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Epic Gust
Hungary
Приєднався 4 жов 2017
Still have free spaces in our one month duration of kite camps.
Weekly bookings - rental, lessons, accommodation included.
Prices start from 1000 Eur a week!
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I believe kitesurfing is for everyone, you can get a very decent level regardless your age and fitness, that you will enjoy till you alive!
I don't want you to miss out on this!
Drop me a message to book a lesson with me, online or offline is available.
zolty@epicgust.com
Lesson prices and other details:
www.epicgust.com
Big hug, loads of wind, and stoke i send to you mate. Enjoy life, and enjoy the powerzone!
Zolty
Weekly bookings - rental, lessons, accommodation included.
Prices start from 1000 Eur a week!
🔰Beginner? subscribe to this mail list where i give the best advices for starting kiting and progressing fast
sendfox.com/epicgust
🪁5 loops Friday🪁
Short fun kiting email before the weekend hits. 5 topics, to keep you in the loop! Subscribe here:
sendfox.com/lp/1vogrv
I believe kitesurfing is for everyone, you can get a very decent level regardless your age and fitness, that you will enjoy till you alive!
I don't want you to miss out on this!
Drop me a message to book a lesson with me, online or offline is available.
zolty@epicgust.com
Lesson prices and other details:
www.epicgust.com
Big hug, loads of wind, and stoke i send to you mate. Enjoy life, and enjoy the powerzone!
Zolty
Kitesurfing basics - How to jump
After teaching a decade of this sport, the swing theory concept started to form in my head, and I applied it in my teaching when teaching students for kitesurfing jumps, it was working better than anything. Here it is. I am sharing my tips with you; that is how I teach kitesurfing jumps in my lessons, and all my folks do this in the epic gust kitecoaching schools.
I taught this with the most significant success for those who never jumped. Many riders build the wrong muscle memory for a very long time, so they struggle to switch this around, but when someone had a clean slate, they picked it up quickly, and we went from no jumps to 2-3 m jumps within a week of deliberate practice.
This is not a magic trick that you will watch and be able to do bigger jumps. The swing theory might be something you will remember - so I will reach my goal - I found this as a key element in the lessons. Eventually, the real deal and faster progression can be achieved when you take a coach, who will be able to pinpoint your strong and weak links, and you can put deliberate effort to practice exactly what you need.
Big thanks to Luke and Paul for helping me in the shots, to Ventum Kiteboarding and its owner, Sebastian, and the Lieuwe family. Without them i would not able to show this to you!
🔝Share if you feel it is useful to others!
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If you are 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.
I taught this with the most significant success for those who never jumped. Many riders build the wrong muscle memory for a very long time, so they struggle to switch this around, but when someone had a clean slate, they picked it up quickly, and we went from no jumps to 2-3 m jumps within a week of deliberate practice.
This is not a magic trick that you will watch and be able to do bigger jumps. The swing theory might be something you will remember - so I will reach my goal - I found this as a key element in the lessons. Eventually, the real deal and faster progression can be achieved when you take a coach, who will be able to pinpoint your strong and weak links, and you can put deliberate effort to practice exactly what you need.
Big thanks to Luke and Paul for helping me in the shots, to Ventum Kiteboarding and its owner, Sebastian, and the Lieuwe family. Without them i would not able to show this to you!
🔝Share if you feel it is useful to others!
📍 Learn in my kite school on lake Como Italy - www.epicgust.com
📚 Book an online kite coaching with me - zolty@epicgust.com
🇧🇷 Join to my Kite Clinic in Brazil - yearly in October and November
the_epicgust
🇨🇷 Costa Rica bigair coaching - yearly from January till March
🪁 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗫𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗘 AS 𝟳𝗺-𝟵𝗺-𝟭𝟭𝗺. bit.ly/ventumkites
🛹𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗴𝘂𝗻/ Falcon 𝟭𝟯𝟲𝘅𝟰𝟮 bit.ly/lieuwe
If you are 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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I always love seeing the huge wake behind myself. (I also like seeing the water drip off the tips of the kite after relaunching it out of the water. But that’s usually just a sign that o messed up somehow and dropped the kite… but I love to see the stream of water out of the kite) 🤙
Great piece of work!!!! keep going mate !
This is golden information..... I'm off to Dakhla this year and I have set myself goals, this information is locked and loaded 🫡
What's the location name with this nice lagoon? Where is it?
What system do you have for the insta360?
@@Leonardo_davinci_ i think the only one i know exists- sail video system. 180 eur
@EpicGust the Insta 360 backpack 🎒 support? It will works for 80 euro or is only for backpack 🎒? Wow 180! It's a lot
@ i had a chance to try the backpak. Not even remotely close to this system unfortunately- the backpack is very wobbly. This one can be tighten well and stays stiffand still shakes a bit but offers the best result in such sport. When you see the thing itself it could be remade under 20 eur but inguess the idea anb being the only one allows them to charge.
@@EpicGust thanks so much for your explanation!! Wow , understand so shame of insta360! They do such nice products but cover case, support tools are not the best to be honest! They even released a new gimbal today but they have to improve of support tools I believe. But thanks I will try to find this support expensive then for my kitesurf staff
@ i think it is probably cos this is a special use case. That backpack thing is great walking around like hiking and get great footage - and itnhas all kind of storage inside so you can keep some stuff in it- cos of this the materials are not great for water either. I reckon running would be also a problem with it. They aim on a wide user range so compromise is normal at specificity. I dont know much about other products they release. I have a line mount for the 360 too- thats also a wake-kite specific thing- also great.
we don't stop playing because we grow old... we grow old because we stop playing 🙂 Great video again, can't wait for the next seshhh
Thank you 🙏 likewise!! When is it for you??
No wind in the Netherlands at the moment.. maybe in a week or so 🙏
I like the swing theory. Very helpful stuff
Great video, good explanation, nice footage :)
Many thanks!
Very interesting. But what is the kite position when you take off to maximize the swing effect? Just a bit before 12, right at 12 or a little after 12 ? And what is the kite movement during the jump ? Thanks a lot and keep going with your great work!!!!!
it all depends. Internet is a good place for average answers but not to give exact answers - in my opinion. I can say x and it might hinder your progress cos if I had seen your jump, i would have say something completely different. I hope you get my point. To max your progress get a buddy or a proper coach who can give you a good overlook and set you on the right track. Otherwise it takes so much more time with trial and error. But i dont want to leave you without an answer - yet it might be not the one you need to hear - if you take off with the kite precisely at 12, your riding momentum will get the kite slightly behind you anyway. that is why i suggest NOT to send the kite straight behind. if you want to make a kiteloop it is better to take off slightly before 12. if it is a transition jump it is different agian. the kite movement is in the video i believe. kite goes to 12. stays there till the peak. kite moves back forward for landing - is this not clear from the video? cos then i need to refine it :) i am working on a way to evaluate this and give precise things to people through a video analysis, would you be interested in this? If you have a video of your own jumps i can evaluate it for you!
@EpicGust Thank you very much for this detailed answer. I understand perfectly your point and it's not easy to give advice without knowing the situation. However it will still help me !! I really struggle with timing : pop, kite position, pulling the bar. Which one is first and at when during the take off preparation?
Show me a video of your jump and i will tell you more in a call! Send it to here theepicgust@gmail.com
Love the videos! So so helpful 👌
Great video. I have been kiting for 4 yrs now and I still learned from this. Hope to catch you in salinas this year! Pura Vida 🤙🏼
Awesome to hear - Let's make it happen! 😎
Your videos are super interesting! I really like your approach to teaching, some ideas I've never seen explained this way before. Nice, keep it up!
thank you Jan! your words are much appreciated!
Watching your tutorial I just understood what I was doing wrong and why I couldn't actually waterstart and keep my body up! I have never pulled the bar! 😱
😂😂😂
good content here
I was about to send this video to my gf. No way i am doing it after the “move your hip forward” zoolander look 😂
HHhahah :)) what are you afraid of ? :P
The best advice I got was to turn my hips towards where I wanted to go (while still leaning backwards). I think that put more weight on my back foot and led to more power.
South Africa
I dont understand how this video doesn't have 1M views. Your intro is soooo money :)
@@zacharysilverzweig7715 thanks bro, appreciate yr feedback!
Where is the full video? How can I find it
@@zerocontentTV it is on my channel - the line legth topic
Thank you for touching on small details that matters 🤗 If possible, could you maybe make one more video about another small detail - which is typically not highlighted enough ( I watched at least 50+ different kitesurfing tutorial videos and haven't seen enough attention to it ). You mentioned it briefly in this video, but I think the detail deserves its own video. I wasted nearly 8 hours in 3 consecutive days in water when I was trying to learn how to go upwind. (I had nice kite control + snowboarding / wakeboarding experience) And the mistake I was making - was to lean (sit) lower and push more on to the back feet way too early - so before I've got enough speed I was killing the power in kite and I was slowly stopping and sinking. And at some point I got tired from trying to learn going upwind and decided to simply have a bit of fun in last hours. So I went a bit downwind, which obviously gave me a bit more speed / power and then after 200 meters I decided to slow down. But this time instead of breaking I actually started to go upwind. 😁 And during all of those wasted 8 hours the only thing I was missing was a bit more speed to catch the balance between kite drag and resistance provided by the board. 🤦 Update: Actually found your upwind tutorial. You seem to touch it there. 😁 ua-cam.com/video/K6ftabVNfhs/v-deo.html
Hey! I feel your pain - in fact my upwind video covers this i belive - have you seen it? If so , let me know! To be fair this is not your fault, those small things vary from person to person. yet if your instructor is a great guy, fun to hang with (like most of us) yet they dont have the ability to pinpoint these things you will wast money and time. The specifics to person to person are endless. I wish you good progress in the future. Some things just need the right coach to make it click.
Nice dawg! Since you brought out the vids about active/passive riding, I've definitely been successfully riding with more power! It's a state mind, keep er lit!
in the next part - how to best check the lines :P
Got it, I'll start smiling more!!
Also Check the bridal store lengths of your kite -> refer to the datasheet or measure them when new. Always apply 5kg of force to measure and make sure your stretched them before
Very good point - in your experience how much of a stretch/shrinkage happens on those?
Good advice!
What do you mean season, we kite all year, but yes definitely check your lines a couple of times a year and when buying a new bar, check them after a few sessions 🤙
Well, the summer season, when we mostly kite more, or early spring - thats what i mean :)
Maybe he only has one kite.
@@george4260 would that be a good excuse if he loses his edge , crashes and tangles his lines around you putting you in danger?
Morpheus? Is that you...?
At a very windy day, where I am well powered on my 7 meter kite, there is on a very busy kitespot usually that one guy attached to a 13.5 meter big Edge. 😂
I am glad you see this the same way. 🙌
I'm usually the guy on the biggest kite. I struggle to understand why everyone else thinks riding under powered is fun? They all have smaller kites, and yet I'm the one looping. I don't get it.
@@HelpMeObiwan1 I don’t get what is fun on riding brutally overpowered. If you like that kind of fight for survival kite sessions, then enjoy it. I remember to have been also on a 14m kite in about 22 knots. I had the biggest kite under the riders out there with my 68 kg. Wasn’t really fun at all. But it is not comparable to being in 40 gust 55 knots wind on a 5 meter kite. That is really dead brutal.
@@HelpMeObiwan1 Also don’t forget there is that point where the wind will lift you out of the water as soon as you bring the kite over you, and that with bar out, fully depowered. You will get in that situation much earlier than the others with their smaller kites.
Your awesome!!! Thank you
This is very interresting. Could you give me some tips regarding edging and reaching. When I am well powered I go upwind like crazy!!! I want to get more speed instead of going upwind.
can you help me find another one too :)
Board or gf?? 😜
Yeah right your leaving People lie 40 min in the water
@@galacticorbit9311 huh? help me and others to understand you.
You didn't mention looping the kite
@@s2oooo no 😂 how could i miss that out? Is that your favourite move too?? I love it sooo much. Full on addicted to it 😇
@EpicGust still trying to land a mega loop on a hydrofoil 🙈. Family & kids have stopped me practicing 😔
@ i respect that
Az igen, hajrá!!!!
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
@@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!
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.
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!
Plus it looks so much better, keep it stylish
Keep it stylish 🙌😂
😂😂😂 Poor understanding of how a kite is flying...
What do you mean by that @ricophi2
@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"
@@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?
Awesome 👍
@@expert7383 are you already in brazil?
Thanks best info I have watch sofar !
thanks mate this really inspires me to get my other toughts out too!
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...
I Appreciate this so much! Thank you!
Plenty of Geoffs out there, though a lot of them are switching to foils😊
@@freddydad1 not sure i am getting what you saying 🙃 can you clarify?
@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.
@@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!
Best pop tutorial ever !!! 💪Will work this intensively at my next session !!! Thanks so much !
Awesome! Thank you! 🙏 let me know how it goes!!
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?
I am in - lets do it show me the foootage theepicgust@gmail.com
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?
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!
@@EpicGust Tomorrow I will go kitesurfing I will try to implement what you said, and I will get back to you.
Thanks man, good content as usual ! 😊
Appreciate that, glad you liked it! 🙌
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!!!
Good questions thanks!
@@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
@@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!
Kiting is far from a new sport. FlexiFoil has been making super high quality power kites to surf with since the 1970s.