitesurfing history. The first genuine “trick” to really wow the masses and motivate ones belief to keep learning, keep tacking time off work and keep spending money. However it does not have to be the starting point. If you can already jump and have the front loop sorted,...

Kitesurfing Technique - Sliding Surface Pass
Kitesurfing Technique - Sliding Surface Pass
Sliding Surface Pass

Ladies and Gents here’s a move that although we don’t teach very often, does have a place in your box of tricks as it leads you towards other things and can still look pretty smooth because you’re passing from blind, so it flows. The idea is basically to slide your board to blind, breaking out the tail and then adding...