Kite Surfing – How to Choose Wet Suit

Kite Surfing – How to Choose Wet Suit

Wet suits help surfers to feel comfort at any water temperatures. It protects from hazards, cold and helps surfer to do better. Cold water is defined if the temperature is below 65 degrees. Wet suit is full suit to cover total body from ankles to writs, with a thickness of 2 to 3mm. It keeps your body warm which is possible because of the layer of water existing between your body and the suit. This water acts as an insulator and keeps the body temperature at the same level irrespective of outside temperatures.

Wet suit should be neither tight to prevent movements not lose to hang uselessly. Therefore, before buying wetsuit one should have complete knowledge about it. Whenever you want to buy wet suit go to surfing store and purchase it. You do not find these sports items other than respective stores. Know about the brands. Do not carry away by expensive brands. Surf the internet to get best deals and know about best brands. If you are not aware, it is advised to ask the one who knows it better. Your wet suit should fit your body comfortably and it should be tight enough preventing water flushing. So first, try the suit before buying it.


Kite Surfing – How to Choose Wet Suit

Kite Surfing – Safety Rules

Kite Surfing – Safety Rules

Every sport has two sides. It gives fun and also proves dangerous sometimes if you don’t take required safety measures. One must be very careful and be aware of safety measures for extreme water sports like kitesurfing. Because of wind gusts, strong forces will be generated enough to carry away people and dash them against water, terrains, and buildings. Most fatalities are due to such hazards caused by power kites. Jumping at inappropriate places and collisions with other surfers are other hazards. Usually at 50km/h surfer gets tired and carried away from shore where it is difficult for an easy swim. Other dangers are from sharks, jellyfishes, and crocodiles.

Safety Rules to be Followed

Height of the Kite: To avoid collisions, kiter who is nearer to the wind or who is above other kiters must keep the kite high enough to avoid collision with the liners of other kiters. Similarly, those who are at a lower height should manage their kite high to be safe.

Clearance Distance Range: A kiter must have 30m clearance during upwind and 50m clearance during downwind. Sailing rules also applicable for kite surfing.

Sailing Rule 12 or Starboard Rule: The kiter who has the wind on the right side, right leg, or arm leading in direction of travel (starboard) has the right of way when coming in opposite directions. The kiter who has the wind on the port side should give the way.

Along with these, other sailing rules must be followed to avoid hazards.


Kite Surfing – Safety Rules

Kite Surfing – Necessary Equipment

Kite Surfing – Necessary Equipment

Advanced technology is helping sports equipment manufacturers to invent and enhance the equipment and made it easy to learn for beginners. Kite surfing equipment has undergone several changes from its origin to present day. One must know what are the equipments required for any sport.

Let’s see the necessary equipment for kite surfing:-

Kites: Kite manufacturing has undergone many changes. Many varieties of kites are available; power kites that include leading edge inflatable and bow kites, and foil kites. Kites also vary in size.

Flying Lines: Usually ultra high molecular weight polyethylene is used to make these flying lines to bear the loads of the riders. Most kites use 3 to 4 lines and fifth line is used to help in water re-launching. They will come in different lengths.

Control Bar: This is used to control the kite and to rotate it clockwise or anticlockwise. This is attached to the kite through the flying lines. This is made of solid material.

Kiteboard: Many varieties of kite boards available. It is actually made of small wooden or foam board. You can use directional surf-style boards, wakeboard-style boards, and hybrids which can work in either direction. Kiteboards also varies depending on rider's skill level, riding style, wind and water conditions.


Kite Surfing – Necessary Equipment

Kite Surfing – Basic Techniques

Kite Surfing – Basic Techniques

Kite surfing is the most popular extreme water sport now-a-days. This sport is entertaining as well as dangerous. One must know basic techniques of kite surfing to avoid injuries to self as well as other who are bystanders. Sports schools are there to teach kite surfing and its basic techniques.

Standard Techniques of Kite Surfing:

Turning: Turning is very important thing to know in this sport. If you are a beginner, then keep the kite in neutral position and learn stopping, bending back into the water, and practice it by turning kite in opposite direction. You can also learn heel turn job. This technique is executed quickly but requires skill. Board is slowed down and reversed the board by flattening rear foot and eventually making it to become the lead foot.

Controlling: Controlled flying and jumping are the thrills associated with kite surfing. Before jumping, the surfer has to build enough tension in the kite and board to gain required momentum. Though they give us more fun, they prove to be dangerous if you have not practiced well.

Board Grabs: Another thrill is grabbing the board while jumping or popping into the air with either hands. You can grab the board in various styles.

The more you practice the more thrills you can experience with this kite surfing sport.


Kite Surfing – Basic Techniques

Kite Surfing – History

Kite Surfing – History

A water sport becoming very popular now-a-days is kite surfing or kite boarding. A style of wave oriented riding using kites as propel system. This is an extreme sport where the surfer uses board with or without strips to hold and a big kite that acts as a propel system. By managing the kite, he can actually ride on the surface waters. Different styles of kite surfing exist today like, freestyle, wake style, wave riding, jumping, and cruising.

Kite surfing history dates back to 13th century in the Chinese history for the transportation. It was called as kite sailing. In 1800, George Peacock used this method for moving carts on land and ships on water. He use bigger kite taking it to the next higher level. In 1903, Samuel Cody succeeded in developing man lifting kites and able to cross English Channel in a small boat. In 1990, Peter Lynn created kite buggying which became very popular.

Commercial kite surfing model was invented by Bill Roeseler, a Boeing aerodynamicist, and his son Corey Roeseler and named as “KiteSki" system. In 1996, off the Hawaiian coast of Maui, Laird Hamilton and Manu Bertin were made kitesurfing popular. From then new inventions and enhancements made this kite surfing sport very popular. From 2001 onwards, wakeboard style bi-directional boards came into existence.


Kite Surfing – History

With the wind in the hair – Kiteing

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Who among us has not wished to be able to walk on water? For example, when standing on the coast and want to continue the way, but you can not. Well you can, with the board and the parachute, and yet almost as freely as you go "on foot". And not only that the knowledge of surfing with the dragon and the parachute (kiteboarding), also known as kiting, driving attractive to travel on the sea, but also on snow, ice, sand consolidated basis or even a meadow. Specialty of kiting is that it can be implemented in all seasons. But since summer is here, let’s stay on the water.
It is not surprising that people have for years endeavored to be the dragon and made navigable object in the water. The first, which it is in 1993 about it, it was Cory Roeseler. However, his attempt on monoski with a large dragon, which was managed by a leading rod and motorized winding cords, was a commercial failure. The real development has enabled the invention of brothers Bruno and Dominique Legaignoux, already in 1984, the patented system of parachutes with inflatable tubes, which was after the two lines connected to the management club. When Manu Bertini and others in 1996 in France on the beaches near Montpellier this system start to use in the weighted boards for windsurfing (windsurfing), was born kiting.


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