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 - Unhooked Jump
Kitesurfing Technique - Unhooked Jump
Unhooked Jump

From experience with many kiters and guests we are loath to admit that the box of gold under the rainbow to many is the sacred art of unhooking and all that comes with it. How many times have we read a pre clinic questionnaire where the two answers to the questions 1. Brief self-assessment and 2. Aims of course are...

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...

Kitesurfing Technique - Twin Tip Toe to Heel Carve with Downloop
Kitesurfing Technique - Twin Tip Toe to Heel Carve with Downloop
Twin Tip Toe to Heel Carve with Downloop

Last issue, we took you through the heel to toe carve with a downloop, or as we prefer to call it, an under turn. Well, it's time to meet the rest of the family! May we introduce you to the toe to heel carve with the very same downloop. If by chance you didn't read the previous instalment, rest assured...

Kitesurfing Technique - Pop Nose Grab
Kitesurfing Technique - Pop Nose Grab
Pop Nose Grab

We’ve covered the sent version so now for the pop! This is however going to be more than slightly different, as here you’ll be popping the board up behind you, reaching down for the board whereas if you’ve learnt the sent variation you could bring the board up in front of you whilst reaching for it. The good news is...

Kitesurfing Technique - Back to Wrapped Hooked
Kitesurfing Technique - Back to Wrapped Hooked
Back to Wrapped Hooked

When you hear the name back to wrapped, you likely cast your mind back to bygone days of unhooked freestyle (if you've been around long enough) and what was often considered the precursor to the back mobe. What we're looking at here with the hooked version is potentially a softer, kinder and generally more friendly relative that requires no unhooking,...

Kitesurfing Technique - Toeside Front Loop Down Loop Transition
Kitesurfing Technique - Toeside Front Loop Down Loop Transition
Toeside Front Loop Down Loop Transition

Here is a trick that feels so smooth and is just about combining some skills that you may already have. Apart from the hopefully obvious need to have a solid toeside so that you can resist and pop, the other basic necessity for this is without doubt a front loop from toeside, whether it be a transition or not. If...