How to JUMP | Kiteboarding

[@OaxacaZ]

The new 'on the water' format of your videos is incredibly high quality. The live narration + 3rd person perspective is awesome.Thank you!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@davidlemoyne6678]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin i second that, hearing the strain in the voice helps me know where those crucial "give it all you got moments" are for hitting that lip, breathe while launched, and then lung pressure again when landing, thats huge for visualizing how to do it like the a pro

[@XE-4]

So few kite training videos are narrated while riding. This is really different and really compelling! Clear audio too, which is a massive help.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Glad we can help and thank you Nick! Another one coming next week!

[@lpomar]

That was the best video I have seen on learning to jump. Great job!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you so very much! We appreciate you.

[@raghuram2815]

Shout-out to GWEN !!!! Everyone has already said what I wanted to. These new format of instructional videos are the best. The simultaneous filming from both a 3rd-person view from the shore and the GoPro 1st-person view (almost 1st person) is a lot of work. And you guys are doing it amazingly well. Also, great job with however you are managing the audio quality. It's superb.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Amen! Gwen is revolutionizing learning!

[@kevinbradley9601]

Agree with others. This is some of the best instructional stuff I've seen. The way you have the live cam is phenomenal. I watch tons of vids and this may be the best. It may even be better than live instruction which is quite a statement. Excellent Damien

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you very much!

[@ias2cine]

Finally i can see the whole kite movement at the same time as the rider! thank you !!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@samespig5050]

The best explanation and visuals on how to jump bar none. It is so helpful to have the kite in shot whilst seeing you edging on the board. Fantastic, just need to get out now!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you Sam!

[@DialedN_07]

Best how to jump video yet. Someone finally giving you something you can practice BEFORE the jump. Release and edge is where I'm at now. I'm not yet able to send the kite to 12 and pull the bar in, but I can definitely practice the "release, edge" thing over and over again while the confidence builds. Thanks!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

So happy we could help you! Thank you we appreciate you.

[@alvarogalan2670]

So helpful to be out in the water with you while you explain it, thanks man! Gonna get after it with this in mind!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Glad we could help friend.

[@MrDubaux3]

Awesome tutorial in that you can see kite position along with board position. Best of an all encompassing view

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Glad we could help, thank you!

[@gBayCanada]

I agree with Dewey, the quality and format are excellent and very effective. There are other good "jumping" Vlogs, but this one adds the timing element of jumping in swell. As always, big thumbs up!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Glad we could help Mike!

[@danzbeard]

Excellent video!!! Thank you 🙏

[@davehoagland8869]

Really fun just to watch this, not one of those low key instructionals, you totally brought the stoke! Just what I needed to go and practice today... Greetings from La Ventana!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

So pumped to help brother!

[@fungus4024]

that’s the best video tutorial of kite I’ve ever seen

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@dimitarpopov2856]

Great video and advices! Thanks!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@freddydad1]

Releasing that edge just before the carve is the best advice there is for jumping

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you! Agreed!

[@anthonybhamra648]

What a great video, never have I seen this perspective, to see steps to take in such clarity visually really helps, QQ - would there be a need for pre load pop during the off edge on edge phase prior to jumping? Thanks

[@davep5039]

Great to have a kiteboarding video out.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Yewww!!! We still love it...

[@MartinDevoto66]

Awesome kite lesson! Thanks! Following from Buenos Aires

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you Martin!

[@Riaa111]

Perfect video bro 🇪🇬

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Glad we could help!

[@larswlarsen]

Hi Damien. Nice video. Thanks. I think I understand the release and edge, but maybee some clarification - is basis/ 0 direction half wind/ 90” - then release a little downwindto edge hard upwind. When do you send the kite… before “litte downvind” at same tile as “litte downvind or when you edge sharply? When do you “pull the bar”?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

You redirect the kite to jump, as you start edging into the wind as hard as you can. It will happen A split seconded after you release the edge for a hair of a second, you then edge as hard as you can against the kite at the same time redirecting the kite to jump. I hope that helps.

[@neelsbigwheels]

Awesome video Damien New To the sport!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

We appreciate you! You are going to love it!

[@rogerzen8696]

That's some sick sht at the end jumping over land and up a creek!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Full video on Evan Netsch KZbin channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imGuZ5SMd6aZpK8

[@GijsvandeBruinhorst]

Awesome mate! Thank you so much! Greetings from Amsterdam 🔥🚀👊🏻💫

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@KitesurfingBeginner]

Very good 🤙🏼

[@bolanos68]

Great explanation Damien. I always find up to 7m/8m high jumps the kite doesnt overfly me, but higher than that it does. I can see at 4:05 you go for the loop. Is that because it is a higher jump and you need to be 'caught' on the way down. I'm downlooping but not in mid air yet!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Mark you are spot on exactly why!

[@bolanos68]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin Right I need to grow some cojones 😂

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@bolanos68 it comes with repetition! :)

[@JonathanInsermini]

Great video mate!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@dariuszrogowski2360]

great video. Could you made video how to prevent rotation when you jump and how to add rotation- I mean control rotations ? many thanks

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Great idea we will add it to the list!

[@BurtReynoldstash]

This should have way more likes 👍 than 272. Great video

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@BurtReynoldstash]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin 🤙

[@GaetanoCrisci]

first time, flat water and steady wind, helps a lot, in particular steady wind

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Well said friend!

[@kev2wheeling242]

What mic are you using I have the 360 mount setup but would love to have some live audio like yours to possibly start making KZbin videos?

[@bryant1835]

Great video. I noticed you did a heli-loop on one of your jumps. Is there a minimum jump height before you would add a heli-loop for a soft landing?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Not really but its very important the kite is high a little behind you when you, heli loop it it. You can start small but make sure your kite flies above and behind you vs in front of you.

[@bryant1835]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin thank you, you are a legend!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Happy to help! @@bryant1835

[@markklinkert3477]

Definitely the most understandable video I've seen. QUESTION - Is the jump purely from the power of the kite climbing at your current speed against your edge, or do you power up with the bar as it climbs? (Ie create more lift with the kite by fairing it). Thanks

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Mark, All kind on one motion yes! Really it comes from the surge of the kite in theory but the bar pulling in as well can really help on more bow style kites. Older c kites with less throw on the bar it is the surge and sending the kite in the opposing direction into the wind. I hope that helps.

[@marknaj3026]

I wish you have explained more about what to do with the bar at the time of edging, right before the jump.

[@maciejwiewiora]

Great content! really like live narration with all wind and water sound. How was the sound recorded?

[@DobreBiurode]

where did you buy this selfie sticker to film this amazing views from your back?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

It’s home made 😁

[@jondeur2686]

Great stuff Damien! Everyone will want to be miked up during their teaching videos now. Very helpful. I’ve been jumping ugly for years and feel like I’m finally getting it. Can you say just a little bit about the timing of the release and hard edging in relation to the movement of the kite when you send it. Any little things that tell you NOW is the time to release and edge?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Great questions! Well honestly it will be more repetition to learn the timing. Wind strength changes a lot of that as well. A bigger kite vs smaller kite. It's usually a longer edge hold on a big kite as you are waiting for it to climb and a shorter edge hold on a little kite as it will surge faster. The better you get you can hold the edge very quick and hard. The real goal is to have the kite surge above you then you release.

[@huzcer]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin That really makes sense in terms of different kite sizes.

[@upwindstockholm961]

Nice video! 👍

[@atunguyd]

That ultra wide angle camera shot is very deceptive. On your jumps it makes it look like you have the kite infront of you as if you are doing a megaloop. I know it is the angle but I can't help but feel that some new kiters are going to try this and get hammered.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Anthony well said! Yes camera shows what the kite does for people that are ready to try! The goal is to share the concept and help others. A good point and thank you .

[@scooterdotcom]

Thank you

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@CalebDoingStuff]

Epic content!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thanks Caleb!

[@daviddeviese2046]

What’s the gopro max harness you’re using? Sail video system?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

I made it! Just drilled though a hard shell harness... :)

[@daviddeviese2046]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin thank you

[@elliotbawden7205]

I can jump ok but when you send the kite to 12, are you popping at the point you feel the kite pull at harness?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

You hold and release when the kite starts to climb and want to lift you off the water. Its all timing and takes trying over and over to get the right timing.

[@lorenzomajno9270]

Damien! Thanks for more great stuff Favor please: 1) wind Pls comment on how hard the wind should be in order to jump high - my sense is that in order to boost you need a lot of wind and a small kite Should you rig bigger than you normally would - to be just a bit overpowered or just at the limit? 2) lip no lip Many of us do not have those epic ramps Can you do a jump lesson session on flatter water? Thanks! Your wing foiling vids have been super helpful too L

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Yea you are correct! The largest jumps will come in the windiest sessions. this day was 20 to 30MPH

[@9XBen]

Damien, appreciate the video! sometimes when I load/edge too much I go into an involuntary back roll high in the air. how can I prevent the involuntary back roll?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Well interesting. I would always try to edge the same and pop off the back foot don't let it slip out from under you as it can cause you to rotate. Think of pressuring your back leg and releasing. Start with small jumps build up and see if it helps the rotation from happening.

[@garensanglam9349]

Releasing the Edge whilst sending to 12 or before ? and then right before i pull the trigger edging hard again right? :)

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

you are edging along, releasing your edge for a split second "bringing your body more upright" board flatter and then you edge as hard as you can into the wind as the kite is sent across your head to jump. It will give you the most leverage to jump. If not you will get pulled off your edge and you fly downwind. Hope that helps.

[@garensanglam9349]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin great, thx!

[@scooterdotcom]

thank you.

[@jarhead9536]

so0o so0o dope. what camera is this?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Gopro 360

[@larsw.larsen4173]

Hi Damien. What harnes go pro mount do you use?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Its a home built!

[@larsw.larsen4173]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin how did you build it ? 😇

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@larsw.larsen4173 I used a flag pole mount with a wooden dowel. Drilled to the back of a harness..

[@tmotten]

Awesome vid. I struggle with the kite control at landing mostly. Mostly because I don't fly the kite back down at landing I think. Out of fear of hard landings and destroyed knees. So seeing it with this camera angle is awesome. But how did you not get a hard landing at min 4.08 when you looped it? You were on the way back down almost already there.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Start small and redirect the kite before you land and build your way up, your confidence will rocket up knowing you can come down softly! Great questions! When you are on the way down your kite flies a little behind you on larger jumps. The kite is more above you so when you loop it, it is like a helicopter above you and catches you as it loops around. Takes some time to learn but in a nut shell that's what is happening.

[@tmotten]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin ok cool. Thanks. How can I avoid that becoming a kite loop though? I fly a 12m XR mostly, for reference..

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@tmotten Its a little harder on bigger kites if you can try on a smaller kite to learn the timing it will help! Saying that you can do it for sure on a 12m you just have to make sure you have jumped really big and the kite flew past your head and behind you as you are on the way down, then you can point that bar and the kite will loop above your head! If you see the kite at all in your view it will become a kite loop yes unfortunately....

[@tmotten]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin ah ok. That's clear and makes sense. Love rule based decisions. Thanks man

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@tmotten Happy to help!

[@chrissteel822]

My issue with jumping is that when I get up in the air, i drop down hard, even when i swing my kite back across in the direction im going. Any thoughts on why that may happen? I feel i end up under the kite when im in the air. Great video !

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Chris keep the kite longer to the opposing side in the air before you bring it back to land then it will catch you as it comes across! It's timing and just takes time to dial it in. As every jump can be a different height! Hope that helps.

[@chrissteel822]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin Thanks for the advice. Great to get it from a legend!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@chrissteel822 Thank you for the kind words Chris!

[@EricJaspersFilms]

wow!!!!

[@jorgenschippers7518]

so you want to release your edge and then edge so hard that you want to rip that kite up haha but i tought you always wanted to hold your edge?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

:)

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Yes edge, release and edge as hard as you can to surge the kite and release for a incredible ride!

[@jorgenschippers7518]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin thank you! :)

[@Flo-uy7uj]

Dude, you get the best barrels ever dude. Just like you pull in and you just get spit right out of them........

[@dr.sam.zaki.1]

last jump must have left some pain

[@stef4753]

I rotated 5000 times trying this and then acidently steering my kite down at the highest point of the jump

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

It takes time, start with small hops and build into jumps so you understand the kite flying.

[@stef4753]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin i know still practicing

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@stef4753 You will get it! :)

[@3dfuse]

Release the edge? rly? go and learn how to jump man.