Underpowered situation kitesurfingWritten by Jakob Jelling
Kitesurfing is an exciting and fun sport. However, it is a very dangerous sport and sometimes you may find yourself in various dangerous situations. One of these situations is underpowered situation kitesurfing. However, if you follow right techniques and steps, you can get out of these situations without trouble and continue enjoying your kitesurfing experience. This article deals with underpowered situation kitesurfing and techniques associated with it. Underpowered situation kitesurfing is a situation when you are several miles away from shore and above water and suddenly wind drops. Since wind drops, your kite basically losses its speed and power and you no longer can stay in air. This situation, underpowered situation kitesurfing, can happen any time and completely depends on weather conditions. There are several steps and techniques, which you should follow during underpowered situation kitesurfing. These techniques will help you to get safely to shore. First of all, try to get as much power from your kite as you can during underpowered situation kitesurfing. This can be accomplished by using only fixed loop instead of chicken loop. Also you should remember that only way you would be able to kitesurf during underpowered situation kitesurfing is by going downwind. Going upwind will not be possible and will not help you in any way. Your position on kite board is also very important during underpowered situation kitesurfing. You should try to bend your knees and shift your body near midpoint of your kite board.
| | How to feel the power of the kiteWritten by Jakob Jelling
There are many different techniques that you will need to learn before you can master kitesurfing sport. One of these techniques is learning how to feel power of kite and learning to control that power. Part of learning how to feel power of kite is leaning how to control estimated surface of kite and speed of kite. You can both use and learn how to feel power of kite through control of projected surface and thought control of speed of kite. Practice until you are comfortable with both techniques and only then try to kitesurf.First of all, learn how to feel power of kite and control it trough control of projected surface of kite. With four lines inflatable kite you can reduce power of kite by letting front lines loose and through that adjusting projected surface. With four lines foil kite you can reduce power of kite by letting center line loose and through that adjusting projected surface. In both cases a kitesurfer can fix kite in place at a specific projected surface. Spend some time learning these how to feel power of kite techniques and practicing them.
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