Kitesurfing Technique

Kitesurfing Technique - Jump Transition to Toeside
Kitesurfing Technique - Jump Transition to Toeside
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...

Kitesurfing Technique - Toeside Water start a Strapless Surfboard
Kitesurfing Technique - Toeside Water start a Strapless Surfboard
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...

Kitesurfing Technique - Front Roll Tail Grab
Kitesurfing Technique - Front Roll Tail Grab
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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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,...

Kitesurfing Technique - Blind Judge 3
Kitesurfing Technique - Blind Judge 3
Blind Judge 3

We’re expecting that you can already stomp the blind judge, and therefore we’ll tweak what you have to move you towards the full monty. In tech terms, considering that you should land a blind judge pretty much down wind, you’re only going to have to turn just over another 90˚ to claim this one, but that’s a bit like saying...

Kitesurfing Technique - Pop to Toeside with a Tweaked Grab
Kitesurfing Technique - Pop to Toeside with a Tweaked Grab
Pop to Toeside with a Tweaked Grab

If you’re already a happy popper and relish the opportunity to give your fins a breath of fresh air whilst spinning your board around and stomping it to toeside, then this move is for you. Popping to toeside is already fully fun and functional, but when you add on a cheeky grab and a styled-out tweak, it transforms the normal...

Kitesurfing Technique - Jumping Beach Start
Kitesurfing Technique - Jumping Beach Start
Jumping Beach Start

This is always such a firm favourite when the planets align, and the spot just begs for it. Launching yourself with gusto off terra firma and onto the water’s surface without wetting your ankles is both a sight to behold and a feeling to cherish. The mechanics are similar to jumping, so if you’re already proudly displaying the underside of...

Kitesurfing Technique - Strapless Riding
Kitesurfing Technique - Strapless Riding
Strapless Riding

We’re going to keep this one relatively brief, as it is not rocket science, or rather it doesn’t have to be, apologies Mr Bernoulli. However pretty much everyone who stands on a surfboard for the first time, having been riding twin tips makes the same basic mistakes. To understand how a board works and how this effects the way you...

Kitesurfing Technique - Learning to Loop Part 7 - Your First Kite Loop
Kitesurfing Technique - Learning to Loop Part 7 - Your First Kite Loop
Learning to Loop Part 7 - Your First Kite Loop

Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s time! You’ve worked through all the prep, nailed all the prerequisites and honed your looping skills. Today, it’s all about the kite loop, or instead, your first kite loop. As long as you get your head around a few points, spoiler alert, it involves building blocks, we think you’re onto a winner. If you’re keen, you’ve...