weight on tail

[blackbeard]

When you add weight to the tail of your kite what do you hope to gain. More Spinning speed. Or just better fade holding ability.

[John Barresi]

Both spinning and fade ability usually improve, but roll ups are a BIG improvement with weights on the tail.

[blackbeard]

Both spinning and fade ability usually improve, but roll ups are a BIG improvement with weights on the tail.

Thanks For reply.I can hold kite in turtle and fade a bet better.Finding snap stalls hard.Whenmakeing Horizontal Pass do you snap the top wing first or bottom or does it matter.

[John Barresi]

A simple snap stall would start with the bottom hand going out, then the top one... It's a quick motion that way, then a slight reversal from there to compensate for the kite wanting to keeping spinning around.

The motion itself should typically be small (not much movement/distance), but should be very fast as if you were cracking the tip of a whip... Handspeed is crucial, less so in lighter winds.

Best I can explain it for the moment.