Kitesurfing Lessons - Self Launching / Self Landing

This is a video to help you to learn to kitesurf better. In this video, we are covering Self Launching and Self Landing.
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00:00 Intro
01:05 Self Landing - Anchor method
02:44 Self Landing - Crash method
03:57 Self Landing - Safety release method*
05:06 Self Launching - Anchor method
06:52 Self Launching - Dragging method
*Self Landing - Safety release method
When self landing by pulling the quick release, it's best if you can have the kite on the side of the wind window so that the safety line / flagged centre line is higher than the other centre line. The kite then has a better chance to flag out with the leading edge down in a secure position on the beach.
*Self Landing - Anchor Method
We used a bag with a rock in for our anchoring point. This works well for us but if using this method make sure there is plenty of weight in the bag, especially when more powered up. On some beaches / launches there may often be a bench, post, fixed point, ect. (Anything fixed would be prefered) That you can attach to as well, just make sure you have clear space downwind.
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Thanks for watching! If you have any questions please comment below.
Filmed by Brendan Rider and Ronja Geppert
Filmed with Go Pro 7 & Phantom 4 Pro
Location - Panama Kite House, Punta Chame, Panama
Music: Fat Freddys Drop - Ernie

[@TheRiderExperience]

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[@brainsgowalking]

Nice job Brendan and team. Safe launching and landing are super important stuff! Thanks!

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks for your comment. Happy to see our videos help to make kitesurfing a safer sport!

[@strident2312]

Nice video, just one point on the safety release landing. If you had of made sure the flag line was at the top, in this case I believe you would have had to land on the other side, the kite will settle almost instantly because its being pulled down into the correct position. It is more advanced to understand this but I always check wind direction and which side the kite will be landed and rig my flag line accordingly so that it will be the upper line. I'm sure you are aware of this but I feel it's important and useful to point out to the the viewers.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Hello, Thanks for your comment. We previously added a note of this in the video description. It's true the probability of the kite reaching a settled position is higher but we have found with different kite models, brands & sizes the reliability of this method changes greatly. I think if we have time in the future we will make another video looking specifically at this technique using a variety of kites.

[@gulliverdalton8680]

I would add to also give the lower arm on the bar a quick yank just before u pull the safety. If you get to kite to turn towards the ground at the last minute it never drifts back up even with surf kites in high wind

[@tills.69]

Great, very helpful, comprehensive tutorial session! Thanks a lot 🙏

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks for your comment!

[@erickerlow8450]

When self landing by pulling the quick release, it makes a difference which wing tip, left or right, is resting on the ground. If the flagged center line that remains with the tension is up, the kite will flag out nicely with the leading edge down and turned into the wind. If the center flag line with tension is the lower line, then the kite will behave as in the video and likely invert. Brendan and Ronja hope to join you in Egypt when travel is safer. Big Ups, Eric

[@TheRiderExperience]

Hey Eric, Thanks for your comment and feedback, your point is absolutely right and we have made a note of this in the video description. Personally, if no anchor point is available, I am usually using the crash technique for self landing with the backup option of pulling the safety release. That's why I am usually not concerned about which side is the best for the release method as the end result is the same with safely landing the kite. But for sure if your prefered method is the safety release technique it makes sense to release on the side with the safety line on top, and will also look much smoother on the beach :) Hopefully, see you on a trip soon! Brendan

[@marianoferrari1414]

la verdad me parecio un video espectacular!!! gracias hay que ver con mas nudos, seguro se hace mucho mas dificil, saludos desde Argentina

[@zenoamore]

Fat Freddy's drop sound track...a cherry on a very useful and well done video;)

[@moritz4497]

Awesome video again! Looking forward to the next ones :)

[@TheRiderExperience]

Glad you like them! Let us know if you have any requests for Tutorials :)

[@besenyeijacint8894]

Are u from Australia? Precise video with double shoots at same time! Rgds

[@TheRiderExperience]

@@besenyeijacint8894 Thanks we will have more videos coming soon. I am from the UK. :)

[@kshred3043]

The crash landing and drag launching descriptions are right on. A couple of little tweaks that work for me: 7:47 With the drag launch method, if the kite gets 'stuck' it can help to take a step towards it to entice it to roll a bit further onto its back. At least, that is the case with my Cabrinha Switch Blade and, especially, high aspect Apollo. When starting the drag launch, standing a bit further upwind reduces the amount of drag, and hence the potential wear and tear on the kite, that is required.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Hello K Shred, Thanks for your comment and all very good points.

[@almeidaalmeida8559]

Great lesson, thank you very much. You did a great job…very helpful bro🎉🎉🎉

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thank you!

[@hannahkerkhoff6014]

Super helpful ! Thank you :)

[@TheRiderExperience]

Glad you like it and it helps!

[@JamesLamb]

As a beginner, a couple of times I have drifted to places where there's no one to help me land. So I wouldn't necessarily say this is for advanced kiters, but the kiter should definitely have good instincts in terms of emergency release.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Hi James, this is true in case of an emergency landing and it is always good safety practise to keep the release procedure in mind and be ready to release the kite if any problems occur when doing a self landing. Thank you.

[@sebastianreitz]

Thanks for this video🤙🤙🤙

[@TheRiderExperience]

Glad it helps to improve!

[@danielaguiardias]

Very nice, thank you!

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thank you!

[@madeblack8122]

Thanks champ very helpful...

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks :)

[@libertadrespetoverdadequid720]

thanks

[@nicolasboudet9302]

I often self launch on a beach with many small stones and another one with many oysters shells. Due to so the dragging method is not good for convenience or kites wear I wonder if it would not be possible after good check of the lines laying in launching angle, to let the kite in upside down position and move back to the bar while firmly holding it with 1 front line, then hook and launch in this perfect position without any drag?? Do you have ever experienced this technique?😎

[@dovereesserico7861]

✌

[@guilhermebandeira1120]

Mosto of the times I self launch rotating on the sand, the bridle line get stuck on the tip when the rotation is starting an the kite is starting to inflate. Then, with the bridle line stuck on the tip, the kite goes into a fast loop into the power zone until it hits the ground. What am I doing wrong? 😢

[@danielleclerc4812]

Hello. Excellent explanations. But with the dragging method, won't it be safer to launch towards the sea as you did with the oher methods.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Thanks for your comment, Daniel! On this day the wind was cross onshore so with the dragging method and the other techniques if anything were to go wrong you would be pulled downwind so really it would not make much of a difference in this case what side the kite is on as long as there is some space either side and plenty of space downwind. Thanks, Brendan

[@69robinwood]

Where is this filmed?

[@TheRiderExperience]

This was filmed at the Panama Kite House in Punta Chame: www.panamakitehouse.com The season is December until April if you want to join us for some awesome kiting :)

[@nw_rye]

Hard to imagine a bag being a good thing to secure your kite to. Works in those super light winds but my guess is a lot of people watching this video will have varying conditions. I suggest people find something strong to secure to, or use a different method than taught here.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Hello, Thanks for you comment, on our beach we did not have many attachment point options to anchor the kite to so due to this we found a big rock to put in our kite bag that worked well for our situation (We did make a note in the video that they should make sure something heavy is in the bag if you using this option. I have made a new note in the video description mentioning about this and other commen anchoring points. Cheers, Brendan :)

[@40hills1]

I appreciate this video, but hooking the chicken loop to a kite bag?? No way. Use a proper kite anchor or line with shackle attached to something like a post or log.

[@TheRiderExperience]

Hey Wind Runner, Definitely not to an empty kite bag or a bag with a kite in ;) There was a very heavy rock on the beach that we put in the kite bag, so plenty of weight to then use the bag as an anchor. But for sure there are many options and you can use what's around or even pre-make one if there a fixed object.

[@onurguner5286]

You were not overpowered with 9! And no good use of the bag, please responsibly remove that part for a proper safe procedure instruction.