Showing posts with label Kite Piloting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kite Piloting. Show all posts

8/22/09

What is kiteing?

New in kiteing?


New in kiteing?

If you've already seen kiteing on water, snow or grass and just know that you need to try it, then you have probably a lot of questions how to approached to this sport ...

What is kiteing?

The word "kiteing - kiteboarding" covers the activities with kite on different terrains. Kitesurfing is carried out on the water, snowkiting in the snow with a snowboard or a skis and landboarding on grass or similar ground with mountainboard. Generally speaking, if you stand on the board and you pulled the parachute through the wind, then you kiteing.

New in kiteing?


With the right equipment, enough experience and enough wind you can kite anywhere!

New in kiteing?

12/26/08

Kite Piloting

If you wannabe a kite surfer, you have to be a good kite pilot.The best way to became a good kite surfer is that you practice with a trainer kite before getting your kitesurf kite.


Kite Surfing Kites

Different kites have different launching, landing and water relaunching techniques. Practice with your trainer kite on land at least a couple times before attempting to kitesurf on the water.Before attempting to kitesurf in the water, you need to understand some of the fundamental techniques about controlling the power of the kite.


Kite Surfing Kites

Lift is proportional to the projected sail/kite surface and the square of the apparent wind speed. Therefore to control the power of the kite, one needs to know to control the projected surface and the flying speed of the kite.