Nice one Alex I've been waiting to try this, now know what to do 👍

@kitesurfcollege

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Carl, good to know. Hope you nail it soon.

The video that everyone was waiting for 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🥰

@kitesurfcollege

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou

It's a great video. I'm getting a lot of help. What's the size of the board?

In case of sitting with board between your legs - can you actually do jibes and tacks with just sitting on it?

Nice tutorial 🤙🏽

@kitesurfcollege

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

I’m a larger rider and found it extremely difficult to sit down while riding. I can however with relatively little practice able to ride sitting down with board between legs from water start. I’m able to jibe and ride both ways doing this. Happy to give advice and tips on this if needed.

@kitesurfcollege

Жыл бұрын

Hi Tayyib. Sitting down does not require much flexibility if you get the kite at the angle and foil course correct etc. I would guess you are not supporting your weight with the kite, or your foiling angle is too upwind creating too much line tension, or too downwind, creating too little line tension. Standing back up certainly does require good flexibility. I tried both the sitting down while foiling, and the sitting waterstart, and practiced both with some students. Before making any video I test all the different methods I've seen or can think of. I found that with correct technique sitting on the board works almost every time even for a novice. Whereas when people started sitting then tried to waterstart, they often got off balance before foiling, or their legs dragged, or they overpowered the kite and breached, or underpowered the kite and flopped around. Whereas if you start foiling, you can get the kite angle correct carrying most of your weight, foiling speed correct, board pitch and fore aft weight correct, heelside role correct and you're set up to succeed as you drop on the board while it's in the correct position.

How hard is foiling while sitting? I'm decent at doing transitions to and from toe-side but I can't do foot swaps and I'm not sure if trying this is wise or foolish

@OneWheelGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Update: it worked pretty easily. It took about twenty minutes of practice to get my first seated ride, and now I can easily ride while seated for as long as I want - until I run out of space on the water. I found it easier to put the front leg down on the board and then pause until I'm stable - sometimes just a second - before putting the back leg down.

I presume that the fundamentals are the same for winging?

@kitesurfcollege

Жыл бұрын

Hi, it's similar in terms of where to sit and how to control the foil. Getting into the sitting position is different though.

👍🏻🔥

@kitesurfcollege

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

🔝❤️

@kitesurfcollege

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gaetano

How to shit on 🤣

It's a great video. I'm getting a lot of help. What's the size of the board?

@kitesurfcollege

3 жыл бұрын

Hi. That's a 3 ft11 (or 119cm) duotone pace