As always great video. You nailed it on the heading downwind to get the board speed. Spent the first 3 years always trying to maintain crosswind on jumps.
I have been kitesurfing for 18 years and this is some of the most on point advise I have heard. Particularly the bit about being correctly powered. Woo's are part of the problem here, people are now so focused on posting that big jump that they aim to be over powered because you know the higher the jump the better the rider right? I see so few people doing actual tricks these days at the beach, to see a front loop is almost unheard of at my local. Yet a only a few years ago rotations were part of the progression. Some of my best sessions have been on slightly under powered days when I can build power into the kite to go for the trick with exactly the right amount of power. This is also key if you want to learn unhooked tricks. But again, I almost never see anyone even doing raleys. Great vid, worthy of a sub.
Cheers my friend! You are right, unhooked riding is very rare now. I imagine it will come back around eventually. Everyone seems to be frothing on big jumps. Stoked you agree with the tips. - Rygo
This is great. Getting over the looping fear is tough!! I know I sure had it until I started doing transition loops and noticed it wasn't as scary as people make it out to be!
I learned on flat water 3 years ago and was looping big kites on downwind rides. Now that I ride ocean, it's a whole another story. Lots of rows of breakers, then rollers and choppy water make it hard to do anything . Even getting the jump timed between the rollers and breaks is a whole new game.
Great advice. Except the reason that a kite dive softens your landing is not because it increases your horizontal planing speed but because the vertical component of the kite's pulling force slows down your vertical descent. Even though the kite is diving downward it is still above you and so will always have a vertical component of pulling force.
great video, and nailed my issues, Unfortunately for me Being too underpowered for caution sake (kite alone a lot) really held my progression back. Now bigger kites turn much faster and have greater wind range has really changed the game for me. And if your 200lb (smaller porkchop) weight is just as important as wind speed when picking the right size kite for the moment! Keep up the great videos!
#1 speaks to a huge percentage of kiters who seem to focus almost completely on kite flying.....which is why being over powered is appealing. So few have any focus on actually riding the board, it’s sad how much they are missing out on.
I guess that is because most people have few days a year on the water. You just do not have the time to really improve your skills so you wanna have as much fun on the water as possible each session.
Thx Rygo great vid again 😎🤙🙏. This channel helped me a lot with my progressions. Started to have so much more fun on the water since I follow this channel. Are you using the U-Go line mount? I'm usually using the grill mount from Pro Standard. A couple of days ago I head a session with the new Gopro Max Lens Mod. Put it in horizon lock. Looks cool & super stable. But I'm not sure if POV shots of rotations would look better with horizon lock off. For the line mount, horizon lock would be awesome.
Good video. I am the running joke of my favorite kite spot cause I am often flying massive kites. I have a 17m Turbine and a 21m Flysurfer and have a huge twin tip ( 160 cm ). I have gotten much better as of late riding smaller equipment in the same conditions, but there is something to be said for going big when you first start. It takes a while to develop the skills you speak of and when you are still just straight up bad that big kite will get you going. Also don't confuse a heavy rider with an unskilled rider. I am 220 plus suited up. What will get the average sized rider going may not stand a chance with a guy my size. I always like to tell the pipsqueaks who give me grief over one of my big kites to go steal a 45 lb plate from their gym, strap it to their chest and then see how well their smart ass does on that 10 meter. ;)
I can’t progress because I always over or under rotate. I get disorientation, turn the bar 180 degree and crash the kite than. While I start learn to foil I break the kite 2 times so I worry and don’t try more on the Twintip too....
Good pointers all around. If I burn all those key points into my aging brain, just maybe I’ll get over some hurdles in 2021 and take my riding up a notch or two. Non the less, well stated and BTW it was cool to cross paths at the Skyway a couple of months ago.
I really like the content put out here. I’ve recently found a problem I can’t find an answer to. How do you keep the webbing on a harness free running. I’ve noticed that although my harness has seen little use and is rinsed after each session. The webbing straps are nearly impossible to tighten. Should they have wax used on them? I use the technique of pulling them backwards before yanking forwards to cinch tight. But to no effect. Could you cover this in a video?
I love the tips, but I want your opinion on some possible exceptions since you are a better rider than I'll ever be. My home spot always has strong current, usually choppy water and gusty wind. I find that if I don't have a kite rigged that can lift me off the sand when I sheet in, staying upwind is just about impossible. Is it really just my technique, or are there instances when it's necessary to be a little over powered? When I can ride flat water I don't need more kite.
Yeah if the current is working against you there’s not much you can do. I do size up in those instances! That tip isn’t concrete. I’m just encouraging people to not use a big kite as a crutch. Big air riders actually always ride big! - Rygo
Hey Rygo, nice vid's. But i can really use some advice, i want to buy a jaime sls but the board i can test is the 136. Which size do you recommend? 139×42 or 142×43? I'm 95/100kg advanced rider with core gts6 and the main thing i do is making kiteloops. I now have a lieuwe shotgun 138x41 but it's too small, and it's pretty rockered and not as stiff as the jaime. So not really comparable. Can you please help me out? I live in Holland so we have some strong winds here, but also want a good board which i can use with some less windy days +-20kts. I have 8,9,10,12 gts6. For the days with less wind i use a surfboard
Nice! Normally I encourage riders to always go big on boards. It better for all levels! The Jaime is one board that I like to stick near their recommended size guide. Check out their chart on the official page. If you want light wind performance go up ones size from what they recommend. It’s a crazy efficient board so you get a lot out of it. If I remember correctly, at your weight you’ll want the larges one available. - Rygo
I'm not that great of a rider but I like looping. Tried loops when I was just learning to fly the kite and how to bodydrag. When I first started I just had a 9m and no board at all. That 9m was usually too small to really ride anyway so I could fly it and do whatever with it without flying 50m down wind instantly. Loops are also like cheats. Like how heliloops reset the kite back in front of you. I feel like my beginner backrolls are way easier with a loop because again it gives me some exit speed on the landing and resets the kite again into a good position to ride away.
Yep! I have 3 more mistakes built but I accidentally uploaded this one again. By the time I noticed, It had 4K views and so many fresh eyes on it i decided to leave it up. Haha. I will upload the intermediate to advanced mistakes soon. - Rygo
@@MACkiteboarding Rygo I thought that was the case, too many views to take it down, good video though, to be honest I missed the video the first time around, after watching this one I went to search for the first one, then realised it was the same, ps definitely good tip going out with less power, another good tip: strapless directional board, last year I did 3 months where I didn’t use twintip, never done strapless/directional before, it improved my kite skills so so much, huge benefits when I got back on twintip,
As always great video. You nailed it on the heading downwind to get the board speed. Spent the first 3 years always trying to maintain crosswind on jumps.
Please do a video in heliloops for soft landings after big jump. My concern is to download by mistake.
I have been kitesurfing for 18 years and this is some of the most on point advise I have heard. Particularly the bit about being correctly powered. Woo's are part of the problem here, people are now so focused on posting that big jump that they aim to be over powered because you know the higher the jump the better the rider right? I see so few people doing actual tricks these days at the beach, to see a front loop is almost unheard of at my local. Yet a only a few years ago rotations were part of the progression.
Some of my best sessions have been on slightly under powered days when I can build power into the kite to go for the trick with exactly the right amount of power. This is also key if you want to learn unhooked tricks. But again, I almost never see anyone even doing raleys.
Great vid, worthy of a sub.
Cheers my friend! You are right, unhooked riding is very rare now. I imagine it will come back around eventually. Everyone seems to be frothing on big jumps. Stoked you agree with the tips. - Rygo
Yes, #3 is the biggest thing that most kiters are completely missing.
Thank you for sharing the stoke with us, my friend! 🤙🏽 Good winds to you. -Aaron
This is great. Getting over the looping fear is tough!! I know I sure had it until I started doing transition loops and noticed it wasn't as scary as people make it out to be!
I really hope this channel grows as much as possible. Rygo does a fantastic job explaining things!
Thanks Felix! - Rygo
Great tips Rygo, thanks!
Thank you for sharing the stoke with us, my friend! 🤙🏽 Good winds to you. -Aaron
I learned on flat water 3 years ago and was looping big kites on downwind rides. Now that I ride ocean, it's a whole another story. Lots of rows of breakers, then rollers and choppy water make it hard to do anything .
Even getting the jump timed between the rollers and breaks is a whole new game.
Riding underpowered on flat water is a whole lot less fucking annoying than trying to do the same in chop, surf and tide in inconsistent wind.
Great advice. Except the reason that a kite dive softens your landing is not because it increases your horizontal planing speed but because the vertical component of the kite's pulling force slows down your vertical descent. Even though the kite is diving downward it is still above you and so will always have a vertical component of pulling force.
great video, and nailed my issues, Unfortunately for me Being too underpowered for caution sake (kite alone a lot) really held my progression back. Now bigger kites turn much faster and have greater wind range has really changed the game for me. And if your 200lb (smaller porkchop) weight is just as important as wind speed when picking the right size kite for the moment! Keep up the great videos!
#1 speaks to a huge percentage of kiters who seem to focus almost completely on kite flying.....which is why being over powered is appealing. So few have any focus on actually riding the board, it’s sad how much they are missing out on.
I guess that is because most people have few days a year on the water. You just do not have the time to really improve your skills so you wanna have as much fun on the water as possible each session.
It’s what makes our sport so great. So much potential, so much fun to be had. 🤟🏻
Great info. Thanks
Hi which kite do you recommend for the lightest bar pressure.nick
Hey, there-great question, my friend. 🤙🏽 This one would best be handled with a phone call. Got a moment to chat? (800) 622-4655
Thx Rygo great vid again 😎🤙🙏. This channel helped me a lot with my progressions. Started to have so much more fun on the water since I follow this channel.
Are you using the U-Go line mount? I'm usually using the grill mount from Pro Standard.
A couple of days ago I head a session with the new Gopro Max Lens Mod. Put it in horizon lock. Looks cool & super stable. But I'm not sure if POV shots of rotations would look better with horizon lock off.
For the line mount, horizon lock would be awesome.
Good video. I am the running joke of my favorite kite spot cause I am often flying massive kites. I have a 17m Turbine and a 21m Flysurfer and have a huge twin tip ( 160 cm ). I have gotten much better as of late riding smaller equipment in the same conditions, but there is something to be said for going big when you first start. It takes a while to develop the skills you speak of and when you are still just straight up bad that big kite will get you going. Also don't confuse a heavy rider with an unskilled rider. I am 220 plus suited up. What will get the average sized rider going may not stand a chance with a guy my size. I always like to tell the pipsqueaks who give me grief over one of my big kites to go steal a 45 lb plate from their gym, strap it to their chest and then see how well their smart ass does on that 10 meter. ;)
I can’t progress because I always over or under rotate. I get disorientation, turn the bar 180 degree and crash the kite than. While I start learn to foil I break the kite 2 times so I worry and don’t try more on the Twintip too....
Because you're relying on your body rotation for the timing of the landing. Use the kite to pull you around to face the right direction.
Good pointers all around. If I burn all those key points into my aging brain, just maybe I’ll get over some hurdles in 2021 and take my riding up a notch or two. Non the less, well stated and BTW it was cool to cross paths at the Skyway a couple of months ago.
Cheers! Nice meeting you. Probably catch you on the water soon. - Rygo
Thanxxx
Glad you found this one helpful, my friend. 🤙🏽 Good winds to you and your riding progression! -Aaron
Very helpful. Thanks!
I really like the content put out here. I’ve recently found a problem I can’t find an answer to.
How do you keep the webbing on a harness free running. I’ve noticed that although my harness has seen little use and is rinsed after each session. The webbing straps are nearly impossible to tighten. Should they have wax used on them? I use the technique of pulling them backwards before yanking forwards to cinch tight. But to no effect.
Could you cover this in a video?
please give me the link about controlling the kite mentioned in this video.
ua-cam.com/video/pA4DXSqJa-M/v-deo.html
Life is too short to not try at least one kiteloop haha
I love the tips, but I want your opinion on some possible exceptions since you are a better rider than I'll ever be. My home spot always has strong current, usually choppy water and gusty wind. I find that if I don't have a kite rigged that can lift me off the sand when I sheet in, staying upwind is just about impossible. Is it really just my technique, or are there instances when it's necessary to be a little over powered? When I can ride flat water I don't need more kite.
Yeah if the current is working against you there’s not much you can do. I do size up in those instances! That tip isn’t concrete. I’m just encouraging people to not use a big kite as a crutch. Big air riders actually always ride big! - Rygo
Hey Rygo, nice vid's. But i can really use some advice, i want to buy a jaime sls but the board i can test is the 136. Which size do you recommend? 139×42 or 142×43? I'm 95/100kg advanced rider with core gts6 and the main thing i do is making kiteloops. I now have a lieuwe shotgun 138x41 but it's too small, and it's pretty rockered and not as stiff as the jaime. So not really comparable. Can you please help me out? I live in Holland so we have some strong winds here, but also want a good board which i can use with some less windy days +-20kts. I have 8,9,10,12 gts6. For the days with less wind i use a surfboard
Nice! Normally I encourage riders to always go big on boards. It better for all levels! The Jaime is one board that I like to stick near their recommended size guide. Check out their chart on the official page. If you want light wind performance go up ones size from what they recommend. It’s a crazy efficient board so you get a lot out of it. If I remember correctly, at your weight you’ll want the larges one available. - Rygo
I'm not that great of a rider but I like looping. Tried loops when I was just learning to fly the kite and how to bodydrag. When I first started I just had a 9m and no board at all. That 9m was usually too small to really ride anyway so I could fly it and do whatever with it without flying 50m down wind instantly. Loops are also like cheats. Like how heliloops reset the kite back in front of you. I feel like my beginner backrolls are way easier with a loop because again it gives me some exit speed on the landing and resets the kite again into a good position to ride away.
abselutly sending it!
I’m sure this is the same video you uploaded around 2 months ago and not 3 ‘more’ mistakes
Yep! I have 3 more mistakes built but I accidentally uploaded this one again. By the time I noticed, It had 4K views and so many fresh eyes on it i decided to leave it up. Haha. I will upload the intermediate to advanced mistakes soon. - Rygo
@@MACkiteboarding Rygo I thought that was the case, too many views to take it down, good video though, to be honest I missed the video the first time around, after watching this one I went to search for the first one, then realised it was the same, ps definitely good tip going out with less power, another good tip: strapless directional board, last year I did 3 months where I didn’t use twintip, never done strapless/directional before, it improved my kite skills so so much, huge benefits when I got back on twintip,
Very good Rygo, thank you!