looked fine in those winds, nothing new, kiters have been doing that type of launch and landing for a couple of decades, especially with Revolution kites.http://www.revkites.com/main/
However, doing that in 25 knots, would love to see the results on video.
A Snippet of Rev kite stuff
I remember seeing a video of Lou Wainman doing that about 10 years ago with a two line C kite on Maui...
nothing wrong with that!!!
another way to do it is throw your bar downwind as hard as possible and the kite just drops out of the sky - easy! For an experianced kiter
^ are u ****ing serious anybody can do that.. you dont have to be a "professional kiteboarder" to do that. some mates were down the beach who had never flown a kite before were doing this
SR has to land his kite that way,
When he gets out of the water,,all the locals look the other way and pretend they cant see the new boy in town.
You know I can self land,
remember last year
but that was more your problem than mine.and made you look like a real noob
Saw a guy launch his kite like that at augusta. Nearly killed himself and it was offshore. Luckily some other kiters helped him out.
When he got in all his lines were tangled up.