TD relaunch

KingE · Since 27 Apr 2006 58 Posts Lake Wenatchee

Howdy,
so after a hindenburg (the kite was laying in the water the same way that you would leave it sitting on the beach), the chop pushed the leading edge up resulting in a very hot launch through the middle of the window. What do you do to safely relaunch? (besides not depowering too much when the kite is at 12:00 and it is pretty gusty)
Thanks, Jeb

kiteboard117 · Since 02 Mar 2005 450 Posts PDX McLovin

In that sitution just pull in one of your rear lines untill the kite pivots about 70' then pull the opossite rear and the kite will fully rotate into normal nose down position. try to keep the bar sheeted in. you can reverse it off the water by pulling the rear line again but make sure that your hooked in so the kite wont stall and fall on its back. i had to this alot today! it takes practice for sure.