Thank you guys. As always Luke, you deliver very grounded and practical coaching tips.

Great advice, thanks guys!

Best explanation on KZread. Many thanks Flukes

These guys always make it so simple!

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

haha ya the tack can be frustratingly difficault to mster hey! What really helped me was the angle you keep your back to the wind (i was previously trying to carve to aggresively into the wind) , and for myself slowing down the kite at 12 to get that weightless moment, back foot comes forward to replace your front foot. Keep practicing & you'll get it to :D Let us know how you :) ~Frances from Flukes

Fantastic video. Best explanation of what seems to be a complex move. Thanks!

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate :) thanks for the comment and we'll cya in the next one ~Flukes Kitesurfing

Fantastic as usual. Thx.

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome glad you enjoyed :) Thx for the comment and we'll cya in the next one ~Flukes Kitesurfing

Thanks for the video. I just came across this today and I think it's the best video out there for breaking down the movement. I suck and usually give up, but this gives me the motivation (and a better understanding) to devote a couple entire sessions to getting it wired.

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Cynthia & Jeffery Wood nice :) like I mentioned this took me a long time to get. Just start trying it every session 50 times and you’ll get it :)

Fluke you are an ambassador for our sport. I've watched your videos for so many years now. Many thanks- again :)

@FlukesKitesurfing

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thanks Mike! Glad they are helping mate!

Was struggling with tacks for a while... Now I know exactly why! Thanks so much!

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Ya it's a tough one hey! Cheers mate and let us know how you go :) ~Flukes Kitesurfing

@shreddagorge

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck, eh! ;)

Awesome tips! Tksss 🤙🤙🤙🤙

From showing me down at Parkies and inspiring me to get into the sport to now an absolute addiction, I owe you both loads for the online help along the way the past five years! Moving into the strapless discipline has been a breath of fresh air this session (why didn't I do it sooner?!) and again your videos have helped immensely! MUCH appreciated for the good things you provide to people! Looking forward to shaking your hand again back at Coffs! Youri 👍🏽

@FlukesKitesurfing

Жыл бұрын

Hey Youri! oh thats epic mate! we will be back there in Jan so come say hi

Amazing, thanks for this great tutorial, I'll be giving this a solid go the next time I'm on the water!

@FlukesKitesurfing

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Let us know when you get it!

Thanks. Very interesting

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate :) thanks for the comment & we'll cya in the next one! ~Flukes Kitesurfing

Despite many trials I never really succeeded to tack properly. 🥴 After viewing again your nice vid, I am now sure that this afternoon will be “the day”😎

Thanks Flukes! The tip about not moving your body no more than 30 or so degrees helped with visualizing this

@FlukesKitesurfing

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bridger, awesome glad to hear it helped mate!Let us know how it goes!

thanks man! very nice!

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

No worries :) happy to help Thanks for the comment ~Flukes kitesurfing

Very very nice explanation. Good job.

@FlukesKitesurfing

Жыл бұрын

Perfect thanks Baton

It takes quite some intelligence to be able to teach as good as that & many skills like communication, presentation, detailed breakdown of the subject matter & organisation in a structured way, psychological analysis & soft skills. Presenting in a simple manner is something most people lack which Ironically takes intelligence & makes a great teacher. Luke I've seen you really improve & I see Graham Halyard Harney is also excellent so it was a great combo & well done on an excellent video! You're video on self landing with the safety line was excellent & it worked for me 1st time. You're making an impact & a difference! Cheers 🍻

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Oh thanks Cyberanswer! Really appreciate the nice comment and i'll pass it on to Graham too :)

Fantastic tutorial once again 🤙

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate :) ~Flukes Kitesurfing

@vikingh3008

4 жыл бұрын

Flukes Kitesurfing sadly no kitesurfing in uk at moment, still looking forward to your next videos

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

@@vikingh3008 happy mind surfing inside in the mean time :) wishing all you guys over that side of the pond good health~

'...meanwhile your shoulders are always staying back to the wind... ' (2:55) that was huge for me. I am now nailing takts more than i botch them. I had seen a tutorial for duck takting and that was confusing me. That said, my takts don't quite look like the ones in your video. I bought a wakesurf board that i can spin the hell out of with my feet so i actually spin it 180 before landing again. My true kitesurf board isn't so loosey goosey on the water so i will continue to study your video where you land pointed upwind. Thanks for posting. Very helpful.

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Nice one Dave! Glad it helped mate and thanks for letting us know.

Got the G$ on 👍🏼. Nice pairing🤙🏽

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

YES :D super stoked to get G$ on the channel, glad you enjoyed, cheers mate ~Flukes Kitesurfing

hi thanks for the vid, Been trying to master this for a long time. Useful takeaways for me - keep back to the wind, and most important for me - its ONE fluid move. I've been slightly pausing half way thru, one fluid move makes a lot of difference. No other vids I've seen make this point

@FlukesKitesurfing

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Keith great to hear mate and thanks for letting us know :)

Thanks guys - another great video. Struggling to get % up on this move - it’s a frustrating one. Not heard the shoulders staying downwind so looking forward to trying this when lockdown over. Front hand off bar - does this help?

1:10 Graham has left the planet

Yet again another great one! Frances & Luke you are so so good as a team! Also a big thank you to Graham for taking the time out from the excellent wave/wind conditions in the background! Is that your current quarantine location (Cap Verde?) or are you safely back in Downunder? Best regards from Germany, Peter

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Peter :) no your right :) we're all safely back home, videos were filmed during the GKA event in Cap Verde (before the global pandemic) Thanks for writing in :) and we'll cya in the next one ~Frances & Luke

Thanks for this. Nailed my first attempt and everything after that has been a complete disaster. I think the “zero gravity” you talk about is Key...

@tomyhyz

4 жыл бұрын

Same with me, incredible hard and frustrating to learn

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

For sure :) ya the zero gravity + what really helped me was (first) pushing the tail out forward more so then a big carve upwind helped me to stay with the board. Let us know how you go :) and happy tacking ~Flukes Kitesurfing

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomyhyz It really is haha :/ happy tacking, and let us know how you go :) ~Flukes Kitesurfing

The best experience comes with a practice. When you first time feel the pull, you understand your kite response time, than you can see what is going on.

@FlukesKitesurfing

3 жыл бұрын

For sure :)

Thanks for your plain explanation once again! I wonder how many times you practiced this move before you succeeded to do this automaticly?

Thanks for the vid. Noob question. Do you tack going out and coming back in?

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Great question :) Yes, both directions we just filmed the side closest to the beach :)

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@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!

This is great! Thanks. Think you could make one for duck tacks?

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate thanks for the comment! Yes Absolutely :)

Ideas for future videos- strapless on a mini-mal, mal or sup! We have had no wind this season in Qld Australia...I've had to windsup (sail on a sup), as not enough knots to fly the kite :(

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

aw man ya it was a terrible season hey! haha that's cool you go to windsup! Like using a wingfoil?

@joehozzy2616

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlukesKitesurfing yes very similar. mast, sail and boom!

What's the dims on that board?

What is quick release?

At the of session i've started to try this and was successful a few times already. A question: does the back foot have to be placed far back against the stopper (as in power jibe) here? I guess my approach here is somewhat to do a quick powered carve into upwind, but i see in video it's all a smooth motion.

@FlukesKitesurfing

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, stoked to hear you are getting some landed! Yew! Regarding the back foot, yes normally it's best practice to put your back foot into the tail pad prior to doing any trick. That will give better control, in this case turning, but the other benefit is that you do the same foot placement every time to help with muscle memory (only if you do the exact same thing every time) and kicking your back foot right back into the pad is an easy place to recognize and ensure its consistent. Regarding the carve, yes that's correct, carve it upwind. I think I talk about that more in the roll tack video if you haven't seen that. for me personally, I started by carving upwind and then kind of kicking the tail out and switching feet. But as you get more and more practice it will smooth out as seen by Graham's awesome style in this video. Hope that helps mate and thanks for letting us know

@mikemiller774

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlukesKitesurfing Thank Luke. I've watched the roll tack one for sure. Same here as you've described it exactly - kicking the tail out, almost into full reverse. So now it's just for more practice. And thanks to Graham. Cheers!

@FlukesKitesurfing

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikemiller774 perfect! yeah mate, let us know how you progress.

@mikemiller774

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlukesKitesurfing So, today was the 3rd session dedicated to tacks. The progress is now that i've started to do them something like 3 in a row, still not perfect but getting there. Main points from my side - kite control, this one i would say is the most important. Did those mostly without sheeting in, but that should help, experienced one very clear tack while i was sheeted out but the gust picked me up during tack so it felt kinda easier. That's the progress. Cheers!

Tried this out but after I carve upwind and was attempting to switch feet, my board went backwards (downwind). What am I doing wrong?

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

haha i used to have the opposite problem and sent the board shooting upwind & away from me. Maybe focus on that zero gravity moment and less board movement (less agressive carving). To do this you could try practicing more pushing the tail forward rather then turning the nose upwind into a big carve, then use the kites lift as its passing 12, that zero gravity moment to lift you up for the foot change. What really helped me dial this was the 'Only moving your shoulders/back about 30 degrees' just helped me simplify the step-step footwork and change in direction change . Let us know how you go ~Flukes Kitesurfing

@shreddagorge

4 жыл бұрын

@@FlukesKitesurfing I spent many, many years learning windsurf carving and duck jibes - had no idea those were a fraction of this frustration! I either shoot the board out or stall prematurely (save ur jokes), but the 'back to the wind' is a key tip, as the people I watch are already masters so imitating them is pointless. Gracias amigos!

My tacks are pretty inconsistent and it's way harder than it looks. As with a lot of strapless stuff practising on flat water definitely makes it ten times easier though.

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

haha ya they are definitely take some work hey! Thanks for the comment & let us know how you go on the way to consistency :) Cheers ~Flukes Kitesurfing

Been working on this. It’s extremely hard

@FlukesKitesurfing

Жыл бұрын

Yeah takes some time this one :) Once you get it though, it becomes easy! Keep at it!

Can you provide a link so Graham can be found? I searched and could't.

@FlukesKitesurfing

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Alan, Yeah for sure, here is his direct insta link instagram.com/grahamhharney/

@alancook9448

3 жыл бұрын

@@FlukesKitesurfing Thanks much Luke

More advice: 1. 6:12 - keep clicking here and thinking "worky worky"... go to sleep visualizing... ;) 2. I notice on the foot swap the rear foot seems more forward so as to not sink the tail as you plane offwind. 3. In practice, wider boards have frustrated me less (Angry Swallow vs Celero vs Tyrant). Any comments on quad vs thruster configuration? (I've tried both and am equally proficient at crashing either).

So Money.

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

haha thanks mate :)

Hi you have a problem on your KZread channel KZread Classifier your content it like only for children You cannot hit the notification Bell

@FlukesKitesurfing

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks heaps for letting us know! I'll look into that rightnow..