Kitesurfing technique - Body draggingWritten by Jakob Jelling
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Another one of kitesurfing techniques that is very valuable is learning how to steer your board. First of all, of course, you will need to be comfortable and completely in control while just standing on your board. You can follow following steps to practice steering your board. To steer your board to side that is away from wind, try putting more pressure on your front foot and moving your body weight towards face of board. To steer your board to side that is towards wind, do opposite by putting more pressure on your back foot.

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The landing kitesurfing techniques are also very important to master. To land, follow following steps. First of all, regulate trim strap to so your kite is in a de-powered mode. Reposition kite to either left or right boundary of wind screen. Next, release pole and draw on security / safety strap. Grasp security strap line and march in direction of kite. When you grabbed a hold of kite’s foremost edge, you can place kite on surface and secure it. There are several basic kitesurfing techniques that relate to your kitesurfing kite. You will need to practice following things, for example. Practice turning kite to right and to left, doing 8 shapes in left and right border of wind screen, and doing sine wave patterns while jogging.

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