How to Ride UPWIND in Kitesurfing | Learn to Kitesurf Ep. 12

[@jk4508]

I'm also a beginner and I was struggling to find the right body position on my board, leaning to far on the backfoot, and not having a stable enough body position for easy upwind crusing, especially during light wind conditions. I've found that a better notion of "leaning with your shoulders" is leaning with your pelvis engaged, like you would with your hip thrusting in a "sexual" motion. When you lean the shoulders only you tend to pull in the bar too much , and I tend to pull my weight too much on the bar instead of with the harness. So keeping my abs and cheeks engaged while resisting the pull of the kite with my harness, almost as if I was doing a dead lift with little bit of a rounded back, helped tremendously. Now I can better distribute my weight and edge much harder while not loosing speed or comfort.

[@teagan_bok_kiteboarding]

Thanks very much for the addition there! Great feedback! 🙌

[@mazambaan]

Teaching my son ... thx bru

[@teagan_bok_kiteboarding]

Awesome to hear!! No worries!

[@edwardhodson6493]

Great video. Lots of good shots of your posture which is really helpful.

[@teagan_bok_kiteboarding]

Thanks for the feedback mate and super glad it was helpful! 💪

[@danikala5237]

gonna try it out, I want to improve my upwind riding, it got better but its not perfect yet. I have one problem though and it might sound weird. I often feel like im leaned back but im not as i record myself often and then I see. I can lean back more and more.

[@teagan_bok_kiteboarding]

Hey, thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I fully understand what you mean there. In that case, try and make a mental note to push your pelvis forward and to lean with your shoulders, not your ass. Hope that helps!

[@danikala5237]

@@teagan_bok_kiteboarding Oh I will try that, thank you soo much:):)

[@teagan_bok_kiteboarding]

No probs!

[@danikala5237]

@@teagan_bok_kiteboarding I tried it out in the sea, I can proudly say that I mastered upwind riding, thx again:):). Im practicing transitions/jumps now xd

[@teagan_bok_kiteboarding]

Awesome!! What a legend! Thanks for the feedback, stoked to hear it! 💪