Kitesurfing Technique

Kitesurfing Technique - Back Roll Tail Grab
Kitesurfing Technique - Back Roll Tail Grab
Back Roll Tail Grab

In issue 106 of IKSURFMAG, we introduced you to the hallowed sent Back Roll. Hopefully, this should mean you’ve had plenty of time and opportunity to practice and maybe hone this delight of a move. If you have, it’s time to add some of the proverbial mustard and spice it up, and what better way than adding a grab. The...

Kitesurfing Technique - Beach Start a Strapless Surfboard
Kitesurfing Technique - Beach Start a Strapless Surfboard
Beach Start a Strapless Surfboard

It’s been a while since we’ve delved into the world of strapless, and as such, we thought it time to revisit some of the fundamental skills. Once you can ride and water start there,  there’s no reason you shouldn’t have a go at the beach start. It looks good, strolling into the water, hopping onto your board without dunking yourself...

Kitesurfing Technique - Toe to Heel Spray Carve
Kitesurfing Technique - Toe to Heel Spray Carve
Toe to Heel Spray Carve

There is something profoundly satisfying in kicking buckets of spray, regardless of sports. Whether it be fanning deep powder on a mountain, annihilating the lip of a wave, chucking dirt on a bike or walling a slalom ski around a buoy, the inner kid in all of us can’t resist it and the ensuing look back to check, regardless of...

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Kitesurfing Technique - S-Bend to Blind
Kitesurfing Technique - S-Bend to Blind
S-Bend to Blind

Throwing a decent S-Bend and then stomping it to blind is always going to look tasty. Best bet before you tackle this is at least to have your Raley to Blind sorted, and it’ll make it even more achievable to nail the front to blind first too. That said if you want it to be the real deal, your S-Bend...

Kitesurfing Technique - Back Roll Transition One Foot
Kitesurfing Technique - Back Roll Transition One Foot
Back Roll Transition One Foot

You know how we love our transitions, and we know that you love them too! So, we've got another one for you to add to your list of funky ways to change direction. This one is a variation on the very foundation of great transitions, the Back Roll Transition, or if you've been in the game as long as we...

Kitesurfing Technique - Hooked Back to Blind Tail Grab
Kitesurfing Technique - Hooked Back to Blind Tail Grab
Hooked Back to Blind Tail Grab

Here’s a beauty. Those of you who have been following our technique for some time will recall how we used to bang on about going for moves which the conditions allow (saves a lot of frustration), and how learning so many of the more advanced moves hooked in will stand you in good stead and allow you to show some...

Kitesurfing Technique - Fin First Beach Start
Kitesurfing Technique - Fin First Beach Start
Fin First Beach Start

Mucking around on a surfboard is as much about becoming more instinctive, and understanding how your board and kite work as it is about deliberately learning new skills. So here we’ve got a move that can come in useful if the waters a bit shallow and you don’t fancy scuffing your fins, but that will also get you freeing your...

Kitesurfing Technique - Strapless Toe to Heel Carve
Kitesurfing Technique - Strapless Toe to Heel Carve
Strapless Toe to Heel Carve

Continuing on from last issue’s heel to toe carve, we can now add the other half to complete the basic requirements of wave riding. Once you can link these two turns together you are wave riding, however mythically it may appear to onlookers, and all you need to add is a genuine curl of water chasing you and before you...

Kitesurfing Technique - Heel to Toe Carve
Kitesurfing Technique - Heel to Toe Carve
Heel to Toe Carve

In the last issue, we guided you through the process of improving your toe to heel carve on a twin tip. It seems only right that we should now shine some light on turning back the other way, from heel to toeside. This carve is often considered a tad more tricky than its counterpart, based on the fact that you...