Kitesurfing Technique

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 - Learning to Loop Part 4 - Jump Transition Late Loop
Kitesurfing Technique - Learning to Loop Part 4 - Jump Transition Late Loop
Learning to Loop Part 4 - Jump Transition Late Loop

We're sneaking this one into our learning to loop series because it really is the ultimate get out of jail card. If you want to pass go and collect 200, it's an absolute must-have. In fact, it's so good and handy that, at times, you could practically consider it as cheating. Anyway, enough of the hyperbole and excitement; we need...

Kitesurfing Technique - Learning To Loop Part 3 - Heel to Toe Downloop Transition
Kitesurfing Technique - Learning To Loop Part 3 - Heel to Toe Downloop Transition
Learning To Loop Part 3 - Heel to Toe Downloop Transition

Part three of our learning to loop series is the final on water move! You'll add your new love of a downloop onto a heel to toe carve. We've said it before, but it remains true: there is nothing sweeter than exiting a carve with some oomph. There are so many variables that can scupper the perfect heel to toe,...

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Kitesurfing Technique - Body Dragging Past the Shorebreak on a Surfboard
Kitesurfing Technique - Body Dragging Past the Shorebreak on a Surfboard
Body Dragging Past the Shorebreak on a Surfboard

Unless you’re Olympic quick at beach starting and an absolute legend at getting over waves, body dragging out to calmer waters is never a bad idea, regardless whether you’re on a twin tip or a surfboard. So often one witnesses frustrated kiters who are constantly getting washed back up the beach, getting knocked off their boards before they’ve managed to...

Kitesurfing Technique - Front Foot One Foot Front Loop
Kitesurfing Technique - Front Foot One Foot Front Loop
Front Foot One Foot Front Loop

A few issues back we covered the front foot one foot jump, this time round we’ll be looking at adding a front rotation into the mix. Although based around this most cheeky of foot outs, combining it with a front loop/roll brings about a new set of challenges, namely controlling both the kite and your rotation. So let’s not beat...

Kitesurfing Technique - Popped Back Roll
Kitesurfing Technique - Popped Back Roll
Popped Back Roll

Some time ago, back in IKSURFMAG Issue 84, we took you through the joys of popping and all its necessities, including a brief foray into board design. Today, we intend to marry your well-rehearsed pop to a perfect bedfellow, the back roll. We’re talking full horse and carriage here! When the planets align and you hit a sweet one of...

Kitesurfing Technique - Body Dragging Upwind
Kitesurfing Technique - Body Dragging Upwind
Body Dragging Upwind

Being able to get back to your board or back to the beach is just as important as being able to ride. Without the confidence which this skill gives you, you’ll be sentenced to a life wearing a board leash, doomed to never pushing yourself to learn anything new or fancy, and a hobby involving much more swimming and faffing...

Kitesurfing Technique - Inverted Grabbed Back Roll
Kitesurfing Technique - Inverted Grabbed Back Roll
Inverted Grabbed Back Roll

Ladies and Gents, once again, it's time to ramp up the volume on our well-worn record delighting in the Lego-like creativity of kiting - combining skills, adding a new one, the scintillating pleasure of our incredible sport. Today it's all about spicing up your back roll, and the inverted one at that. If you've mustered the effort to flip the...

Kitesurfing Technique - Double Back Loop to Toeside
Kitesurfing Technique - Double Back Loop to Toeside
Double Back Loop to Toeside

This jump really typifies what kiting is all about, both getting air and adding together moves, marrying them, adding parts on like a text bundle and coming out with something new and exciting. The constant challenge in kiting makes it fun, and combining skills that you already have makes it achievable. With this win-win in mind, let's ponder the killer...