shanobi187 Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi all, I'm a new member and pretty new to the kiting community. I had a question for everyone regarding the best steps to take to get better at kiting. I know, practice, practice, practice, and i do as much as i can. I can keep good control going horizontally and vertically and i can land fairly well. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what tricks to start off with (I fly a Prism Nexus my friend and neighbor bought me after the death of my beetle Thanx again Spz0) also if there were any other training excercises i should be doing on a regular basis to hone what I can do already. Thanks in advance to everyone and I''ve already gained a wealth of knowledge just from looking through this forum, So thanks for all the great posts, they really helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoneZ Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 practicing kite maneuvers is a great way to hone in your ability to be precise with your kite. http://www.hiflykites.co.za/free-kite-guid...e-maneuvers.htm check those out, as well as some that I printed off and'll give you when I see you. As for tricks? well, learn slides, and how to control a them across the window (a dynamic or dihedral bridle will make this easier to control -- I'll make you up a couple of new yokes for a dynamic setup in the meantime). Also practice stalling, and tending the stall. that'll give you a great basis for learning an Axel. Heres a link for an axel that I found helpful. Its all 1980's narrated, and makes you feel like your sitting in a school desk, about to grab your #2 pencil to jot down notes, but its a good tutorial. lol http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/ho...ite-trick-1730/ OH!! Also, remember me telling you about the "EZ Axel"? Heres the link http://www.kfs.org/~abw/kite/rec.kites/axel1.html ~Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windofchange Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Here's one of the best places on the web to learn tricks. Randy G's Sportkite blog Do a little searching around and you'll find a world of information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Randy's tutorials are awesome, I used all of them when I decided to teach myself all the new tricks in 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanobi187 Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 these are really helpfull vids, thanks a ton, looks like i have some field work to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosedive Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Here's one of the best places on the web to learn tricks.Randy G's Sportkite blog Do a little searching around and you'll find a world of information. I'm having trouble seeing his tutorials on his page?? Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Here's a straight link to the whole index of tutorials... http://cid-268807a1b99b3f7c.profile.live.c...9B3F7C!103/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyg Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Shanobi, Just remember to start slow and in every session spend time working on things like stalls, straight lines, punch, pull and combo turns. Get the kite to do what you mean for it to do. I don't break my tutorials down by skill levels but start with the Half Axel and Fade. Those are two very important "gateway" tricks that so many other tricks build from. If you are having trouble viewing my videos after download, try the VLC player and www.videolan.org. Some are in .avi format compressed with the DivX codec and others through .wmv. And you are right... Practice, Practice, Practice There generally no shortcuts to learn this stuff. At least that was the case for me. All the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 You're the man Randy, thanks for putting all these vids online! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerfvoliste Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Hi Ho welcome to the sport. There are some great beginner DVD's out there for the beginning pilot. 2 that come to mind are "Flight School" by Dodd Gross and Prism's "Free Style Pilot." Enjoy Rx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 OK... I have to add this... You need to get a full size kite. You will find it easier to control, and you will learn much faster. Get something like a Prism Hypnotist to use for a while. Once you've got your basics down, a Blue Moon or a Sea Devil will accelarate your learning curve even more. There are actually so many kites in that range that are awesome, it's hard to recommend just one... once you're done breaking kites, step up to something in that range. Keep watching the videos, and close your eyes and visualize the tricks. If you can find someone to watch, or teach you, that would work the fastest... Good luck ! ~Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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