Best tutorial on this topic I’ve seen so far, awesome, thanks guys…can’t wait to start trying to actually land so big strapless jumps, most of the time I just get dropped, but now i know what I’m doing wrong…
i've watched you since the days of not knowing how to launch my own kite until now learning unhooked S-bends. You've always been one of the best instructors ever. Would love to kite with you one day! thank you for making all these awesome videos!!
Thx for your performance knowledge…. My strapless experience is far away from that kind of jumps. Here in Germany is wintertime, more than enough wind but only 5 degrees air and water, plus rain without end. We hope to get on water as soon as possible and learning more air time skills… best regards from the Baltic Sea
Hey Fluke very nice explanation..i stop trying big jumps until yet, because of missing knowledge about the hand position and down-heli-backloop! I will try this asap! Many thanks! You always pushing forwad my strappless skills!
@@FlukesKitesurfing i will, we do not have so much good kite days in south of germany(last sess this week 5degrees water 8air) and also hard to find kickers on our small lakes 😀 latest in june holidays italy i will force this hard. Fly safe!
After trying and trying. Perhaps a good step is to do a send jump from a wave, without catching your board but focusing on keeping it stuck to feet - this somewhat can give overall info on how much time you have in order to grab it. Same time redirecting kite with both hands on bar to fly forward. But still, i don't think that's a solution to keeping kite forward. Especially if we're talking about take off from flat, it just keeps flying over, i can't lock it man....When you bring kite up, it has still that inertia from moving, i dunno how to stop it properly before it flies over 😒 Yet, you have shown clearly in another video that it is possible (How to Jump Strapless Kitesurfing: Basics for 2 methods explained). Perhaps a vid about jumping higher from flat? Update: another session, looks like progress was made after all. Yes, really important is a kite work on bringing it up, and this wrist lock. Seems that a lot of small chop is quite helpful here.
Thanks Fluke. I have noticed your teaching is getting better and better. Introducing briefly the overall steps and then repeating things a few times in different ways. Well done. I can see how taking off at slow speed or underpowered can lead to those drops in the water. Need to keep that backhand locked and jumó with a bit more speed. Will try to not point the board as upwind when taking off too. Quick question. I have been using a rope and one of those ceramic rings in my harness for a while. Do you think they make remaining stable in the air when jumping a bit harder?
Hey Angel, oh thanks for the feedback and good to hear you prefer the new format :) To answer your question, I really like riding on a rope, and did exclusively for a couple of years. I prefer it actually, and I don't find it feels unstable. I like it better for the movement, easier to position the body. That said, for me as I was getting higher jumps it was more about the rope breaking the turned me back to the hook. The ropes are really strong when new, but over time as it wears i would worry it might break mid loop, so i went back to the hook.
@@FlukesKitesurfing Good to hear it doe snot affect the jumps much. However you are right, jumping that high using a rope feels less safe than with a hook. I think it is about time to change the dyneema rope in my spreader anyway. Jumping high not a concern for me ATM :)
Hi Fluke, what a legend sorry I was in your way for your board off kiteloop, I had blue North Orbit kites 😅. Didn’t recognise you with the hat and boots, would had ask for an pictures 📸 together. Thank you for sharing you knowledge 🤙.
Haha yeah that me mate. Treated myself to a new hat :) and don’t worry about that... everyone is in everyone’s way at kite beach haha. Come say gday if you see us down there
Hello Flucke. Great video . Maybe the best board off strapless jump video on the web . How can I send you my video to know where i am wrong ? Thank you dear . I jump and landing but my jump is not big and kite push me forward
Hey! I like to learn new tricks on my 10M-12M kite in about 20 knots. But once you feel comfortable landing them, then 25-30 knots is fun for jumps. :)
I've gotta try that landing loop more. I smashed it too hard a few weeks back. Must have had the kite too far over back. I thought the 12m was just too big, but seeing you fly your 12 I realize that ain't it.
Hey Taco! Yeah for sure, sometimes its best to keep the kite 1 hour in the forward motion, then as you are pulling the landing loop the kite travels past 12 which will definitely soften the landing. You can do that with any size kite :)
Best tutorial on this topic I’ve seen so far, awesome, thanks guys…can’t wait to start trying to actually land so big strapless jumps, most of the time I just get dropped, but now i know what I’m doing wrong…
Awesome! Glad it helped and let us know how you progress.
+1 getting dropped out of the air 😆
Make that 2
i've watched you since the days of not knowing how to launch my own kite until now learning unhooked S-bends. You've always been one of the best instructors ever. Would love to kite with you one day! thank you for making all these awesome videos!!
Hey Lara, Awesome! Stoked to hear it and thanks for letting us know :) And yeah for sure, if you happen to see us at the beach come say hi
Hey Fluke, thank you for sharing your knowledge here... This will help me to get to the next level of my strapless jumps 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾😎
Epic! I hope it works for you on the water :) keep us posted!
Thanks Luke! Extremely useful.
No problem! Glad to hear it
Thx for your performance knowledge…. My strapless experience is far away from that kind of jumps. Here in Germany is wintertime, more than enough wind but only 5 degrees air and water, plus rain without end. We hope to get on water as soon as possible and learning more air time skills… best regards from the Baltic Sea
For sure I know that feeling!! That’s what Canada was like before coming here. It’s more about survival than progression haha
Hey Fluke very nice explanation..i stop trying big jumps until yet, because of missing knowledge about the hand position and down-heli-backloop! I will try this asap! Many thanks! You always pushing forwad my strappless skills!
Awesome mate!!! It’s a long video but there’s lots to be said, so I’m glad it’s helped! Let me know how it goes
@@FlukesKitesurfing i will, we do not have so much good kite days in south of germany(last sess this week 5degrees water 8air) and also hard to find kickers on our small lakes 😀 latest in june holidays italy i will force this hard. Fly safe!
Amazing explanation bro! Thanks 👏 , you're the best 👌. Now I'll finally land my jumps properly 😅
EPIC! Glad they helped mate
After trying and trying. Perhaps a good step is to do a send jump from a wave, without catching your board but focusing on keeping it stuck to feet - this somewhat can give overall info on how much time you have in order to grab it. Same time redirecting kite with both hands on bar to fly forward. But still, i don't think that's a solution to keeping kite forward. Especially if we're talking about take off from flat, it just keeps flying over, i can't lock it man....When you bring kite up, it has still that inertia from moving, i dunno how to stop it properly before it flies over 😒 Yet, you have shown clearly in another video that it is possible (How to Jump Strapless Kitesurfing: Basics for 2 methods explained). Perhaps a vid about jumping higher from flat?
Update: another session, looks like progress was made after all. Yes, really important is a kite work on bringing it up, and this wrist lock. Seems that a lot of small chop is quite helpful here.
Thanks Fluke. I have noticed your teaching is getting better and better. Introducing briefly the overall steps and then repeating things a few times in different ways. Well done.
I can see how taking off at slow speed or underpowered can lead to those drops in the water.
Need to keep that backhand locked and jumó with a bit more speed. Will try to not point the board as upwind when taking off too.
Quick question. I have been using a rope and one of those ceramic rings in my harness for a while. Do you think they make remaining stable in the air when jumping a bit harder?
Hey Angel, oh thanks for the feedback and good to hear you prefer the new format :) To answer your question, I really like riding on a rope, and did exclusively for a couple of years. I prefer it actually, and I don't find it feels unstable. I like it better for the movement, easier to position the body. That said, for me as I was getting higher jumps it was more about the rope breaking the turned me back to the hook. The ropes are really strong when new, but over time as it wears i would worry it might break mid loop, so i went back to the hook.
@@FlukesKitesurfing Good to hear it doe snot affect the jumps much. However you are right, jumping that high using a rope feels less safe than with a hook. I think it is about time to change the dyneema rope in my spreader anyway. Jumping high not a concern for me ATM :)
good stuff. thanks for the video
For sure, glad it helped
Hi Fluke, what a legend sorry I was in your way for your board off kiteloop, I had blue North Orbit kites 😅. Didn’t recognise you with the hat and boots, would had ask for an pictures 📸 together. Thank you for sharing you knowledge 🤙.
I think you was riding your Crave 10m.
Haha yeah that me mate. Treated myself to a new hat :) and don’t worry about that... everyone is in everyone’s way at kite beach haha. Come say gday if you see us down there
Hello Flucke. Great video . Maybe the best board off strapless jump video on the web . How can I send you my video to know where i am wrong ? Thank you dear . I jump and landing but my jump is not big and kite push me forward
Hey, thanks stoked to hear it's helpful. Yeah mate, send me the video on Instagram @flukeskitesurfing
Your instructions are good, but reality is cruel
hahah yeah it takes time :)
Hi Fluke, with how many knots and what size of the wing do you recommend to do the jumps?
Hey! I like to learn new tricks on my 10M-12M kite in about 20 knots. But once you feel comfortable landing them, then 25-30 knots is fun for jumps. :)
@@FlukesKitesurfing Hi, Do you use a freestyle or wave kite?
I've gotta try that landing loop more. I smashed it too hard a few weeks back. Must have had the kite too far over back. I thought the 12m was just too big, but seeing you fly your 12 I realize that ain't it.
Hey Taco! Yeah for sure, sometimes its best to keep the kite 1 hour in the forward motion, then as you are pulling the landing loop the kite travels past 12 which will definitely soften the landing. You can do that with any size kite :)
This part of driving kite forward with back hand is next to impossible, better be really precise with kite position during take off.
yes take off position is important. But you will find with practise its easy enough to position the kite with one hand :)