Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  Last tricks for Labor Day? Page 1, 2  Next          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message pkh Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder Thu Aug 28, 08 9:14 pm    Last tricks for Labor Day? Season is gunna start winding down after this weekend... time to cram in a those few last trick attempts so you can own them, add em to your bag of tricks... and grin about it all winter. What are you going to work on this weekend? I am going to go for some nice skim strapless ollies on flat water. Got some good tips from Nate and Chanson last weekend and its time to commit. tinyE Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster Fri Aug 29, 08 5:59 am     i've got 3 days of big swell and wind in PC... gonna work on jibing, and strapless riding! woohoo! Spike Since 13 May 2007 1414 Posts Alameda Spelling Expert Fri Aug 29, 08 6:34 am     staying upwind, raleys, double backrolls, grabs and stuff Hein Since 08 Mar 2005 1314 Posts Possessed Fri Aug 29, 08 6:58 am     How about you step up to some fixed line riding? Leave your harness on the beach, even. It's a whole other world Here's a small kite fixed tuning tip: Over sheet till she stalls at about 45 degrees, then let off ~6 mm. That should be perfect. pkh Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder Fri Aug 29, 08 7:08 am     Hein - that's next year's plan kt Since 16 Mar 2005 764 Posts Portland, Or Opinionated Fri Aug 29, 08 8:05 am     from monkeyboy's stoke post earlier this year, i have got my unhooked forward and backward rolls down tight. this last weekend it will be the backroll/kiteloop to work on. i have been getting beaten up on this one every time i have tried it. any suggestions or help would be welcome. kt KidCorporate Since 10 Jul 2007 563 Posts Addicted Fri Aug 29, 08 8:35 am     I'd like to dial in unhooked back rolls and front rolls and tackle some sliders at lake floras next weekend if I can find a ride down there. _________________ Let's go kite. pdxmonkeyboy Since 16 May 2006 6081 Posts forever labled as the retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master Fri Aug 29, 08 8:59 am     kt wrote: from monkeyboy's stoke post earlier this year, i have got my unhooked forward and backward rolls down tight. this last weekend it will be the backroll/kiteloop to work on. i have been getting beaten up on this one every time i have tried it. any suggestions or help would be welcome. kt KT, I have gotten thrashed trying these as well. From what people have told me, you may want to try this. Rotate through your BR slowly and don't reef on the bar and start your KL until your like 1/2 way or more through your back roll. The power of the KL always kills any rotation that I have so it makes sense to have the roll almost done when you loop it. Then its just a matter of getting your feet under yourself. I'm super bummed about the wrist as I was really going to sprint to the finish line to learn back to blind and the s-bend. Looks like dialing in a skim pop-shove may be the last trick of the year. Or maybe big hooked in loops. Go out and kill it because I can't!!!!!! kt Since 16 Mar 2005 764 Posts Portland, Or Opinionated Fri Aug 29, 08 9:24 am     pdxmonkeyboy wrote: KT, I have gotten thrashed trying these as well. From what people have told me, you may want to try this. Rotate through your BR slowly and don't reef on the bar and start your KL until your like 1/2 way or more through your back roll. The power of the KL always kills any rotation that I have so it makes sense to have the roll almost done when you loop it. Then its just a matter of getting your feet under yourself. hey monkeyboy, that's good advice, thanks. the problem i was having is that i am always landing on my back, hence the kiteloop killing the backroll. i'll try and wait a little longer before pulling the bar. k ryan800 Since 09 Dec 2007 64 Posts Seattle   Fri Aug 29, 08 12:52 pm     weird, I just started landing backroll backloops and I've been jonesing to try some uphooked rolls for the last few weeks. Anyway, mine aren't exactly legit, but I have learned a few things for the beginning stages: 1. light wind/underpowered is a good way to learn these. KL doesn't throw off your rotation as much and less thrashing if things go wrong. 2. If you're powered, start with your kite almost at 12 then just pull on the back of the bar and wait till the kite lifts you a little to start rotation. Starting with the kite low can be fun because the kite pulls longer/harder, but I don't land these very often and sometimes end up doing 2 rolls. 3. Always rotate fast. Because when underpowered you don't have much time in the air, and over powered the KL kills your momentum a little. 3. keep pulling on the bar even when you're about to eat shit so you don't crash the kite as hard. Hope this is the trick you guys are talking about, if not I'll go eat my foot. Either way these are pretty fun, the kite def throws you around a little bit for a cool feeling. stringy Since 23 Jun 2006 1738 Posts vancouver XTreme Poster Fri Aug 29, 08 6:26 pm     I too have been consistently doing backroll kiteloops. Wanna try them unhooked this weekend, preferably in underpowered conditions. Any advice before I make the attempt? Backroll kiteloops was my goal by end of summer and I achieved it, but summer isn't over yet, unless you live in seattle, then it is fall now... _________________ www.jimstringfellow.com hamlindp Since 09 Feb 2007 358 Posts I aint no lawnmowin' pump kite parker, I'm that dadgum Channel Marker Fri Aug 29, 08 7:48 pm     I think I'll polish up on my Hasselhoff _________________ (>====<|>---< Moto Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth Fri Aug 29, 08 8:05 pm     I'd like to try strapless for the first time Don't know where I'll be headed tomorrow but if there is wind I'm going - if at all possible would like to check out someone's skim board!! _________________ Still rockin gojos, *ssless chaps, and ankle weights! Matt E. Since 22 May 2008 318 Posts West Coast Sales Rep Obsessed Fri Aug 29, 08 9:19 pm     raley to blind !!! Blue Since 03 Jul 2007 469 Posts I used to be Obsessed Fri Aug 29, 08 9:20 pm     go gojoless _________________ just wear sunscreen pdxmonkeyboy Since 16 May 2006 6081 Posts forever labled as the retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master Fri Aug 29, 08 10:05 pm     Blue wrote: go gojoless LMFAO!! yeah, aim low and you will always achieve stringer Since 31 Jul 2007 694 Posts Chucktown Flying Tomato Fri Aug 29, 08 10:59 pm     For backroll kiteloops, be careful not to do those lame ones where you kinda loop and don't get any power from it. I like to just do a kiteloop but rotate about the same speed as your kite. When the kite catches me after the loop it stops the rotation. This guy does em right Link This week I'm working on "double back Mobie tindy blind railey switch to unswicht" Marc kills those! PS: I just figured out raleys to blind this week. Front/s-bends to blind next week at Floras and I can live with myself this winter        Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2   Jump to: Select a forum Northwest Kiteboarding Discussion Forum----------------Gorge / Portland / Oregon CoastFor SaleLost & FoundIndustry SoapboxCGKA  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum