4 Secrets to KITE CONTROL

[@Jeremy_74]

Never seen any videos about this topic and the approach is very clear and simple, Thx! Hope to save some ribs now 😁

[@gethighwithmike]

Thanks Jeremy :D That's why I sometimes call these pointers 'secrets'

[@gokucorrecaminos3711]

😂😂😂​@@gethighwithmike

[@jasonofmontreal]

One key point Mike left out of this very informative video, be sure to shout 'Nyeeeow' mid rotation to be sure to attract the attention of whatever Hotties (or just ya mates to be fair) are in the area... just make sure you stick the landing!

[@gethighwithmike]

😂 you know the way

[@chrisswanson5972]

Is it truly a kiteloop if "Nyeeeow" wasn't shouted?

[@Leonvanbergen]

Damn Mike if you only knew how grateful i am for your content. This is again one of the highest level and incredibly useful, thanks and hopefully you will continue for a long time❤

[@gethighwithmike]

Haha thank you Leon 🙏 I appreciate the encouragement ❤️

[@BerlinMauer]

Great video Mike (as always)! I remember when I started with rotations and in particular transition rotations where the hand changes, I would have to tell myself out loud: FRONTHAND or BACKHAND so I wouldn't get confused. And I still use this technique. So glad to see a video addressing this because it has saved me some brutal crashes being aware of the hand relationship to kite position. 🤚🏼

[@Mamawsw]

Point 3 is exact what I was looking for after my last crash 😅 Thank you so much to explain me perfect what the Problem was !! I was afraid of doing such a jump again but now I know what I can train to make it send next time ! Thanks😊

[@gokucorrecaminos3711]

One of the BEST videos, super master class, very interesting for me , this is one of my biggest problems with my jumps. Many thanks for the video 🔝🔝😉

[@gavinhopkins7769]

Awesome tips! I can only imagine the number of broken ribs from wrongly steering the kite while backwards in the air. Happened to me. Hopefully, you help others avoid this fate 👍

[@SugarMDs]

This video is an eye opener! Thanks a lot!

[@paulchilvers5032]

Wow Mike, best instructional video I've seen in over 20 years of kite surfing. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Dcutz]

#3 is invaluable, hollyy!! just getting into doing tricks while jumping, and losing control of the kite once im rotating has been one of my main issues, becuz i couldnt figure out why and how i was steering the kite wrongly into it crashing every time. with this logic, im pretty confident ill be landing those tricks finally! wish i could double like this video!!

[@KikeBarco-e6u]

The best kite control video on youtube right now. Thanks Mike, I can't wait to take my kiting to the next level

[@gethighwithmike]

Thanks for the encouragement 😬🤘

[@KikeBarco-e6u]

@@gethighwithmike I saw how much effort you put into nailing this video, making sure the concepts were clear. I understood everything on the first watch (even the forward / backward advanced thinking technique). So you should be proud of this content! Thanks again my friend

[@indcawleymful]

Thanks a mill Mike. So intelligently thought through & very helpful. Super tuition. 😊

[@danbedin85]

Tip #3 is one of the biggest tips I've gotten for free! Thanks Mike! When do you come to Brazil? Would really like to meet you.

[@real_qackyy]

Amazing Video Mike I hope I see you next year I didn’t see you this year in Brazil I saw jasmine and ticka tho

[@daffes]

man, you and google read my mind after unintentionally kite looping a higher back roll and falling exactly like your crash example haha. Now I need to figure out how to generate the rotation better without steering the bar.

[@kurtweibers]

Your tutorial on heliloops was one of the most memorable and helpful for me in 10 years of kiting. But it's crazy how I'm much more afraid of my front hand heliloops! My backhand no prob. I think my grip and muscle memory needs to be fixed by this tutorial. Thanks Mike...ur so rad and smart! Great teaching bra

[@NoNameSkejter]

Idea for the next episode: tips on how to setup straps properly (how wide, how tight, at what angle)

[@croquar]

Hi, I tried thinking of forward / backward (instead of front / back hand) yesterday on the water and it was really useful, it's way easier to correct the position of the kite thinking like this. Thank you for sharing this advice. ❤❤

[@gethighwithmike]

Thanks for coming back to share your feedback!

[@kite.odyssey.kiteschool]

Hey Mike, very interesting topic. About the training muscle memory, here is what I learnt through being a kite instructor and this thing changed how I approach and teach beginners and it's making a lot of sense from what you explained: flying a kite (in a dynamic or static way) is giving an order then a counter order. So if you pull left, sooner or later you'll have to pull right. Then if you have pulled right, sooner or later you'll have to pull left. We can also say it your way: if I pull back hand (to jump), sooner or later I'll have to pull on front hand (to land or send or do a front hand heli loop), then I'll have to pull back hand again (if I went for a send). Hope this can help a few !

[@gethighwithmike]

Totally get you!

[@stephens.9748]

Awesome Video Mike!! Cannot wait to work on this. I am an older guy (59) and I do back rolls, front rolls, dark slides etc. been working on doulbe backroll but i have been having a hard time keeping the kite over my head on the second rotation. Like you said, very disoriented on the 2nd one and end up with the kite drifting behind me. Kite Tomahawks and I end up landing hard. Thanks Steve

[@Stratneck]

Awesome Information on this video. Thank You for saving Us (newbies) some serious Injuries ….👍👏👏👏 !!!

[@AviEliya]

thank you Mike, one of the best kite video i ever seen

[@Max2air]

The tips are truly superb!

[@lifeofgarrick]

Great video! This is the information I needed to have confidence to send it more - thank you! 🙏

[@shapeatree781]

Realy cool tips for kite control, spezialy front and back Hand, i never wached like this on the bar, thanx🤩

[@ericmnr]

This helps me a lot. Normally in rotation I was doing the L and R mistakes.

[@supericeman2222]

Tks Mike. Front hand Back hand! Never heard that before. Had two unintentioal spins yesterday up high and pulled wrong hand twice. You would think id learn the first time🤣. Gonna try some intentional stuff next day. Tks

[@notyouraveragewindsurfer]

sweet tips! thanks a lot Mike

[@Ana-ib1jw]

Really good video thank you!

[@paconls]

Niceeee, I started nailing my big frontrolls thinking exactly the same way, cool to know I was thinking like a pro 😂. Also sick content, love big air 🤘😵

[@jasonpetermuir1]

That's one of the best explainer videos yet! well done Mr Nyeeeow.

[@FUTBOLOCO90]

You are the best at this tricks and tutorial videos, honestly!! Keep it up!

[@gethighwithmike]

Thank you!!!

[@moffmo]

Wow this is awesome advise. I have eaten quite a lot of shit in rotations so this should help massively!

[@jjslingy9408]

well said Mike. This will help many riders in their early stages. good job

[@kendallbillick7886]

Youre a master teacher, Mike! That was game changing and helps the trauma of Hood River 😂

[@gethighwithmike]

Thanks K-Dawg! 🤗

[@alexr3831]

Thank you for your excellent, explanatory video.

[@baherramez2596]

Thanks Mike for making a video about this under rated topic, I developed so much fear after pulling on my backhand doing a backroll as a beginner and crashed soooo hard! This video puts things into perspective and will help me land my new tricks/crash in a more controlled manner.

[@gethighwithmike]

I'm happy that you appreciate the video ❤️🙏

[@lembergguy]

Excellent advice, thank you!

[@urmaskolsar8236]

Very very good lesson and subject! Emphasizing the importance of mindwork in kitesurfing! Thank you!

[@williamhenault2761]

I really appreciate this video! Thank you Mike 🚀🚀🚀

[@viktorshvets9914]

Thanks for making content and developing the sport, Mike!💪 Lots of your videos have helped me progress.🙏 I’m still afraid of flying backwards when the rotation has stopped 😭. In these situations, I tell myself: "Don't panic, engage your core, steer the kite to continue the loop, and wait until the kite flies forward and pulls so that the rotation continues." However, in most cases, I panic and try to rotate my body like in late front/back rolls, which doesn’t always work out.😂 I think that stops me from doing boardoffs. Any suggestions on how to land jumps when you fly backwards and the rotation has stopped would be greatly appreciated.🤙

[@whatthekite]

Such good and useful information, thanks MIke, much appreciated, especially knowing how much work you put into the creation of a video like this👋

[@ashasinov]

Amazing video! Super duper 3rd and 4th advice! thanks Mike for sharing!

[@gethighwithmike]

My pleasure!

[@UTubeGangstaMan]

Thx! Heading to 🇧🇷 soon to try it all out…

[@kitelife_pl_kiteboarding]

I read all comments and can't believe with that applause.... all that technical information student receive on beginner course ! 😎

[@kaspervanlombeek1531]

Brilliant video, many thanks

[@chasethestoke]

Stellar video Mike!

[@AndrewMckay-ei3oo]

Thanks Mike. Front hand back hand saved me first time. Well, I think it saved me, cos I fk’d up, it popped into my head in the moment and I didn’t eat shit, so I assume so. My first time @ Guriu in 12 months, first time on the water in 8 months. I’m making it a rule this trip to Brazil to watch one of your vids every time before I head to the beach. If I see you down there I’m going to say hi, and thanks very much. Good content & modest presentation, solid effort. Keep up the great work 😊 let’s all have some fun out there!

[@Flying-Bob]

Another great video! Thanks 🤙

[@Papaondas]

nice place, where did you film this video Mate? thanks for charing this tips

[@gethighwithmike]

It's called 4CoQueiros and it's dope! Check it out here: instagram.com/p/C_Vv19aJ9W_/

[@gennadyche5666]

Mike, thanks for you knowledge, Russian kiters look at you, and you awesome!❤

[@gilleslehmann6143]

Thanks a lot for these tricks 👍🤙

[@DavidRitchie-tr2rn]

Great instructions, Mike , thanks

[@jadewulf3625]

Thank you. Great info for an old guy that has kited since 2000. # 3 and 4 tips were enlightening for me. Other question : How is the Alulla kite holding up. ? My Ocean Rodeo Alulla gold material is wearing off. The material has not burst but I am concerned. Any further comments ?

[@windbender5613]

Great video. Which kind of kite are best at staying where you put them? Also I’m not very good at looking at my kite, just where I’m going 😮. Any tips for me there?

[@mdewilde]

This is a great video, thanks!

[@ericpouliotfrechette9702]

Many thanks Mike. Will definitively practice that on my next session and stop getting yanked like hell 😝🤙

[@Artem_Artemsh]

thank you so much

[@dontpullthebar]

Thank you !! 🙏 ❤

[@patschi89]

Made that mistake with accidental kite loops while doing a backroll a few times myself... did hurt, I must say... I was looking for EXACTLY that kind of explanation on how to steer the kite. So many people told me just to leave either the front hand or back hand off of the bar... never worked for me. Now I just tell myself at the approach: This is your front hand, this is your front hand, and BOOM! Thanks, Mike

[@juancamean5479]

Excellent concepts!

[@chubukraken7659]

everytime I go in an unintended backroll either I finish the backroll fast and be ok or get confused and turn the bar midair to get rid of the twist which doesn't end well. will definitely try and work on your approach.

[@chrisdempsey440]

Great technique, Mike. Hope I can do your clinic one day. Peace, brother

[@paulodasilva759]

nice to know, thanks

[@desertisland1920]

Amazing video - in terms of actually developing the 'advanced muscle memory'... I guess the best thing to do is simply a lot of large jumps with rotations whereby you have time to witness the kite and its response to the 'front' and 'back' hand pulls? Heading out to brazil in a few weeks, letz gooo

[@thekiteboatparty3568]

Damn Mike you always got the got 🐈 eyeing you up

[@gb2859]

Thank you so much for secrets nr 1 and 2. Unfortunately I'll won't be able to reach enough skillness for secrets 3 and 4.....

[@rolandstorcher3363]

Compliments for the video, really great. One question, that I found nowhere answered until now: How do you "know" where your kite is? I mean: Do you ever look up to your kite, or do you only feel it from your bar? It is easy to look up in a normal jump, but even then I feel like "I don´t want to look up, but rather look where I am going/ landing" - so I feel like training not to look up to the kite from the beginning is the right way to do it. Can you give a hint on that, how to get a good feeling on where exactly is my kite? Thank you so much!

[@VinnieCampagnaWaitingGame]

Awesome video thank you

[@collegepros]

Most excellent video!

[@yanndabadie2855]

amazing video

[@bsilviu2000]

Everything is crystal clear! But tell me please, what is that thing in the left corner on the screen - 9:40- ? A snake? :) 😀

[@mylifein75sqft87]

Very informative video. Makes so much sense.

[@gethighwithmike]

Thanks! Getting it to make sense was the hardest part 🥵

[@nouddurnez529]

Very good mikey

[@freddydad1]

I've just gone thru relearning front hand back hand, learning to reverse launch a paraglider.

[@Nilz4FR]

Just what I needed. Thanks Mike! Would you recommend to put the indexfinger over the depower lines or like you showed the thumb on the bar?

[@gethighwithmike]

Glad you find it helpful! I think it depends on the trick hey. None of the tricks I do seem to *need* it, but I'm open to the idea that it might benefit them. Will test in future and figure it out

[@XE-4]

Gold! 🏆

[@xxPaulixx1000]

Thx man🙏🏻💪🏻🔥

[@carlosjuradopf]

Gracias Mike! 🤙🏻

[@ImpossibleOne]

Really good video and advice. Are you doing any clinics next year ? About time I joined one. Ty

[@gethighwithmike]

Yessir! Would love to have you join 😬🤘

[@MattGardner1973]

As a kiteboarder I definitely don't want to be "winging it" 😂 Great advice. Thank you!

[@kitecast]

👏👏👏 excelente explicación 👏👏👏

[@nickurbanus5543]

Great video bro

[@mastaluki]

Great video ❤

[@CaneFantasma00]

Thanks Mike for all these tips, very appreciated... I understand them all... but what can help me to understand and feel where my kite is? I can't feel it if it's at 12 o'clock or not.. when I do rotation with small kite (e.g. 9m) I always find myself downlooping or kitelooping unintentionally and too early. And you know... it doesn't feel good at all🤣

[@amugos1212]

Great video Mike. One question with regard to jumping. I have taken some videos when i jump and it seems like I fly my kite to far back. However, when I'm kiting it feels like if I don't fly my kite that far back I don't have any lift. Right before you pull the bar in for a jump do pull a bit with your front hand to stop the kite from flying further back?

[@gethighwithmike]

If you aren't getting lift when your kite hits 12, and instead you're getting it when your kite is past 12, it's because you are t opposing the kite when it goes from 45 to 90 degrees, so you aren't getting line tension in the ideal way. So you've got to work on bringing your body low to the water and carving upwind *whilst* you're bringing the kite up, and then you will create line tension and lift during that part of the take off

[@ihsansanbay264]

Thanks 🎉

[@Rhutt258]

I think I rewound to 2:20 10 times..👍👍👍

[@ЭдуардОсипенко-д2п]

Отличное видео. Спасибо. Это то что мне сейчас нужно.

[@SugarMDs]

Is a there a way to get private lessons with you one on one for a week 3-4 hours daily ?

[@KuliVoko]

sounds so obvious, but needs a lot of practice, my brain just needs to muscle memory, anyway, thank you so much for this tutorial, very useful

[@Kitehomiez]

This is super cool and helpful thx for another awesome vid. I guess with the last one not sure how well it applies when ure at the spot with gusty wind. Sometimes kite ends up on one side or the other whether we want it or not :p. Can u speak to that?

[@gethighwithmike]

Then you've got to see where it ends up (forward or back) and pull with the appropriate hand. Just train yourself to think in FWD BACK and FRONT HAND BACK HAND

[@superstas27]

good stuff

[@jehupugasarabia7526]

Gracias Mike 👏

[@tiesto213]

I've almost been kiting for 20 years and I've successfully mastered this type of steering but my bad jumps start with me planning to leave the kite behind me so i can control the landing with my front hand but then in the jump/rotation I have already steered the kite waay to far forward which results in me steering the kite even further forward resulting in it not catching me. Any tips for that? It seems to have gotten way worse since is started flying SLS kites which are way faster and responsive.

[@KiteFoilFlyer]

Kitefoiling is beautifull with ram air kites or foil kites🎉

[@AungAa08]

Where is this place that you are staying? Looks coozy😊

[@gethighwithmike]

It's doooope instagram.com/4coqueiros

[@ross4260]

Golden tip front hand back hand no left or right

[@ozcinar4280]

kool shit, thanks

[@gethighwithmike]

Haha gracias

[@thadbryan3926]

Gold