Kite Launch gone wrong.

[@piggypiggypig1746]

Kite launch gone wrong but safety deployment gone right.

[@joswaterreus4851]

good reaction to a under powered kite in very gusty wind, difficult situation you got there...pulling your release was the best choice

[@omerayasli4729]

Kite is depowered too much for the situation. Check the back lines, there is so much slack therefore you are having trouble giving control inputs and kite is not responding. Also wind is coming from the side where the trees are, Even though they are not much its was probably enough to kill some of the wind. You can even see it on your second try when you clear the height of the trees where the wind was a lot cleaner. Thats when you felt the gust and pulled you across the field. Rule of thumb, launching downwind of objects will have about 7 times the height of the object in a turbulent wind shadow.

[@hencloud]

That’s what the safety is for!

[@oliverlennard]

Run upwind don’t pull the line like that. Imagine the kite powered up whilst you were pulling the steering line.

[@iantherealg]

I also kite an inland lake and I suggest you drift launch instead. It's much less prone to error or injury. Inland lakes are not ideal for launching on shore unless you have a nice big field (big = 4-5x the hight of any nearby trees in distance). The winds on inland lakes are not predictable until you get off shore, and even then it's going to be gusty.

[@georga8619]

Gusty wind though. But you powered your kite too much into backstall. Still perfect reacted with the quickrelease

[@crowdsurferx]

Should have sheeted the bar all the way out

[@DenisShakhovsky]

it was

[@lucasmacewan]

The kite dragged me for 2 reasons. There was a bakstall during the launch, when it finally caught a gust of wind, it pulled me hard. I was wearing sandals (lots of goose shit on the ground), I slipped, landed on butt, and just kept sliding. If it were sand beach or even gravel I could've dug my heels in during back stall and prevented the slide.

[@beatbassbo]

when launching, don't pull the bar. otherwise you have too much power on the kite, causing it to backstall as happened several times. bar out, little power, actually makes the kite launch much easier for the kite and less risky for you.

[@aleksandarkisela6963]

This is beginners mistake :s 1. Never throw the kite in air, it should leave the partners hands by its self 2. Learn basics of take of... wtf were you doing taking off at 12

[@138KO]

This is clearly an advanced kite spot to launch at. Looks like Wind is coming over a mountain causing super gusty conditions. No whitecaps on the water makes it look like little to no wind at all.. my local spot is in a shadow (on shore winds but rarely gusty). Seems like a similar launch to where you need to pull (walk back) tensioning the front lines to get the kite in the air out our the shadow.

[@luccafrieri]

Kite was completely depowered, too much slack in the back lines.

[@alpharabbit6063]

where is this

[@ryanm.4953]

No offense, glad you don't kite in my spot.

[@JohnnyDubC]

Choking it out at the beginning eh? And then overpowered but could have saved it if he brought it to 12 instead of sitting in the power zone

[@DenisShakhovsky]

he couldn't move it to 12 as he said he had very slippery sandals. i don't see anything wrong on that video. kudos for it to the author.

[@brettnorman8334]

LOL yeah it was the gusts fault /s

[@brettnorman8334]

Next time walk backwards to keep the back lines tensioned until it gets wind.

[@montmib]

Same thing happened to me. Do you know the reasons why the kite dragged you on the ground instead of launching easily ? Were you on the side of the wind window or in the power zone? Thanks

[@drewby4563]

Well I would have been to embarrassed to even attempt to put that vid on KZbin ..

[@isamhadjih]

Worst is he Blamed it on the gust lmao

[@DenisShakhovsky]

much respect for all people who can make a step over the embarassment for making kitsurfing safer through sharing things like that

[@bradvanvalkenburg5893]

@@DenisShakhovsky amen

[@TrevorsCrabs]

Happened to me today!!

[@lucasmacewan]

Got to expect the unexpected! I had one other bad one about a year ago. No matter the experience level strange things can happen.

[@TrevorsCrabs]

@@lucasmacewan im a complete beginner... i just bought a rebel north 2013 and have been trying to get it up in the air... I think I have the same problem as you did in the video as my back lines are too long as others have pointed out

[@net2CoCo]

@@TrevorsCrabs Take lessons. If a kite backstall it means there is too much tension in the back line, not too slack ! Light wind is difficult as you need to keep the bar out and have the good tension on the backs to have control. A pull on the front lines the kite would have launched.

[@usuariouser224]

low pressure Air Kite?

[@usuariouser224]

low wind?

[@jorgentenhoven7130]

Very good kiter