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Kitesurfing jump basics - The Pop
Jumping with a kite is a sequence of well-executed and timed steps. The chance that you will learn it in 1 hour is little to none. Braking the kitesurfing jump down this way allows you to learn a better foundation. This way you will never have to come back to re-learn the basics. Take lessons for each new thing you wish to learn to avoid years of bad habits.
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If you new here - hey! I am Zolty, a once wannabe kiter who now has over a decade of teaching experience, a kiteschool on Lake Como, Brazil and Costa Rica. I do my best to clarify and simplify for you kitesurfing and getting better at it.
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @radwanmosa
    @radwanmosa 14 годин тому

    can you help me find another one too :)

  • @galacticorbit9311
    @galacticorbit9311 День тому

    Yeah right your leaving People lie 40 min in the water

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 23 години тому

      @@galacticorbit9311 huh? help me and others to understand you.

  • @s2oooo
    @s2oooo 2 дні тому

    You didn't mention looping the kite

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 2 дні тому

      @@s2oooo no 😂 how could i miss that out? Is that your favourite move too?? I love it sooo much. Full on addicted to it 😇

    • @s2oooo
      @s2oooo 2 дні тому

      @EpicGust still trying to land a mega loop on a hydrofoil 🙈. Family & kids have stopped me practicing 😔

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust День тому

      @ i respect that

  • @hhhhhhhhhhhhhh741
    @hhhhhhhhhhhhhh741 3 дні тому

    Az igen, hajrá!!!!

  • @donronaldo5454
    @donronaldo5454 4 дні тому

    10k€... 3 Boards and Kites plus 3 wetsuits. I ride in Winter too (4degrees Celsius). Since I am old and the bones are already bad, I dont need to progress a lot... Cheers

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 4 дні тому

      @@donronaldo5454 do you count in knowledge that will keep your knees safe for longer? Cos thats something you can learn too! Progression is not always about going higher or sending crazy tricks. It is about having better and deeper understanding of the what to do, why to do and how to do. Makes you be more efficient and more graceful 🙌 consider that!

  • @kocot.
    @kocot. 5 днів тому

    Basketball analogy is spot on! I'm surprised no one has brought it up earlier :P Still, I think the best take away is that it's worth to have someone watch you riding once a while to prevent aggregating bad habits, that ultimately lead to lost time and motivation when trying to learn something more advanced.

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 5 днів тому

      Such a good summary. I will save it for later :) Thanks for the input! Yeah, I showed this to one of my recent clients, and he said that the in-person lesson helped him way more. This tutorial leads you, but if you already have some habits to overcome, you need personalization. We are all different!

  • @joseflipke7957
    @joseflipke7957 5 днів тому

    Plus it looks so much better, keep it stylish

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 4 дні тому

      Keep it stylish 🙌😂

  • @ricophi2
    @ricophi2 5 днів тому

    😂😂😂 Poor understanding of how a kite is flying...

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 5 днів тому

      What do you mean by that @ricophi2

    • @ricophi2
      @ricophi2 5 днів тому

      @EpicGust I mean that instructors are not properly explaining to students that adding more power to the kite does not mean that the kite is flying better! It is important to understand properly concept ofnthe angle of attack and know there is a limit to adding "more power"

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 5 днів тому

      @@ricophi2 i am fully with you on that. The whole kite teaching is focused on riding itself and nothing more. I am keen to change it! Are you an instructor too?

  • @expert7383
    @expert7383 5 днів тому

    Awesome 👍

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 5 днів тому

      @@expert7383 are you already in brazil?

  • @dangingras3498
    @dangingras3498 7 днів тому

    Thanks best info I have watch sofar !

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 7 днів тому

      thanks mate this really inspires me to get my other toughts out too!

  • @HookdOnWind
    @HookdOnWind 8 днів тому

    I was about to comment that "the best pop tutorial ever" but then noticed there are so many of those comments already thait desiced only to comment this is "Epic tutorial for beginners and also for advanced riders." Been a subscriber of your channel for a long time and you are in my Top 3 channels I actually wait to see publish new content. Also mad props for keeping the content in kitesurfing, and not mixing it with winging or pump foiling...

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 7 днів тому

      I Appreciate this so much! Thank you!

  • @freddydad1
    @freddydad1 10 днів тому

    Plenty of Geoffs out there, though a lot of them are switching to foils😊

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 10 днів тому

      @@freddydad1 not sure i am getting what you saying 🙃 can you clarify?

    • @freddydad1
      @freddydad1 10 днів тому

      @EpicGust only that I see a lot of people that struggle to kite actively on a twin tip, a lot of these have moved to foils in my area.

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 9 днів тому

      @@freddydad1 i see. interesting as foiling is much more skillfull. I think the active passive video can convert anyone in a session to active rider. Thats not related to strength, it is a skill. For example tiny kids do ride actively straight away cos if they being pulled by the kite, they just lose line tension, so sort of they have to do this otherwise no success!

  • @BigTonY34
    @BigTonY34 10 днів тому

    Best pop tutorial ever !!! 💪Will work this intensively at my next session !!! Thanks so much !

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 10 днів тому

      Awesome! Thank you! 🙏 let me know how it goes!!

  • @bartstevens8755
    @bartstevens8755 10 днів тому

    Zolty I tried what you explained but still not working for me. Can i send a video of my effort so you can take a look at it. And I’m willing to pay for you One on One advice (also for my further progression). What do you think?

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 10 днів тому

      I am in - lets do it show me the foootage theepicgust@gmail.com

  • @Maxwell_Edison_MiM
    @Maxwell_Edison_MiM 11 днів тому

    Hey I am unclear about a couple of parts. When you say go upwind just before coming up. Do you mean my shoulders should point upwind just before coming up. And when you do the hop, you mean to extend your back legs and push off, do you also retract your front leg?

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Lets see if you can answer your questions just by answering these- As you come up from the active riding and your legs gets under you, correct - you push off with the back leg- is this going to move the board upwind itself? how is the front leg at that point? The tumbnail is the moment we talk about so all this is visible there in the moment. Now give me those answers!

    • @Maxwell_Edison_MiM
      @Maxwell_Edison_MiM 10 днів тому

      @@EpicGust Tomorrow I will go kitesurfing I will try to implement what you said, and I will get back to you.

  • @Thebargo
    @Thebargo 11 днів тому

    Thanks man, good content as usual ! 😊

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Appreciate that, glad you liked it! 🙌

  • @Baptiste_L
    @Baptiste_L 11 днів тому

    That is great content ! Could you continue with the timing of the jump : - when to send the kite and pop (at the same time, one before the other....) - when to pop : when the kite is at 12, a little bit before or after - when to pull the bar : when you leave the water or before - the position of the kite : right at 12 above your head or a little bit in front of you (in the wind windows). Thanks a lot and keep going with your great work!!!

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Good questions thanks!

    • @gillesbkf4315
      @gillesbkf4315 10 днів тому

      @@Baptiste_L all my questions in this comment. My takeoffs are okay, I was able to get sent to 7-8 meters with my 9 on the famous 30 kts winds of Maui (yes I felt overpowered lol) however I had to jump with a kicker wave, I think I need to carve upwind more. However when overpowered the kite pulls so much is hard so sit lower in the harness rly quickly

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 5 днів тому

      @@gillesbkf4315 So you just explained the most common mistake. I jump around the same height on my 7 in 20 knots! Learning how to get that peak power with progressive edging and bar sheeting out, and creating that power instead just pulling the bar is key. a lot on my mind. more videos are coming!

  • @Go-Fly-A-Kite
    @Go-Fly-A-Kite 11 днів тому

    Kiting is far from a new sport. FlexiFoil has been making super high quality power kites to surf with since the 1970s.

  • @boatlocal8459
    @boatlocal8459 11 днів тому

    nice!

  • @vikingh3008
    @vikingh3008 11 днів тому

    Spot looks epic And great explanation 🤙

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Glad you liked it!

  • @Tobeon2
    @Tobeon2 11 днів тому

    Wow !! I am a subscriber now !! ❤

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Welcome to the crew! Glad you liked it!

  • @eliassmith8101
    @eliassmith8101 12 днів тому

    thats exactly what i always tell my students love seeing my students being the only ones riding when all others have too little power while we are out there having fun

  • @KitesurfingBeginner
    @KitesurfingBeginner 12 днів тому

    Epic tutorial 🤝🤝😎

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Never siezes to disappoint 🤣🙌

  • @ZeyadMounir
    @ZeyadMounir 12 днів тому

    I started kiting only 5 months ago and this is my main issue now to be able to progress further with jumps. Can you explain what you do with the other leg? Are you pushing or pulling with it? How about poping in chopping water when it's so hard to hold the edge?

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      I can but probably with all the possible variations that you doing it will be as long as an essay… what about you send me a video of your pop and i tell what to do with it?

  • @larsw.larsen4173
    @larsw.larsen4173 12 днів тому

    Thanks, needed. 😂🎉😊

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      You’re welcome 😊

  • @dougfv
    @dougfv 12 днів тому

    Epic Tips bro!

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Yeah, pop is everything! 😎

  • @flaviosanguigni8783
    @flaviosanguigni8783 12 днів тому

    Best tutorial on pop in ages!!!!

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 11 днів тому

      Appreciate it 🙌

  • @rosbif00
    @rosbif00 12 днів тому

    thaaaaanks mate, best pop explanation ever :) thinking of droping by lake como for a lesson next year :) (i live near Nice so its not that far)

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 12 днів тому

      @@rosbif00 that would be epic! Looking forward seeing you! Thanks for the feedback 🙌

  • @warrenstrutt
    @warrenstrutt 12 днів тому

    Great video! What camps are you doing in 2025!

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 12 днів тому

      @@warrenstrutt feb march- costa rica this is a smaller one for maxing out kite focus. one in egypt around April, more laid back and party, whole summer on lake como, and then november in brazil 🇧🇷

  • @joseflipke7957
    @joseflipke7957 12 днів тому

    Keen to kite now!

  • @donronaldo5454
    @donronaldo5454 12 днів тому

    Amen... I will try this weekend!

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 12 днів тому

      @@donronaldo5454 let me know how it goes!!

  • @KITEFORUMcom
    @KITEFORUMcom 12 днів тому

    Awesome, shared !

  • @SAKOadventures
    @SAKOadventures 15 днів тому

    R8000 tops for everything! I have 11 kites and 3 boards.(different kites for different disciplines) This was all bought over a period of 2 years.

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 9 днів тому

      Thats quite a bit! Now tell me how much you spent on your progression?

    • @SAKOadventures
      @SAKOadventures 8 днів тому

      @EpicGust Almost every three days of two years! 😁

  • @M9Diry
    @M9Diry 16 днів тому

    😂

  • @nx9537
    @nx9537 19 днів тому

    More spray ⚡ More power. Attack Attack

  • @sheldonmurphy6031
    @sheldonmurphy6031 27 днів тому

    😂😂😂 Yaaah! Thats Awesome! She will never forget the day the kite flew her!

  • @gillesbkf4315
    @gillesbkf4315 29 днів тому

    does you cam fill up quick ? is it easy to start this kind of business ? I guess there is some demand Ty

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 29 днів тому

      @@gillesbkf4315 no bro i am going alone! Thats my point 😂 seriously- it is harder than you think. Even with decent client base- so far thats my experience!

  • @expert7383
    @expert7383 Місяць тому

    5k

  • @KitesurfingBeginner
    @KitesurfingBeginner Місяць тому

    Nice tips!

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 29 днів тому

      Glad you like them! 🙌

  • @toppersurfer
    @toppersurfer Місяць тому

    Very interesting. I will think about that in my next session!

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 29 днів тому

      Go for it! Let me know after!!

  • @whateverwhatever18
    @whateverwhatever18 Місяць тому

    Takeaway: The wind is free, it's an affordable sport

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust Місяць тому

      @@whateverwhatever18 thats what we all tell to ourselves 😂 whatever 😉

  • @leapnlarry
    @leapnlarry Місяць тому

    Ive been kiting since 2003, and i had never heard these terms in kiting, i think everyone starts there session in active and at he end of the session they are getting passive, just getting tired. One way to tell if you are active if you are going upwind bettter than the other riders. Larry

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust Місяць тому

      @@leapnlarry hey Larry thanks for your input. These are definitely new for many folks, but as the sport grows and we put more effort into understanding beginners mistakes (not the full beginners after waterstart but everyone who cant jump over 5 m on a consistent basis) and the ways these can be learned, these new terms will rise. In teaching this sport these terms helps for more riders to understand the concept, instead of using more vague terms or waiting years tilI they feel it naturally. Let me challenge your belief- just watch the riders on your spot at the next session and see how big of a wave they have after their boards. I think you will surprised that 70-80 % is riding passively most of the time. Missing the advantage that the proper active riding can give to them.

  • @sheltontian4972
    @sheltontian4972 Місяць тому

    make sense. I will try it next time when I am on the water. Thanks for the tip.

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust 29 днів тому

      You got it! Let me know how it goes! ‼️

  • @MrMrmidnight
    @MrMrmidnight Місяць тому

    Seen you at Stintino last week but was to afraid to ask you some questions… I really like your videos👍🏻 see you on the water🤙🏻

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust Місяць тому

      damn! i wish you did! thats hilarious :)) what made you afraid? do i look scary?? :D Super nice spot, I didn't expect that much wind and I was just strolling with the fam, so I skipped kiting. (also i had no gear with me ) There was a guy with a core kite keep trying and failing to get out, and i felt really sorry for him, so I decided to try to give him a tip if he came out next. he literally should have turn to active earlier to be able to keep the power, and he would have make it. thats it. but after 30m i gave up waiting :) it is so hard when i see them, and i want to help, cos not everybody takesa tip wellp in my experienec,e it is thin ice :)

  • @joseflipke7957
    @joseflipke7957 Місяць тому

    Great examples😮

  • @stokakrishna
    @stokakrishna Місяць тому

    as always LIKE at the start of the movie

  • @kiteaust
    @kiteaust Місяць тому

    I've been teaching Kitesurfing for 30 years. One of the first instructors on the planet.. it's hard to teach Kitesurfing with just one type of kite and it's so boring

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust Місяць тому

      When i read on my mobile that you kiting for 30 years - in my mind i had two questions - wow, you kited before kiting or you must be one of the Wipika brothers! Jokes aside, I wish I could ever get my hand on an auto zenith kite that you use, but this stuff is not accessible anymore. I am all in for interesting stuff, and trying new things out. Thanks for the comment, Alex.

  • @larsw.larsen4173
    @larsw.larsen4173 Місяць тому

    Thanks🎉😊

  • @freddydad1
    @freddydad1 Місяць тому

    Passive riders always struggle in stronger winds. Their edge control is not strong enough to be able to handle gusts, i kite with a couple of guys, always on too small kite and always look super stiff and uncomfortable.

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust Місяць тому

      That's a very good point! This technique is very beneficial as you get better and ride stronger winds. I often ride 7m kites when everybody is on 9- and I can squeeze all the power out of my 7, jumping higher (more control of my edge and takeoff) and having more control. With this, I am not being thrown around by the kit but i am the one thoriwing the kite around :) Also, these riders learn to keep the kite high when feeling powered, making them able to edge even less cos of the lift.

  • @IJzzo
    @IJzzo Місяць тому

    I think I learned to do that over the time. You find out what makes you going faster when the wind is not so strong if you keep trying and trying. The trouble starts for me when wind is too light and I can not do this anymore.

    • @EpicGust
      @EpicGust Місяць тому

      @@IJzzo thats nice achievement! And yes, thats true many kiter who spend enough time on water learning this intuitively. This video is for the rest - and still majority. Very light wind requires to jaw the board upwind instead of digging the heels in. Thats a different topic.