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Forums > Kitesurfing General

Tacking

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Created by Hunter S > 9 months ago, 27 Oct 2008
Hunter S
WA, 516 posts
27 Oct 2008 8:28AM
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Check this out - could be very handy in the surf

Darryl F
NSW, 58 posts
27 Oct 2008 5:05PM
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I can't really see it properly, I presume they only have one strap at the back of the board?? Not a bad idea...

dism
NSW, 660 posts
27 Oct 2008 9:29PM
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Watching a windsurfing 'how to tack' video might help

It's basically the same thing, just we dodge the mast

There is many well produced and explained windsurfing tacking vids, might help if there is a lack of kiting ones, just a cross-over technique from another sport

I didn't know kites could tack, saves heaps of upwind space

Darryl F - don't see why you'd only have one strap, think it'd be two like normal

Hunter S
WA, 516 posts
27 Oct 2008 9:48PM
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Yeh, when I look at it I see both front and back straps - just they only mention what to do with the back one

sandman
WA, 432 posts
27 Oct 2008 11:38PM
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I've been doing a variation on that which cuts out the body rotation, as the kite is about to make you weightless and you have almost no more forward momentum, carve the back of the board out till the fins cavitate and dance around on the deck till it's facing back the other way. dive kite and ride again.

that method looks heaps easier, but when I get one of these right, it is heaps quicker.



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