LAUNCHING the Kite and LANDING the Kite with an Assistant

When accidents happen in kitesurfing, I would say that 90% of them occur while launching with an assistant. Often just because most kitesurfers are not following the safest steps for launching. In this episode you will find everything you need to know for a safe launching and landing with an assistant. You will also get to see different situations and what happens if the assistant lets your kite go too early.
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00:00 INTRO
01:00 WIND WINDOW
01:25 LAUNCHING THE KITE
03:05 LANDING THE KITE
03:35 ANALYZE THE STEPS
12:10 LAUNCHING AND LANDING - KITERS POINT OF VIEW
13:45 LAUNCHING THE KITE IN LIGHT WIND
14:25 UNSTABLE WIND ON THE BEACH
15:35 BAD HABBIT WHILE CONNECTING THE CHICKEN LOOP
15:55 CONNECTING TOO EARLY
16:45 MOVING TOO FAR UPWIND
17:30 CHECKING LINES TOO LATE
18:00 STAYING TOO FAR DOWNWIND
18:40 ENDING
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[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

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[@mylifein75sqft87]

I like the idea of connecting the chicken loop to the harness after the lines have been verified and the kite has air in it, making for an easy quick flag out. I was taught to connect the chicken loop right after clipping the ring. Great video! Thank you!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Yes, unfortunately as you, me and many others have been taught to immediately connect the Chicken Loop on the harness. Unfortunately I don’t see many people following the steps that I mentioned in my episode, so I hope that this episode will help kiters to always follow the safest steps for launching the kite with an assistant 🙏🏻🙌🏼

[@michawiertelak1422]

This channel is so underrated. The tutorials are very clearly explained, while being short and in depth. You teach stuff that seem very helpful and important, that haven't been taught to me or I haven't seen anyone teach them. You're a blessing. That's propably my 10th video that I watch

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

I appreciate that! please keep on watching, liking, commenting and sharing, it will help a lot to my channel to be more visible. Thank you so much for your support :))

[@9109Kmilo]

i agree, i dont know how it only has around 550 likes... your channel and explanations are wonderful.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

@@9109Kmilo Thank you very much, please share the video with people you think should watch it, it might help to get more views, likes and most luckily less accidents on the beach 🙏

[@luigizaccaria7175]

You really are a kite instructor that knows what to do and really help a lot with quality vídeos. Congratulations and success.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

I appreciate that! :))

[@alexperezdavid]

It is very helpful when you indicate the wind direction with an arrow. Thank you!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you for watching :))

[@bensonCP]

I like how you act out all of the mistakes, nice video man!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you Ben, I'm happy you like it :))

[@deanboljun2076]

Love the intro music haha

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Yes definitely cool :))

[@riboch2527]

DOWNWIND SETUP IS THE SAFEST. This should be repeated 1000 times. I never understood why instructors kept on telling to set the lines upwind. The reason why it's the safest is because you can easily catch the edge of the wind window as you walk upwind (you can easily see that the kite does not shake anymore as laminar flow becomes the dominant component and turbulent flow is suppressed). That is the position to stop walking and launch the kite.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Correct, I agree 🙌🏼

[@bennettian]

Thanks for this video, 99% of accident I have seen are during launching and landing (mostly launching). With the last one were the guy, an experience kitesurfer, was ejected onto the rocks, 3 week in the coma, and most probably with not walk anymore !! Just by following this video all these could have been avoided. I have 5 years experience, kite a lot all year round, but watch this video with a lot of care and will keep it in my favorate to review it every so on. thanks so much.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Yes unfortunately many kitesurfers don't know or don't want to follow the safest steps of launching their kite. I'm glad you found my episode useful, thank you :)

[@stevehewitt8397]

Great advice. Many thanks Petar. Invaluable guidance.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you Steven :)

[@sharonwong8216]

Excellent tutorial video for beginners! Thank you!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you Sharon :))

[@angelikabk9684]

Thank you Petar for sharing your great experience! I think it is very good to think and talk not only about all the very cool things concerning kitesurfing. Information that some probably see as totally clear and therefor not to be mentioned is also importanr. It really helps enjoying the ride if I know how to launch and land my kite safely! Exzellent Tutorials 👍👍👍 Don't stop sharing! 🤗

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you very much Angelika, I'm so happy you find my tutorials useful :)) I will give my best to keep on making new tutorials consistently 🙌

[@user-jr7ft5rt1z]

Yeah,this guys utubes are great ;i watch him a few times

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you :)

[@dpwild328]

Very good and thorough!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you, I'm happy you like it :))

[@Nilz4FR]

Thanks! Great video!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you for watching :)

[@andreasebing9199]

Fantastic tutorial Petar. You did a great job 👍👍👍. Due to your video I‘m sure I will improve very fast my launching and landing skills in a systematic way 😀😀😀.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you very much Andreas, I'm really happy that you found this tutorial "systematic" haha, and that you will follow the safest steps of launching and landing your Kite :))

[@andreasebing9199]

😎

[@MehdiKinetips]

excellent !! thanks !!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you :))

[@jonisarola2952]

Like i said i will check it out if this is the video you meant. Very often when you are assisting a kiter. They go waay too much upwind like they would be launching solo lightwind. It does happen sometimes that kiter goes too far upwind with line tension and it makes it impossible to hold kite unless assistant moves little upwind (note it's not assistants job to move anywhere! Kiters responsibility!) Good video, keep it up :)

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Great, thank you very much Joni :)

[@leasgarten2583]

Thank you!!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you 🙏🏻🙌🏼

[@fabioforlani671]

Great tutorial Petar!! :)

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you very much Fabio, I hope it will be helpful for you one day :))

[@justchoos2]

awesome thanks bro

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you for watching :))

[@goranbrenko9058]

Thank you for great video! 👍👌😃

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you for watching :))

[@borisvisic6659]

Bravo 🙏

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you :))

[@olegta4581]

шикарный материал ! все разложил по полочкам !

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

супер, спасибо большое за просмотр и поддержку :)

[@globaltb6676]

Great video, I have been kiting for over 10 years but still have my guard up when launching and landing. I do not pull the trim when launching or landing since in gusty conditions it increases the risk of funky kite behavior and backstalling. My advice would be to have proper power in the canopy.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you for watching and sharing your opinion :) The trim line is not mandatory to pull before launching but in strong wind conditions it is definitely recommended, I often pull it until the end. With new generations of kites(year 2015 on) I didn't see any problem controlling the kite with the trim line completely pulled in. You mentioned that with the Trim Line completely pulled, there is a big risk of Backstalling? probably you did the mistake in writing? There is a risk of kite front stalling, but mostly if the kite is kept over the head in 12 oclock(zenith). How ever, I see more dangerous scenarios with to much power in the kite(Trim line not pulled at all) than with not enough power in the kite(Trim line completely pulled).

[@surfa05]

Hi ! I allways advice to choose the side to lunch the kite the nearest to the sea....so you Don't have to pass the Zenith on the beach where It's dangerous.....but you go directly on the water!! If you have to check the Zenit now in the water it's safer.... Nice videos!!! Cheers.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Hello, Thank you for your comment :) As I understood well you advice people to stay with the bar more towards the middle of the beach and the kite closer to the water? I would agree with you, when the wind is super gusty on the beach, as I mentioned in this episode, with a strong awareness of holding and pulling the kite super gently higher. As when there is constant side on shore wind on the beach, it is recommended to be with your bar closer to the water or even better in the water, because you want to stay with your body as far away from any obstacle, and many kitesurfers are having a bad habit of steering on the bar to much while launching the kite, so if it happens they are luckily falling in the water or still far from the obstacles. As if the kiter is in the middle of the beach and surrounded with obstacles, if he does the mistake of steering on the bar too much while launching the kite he is in a very great danger.

[@surfa05]

@@kitesurfexperiencebypetar Yes if on shore wind better be in the water an allways be the most far from obstacle or people....! Cheers from Fuerteventura!!😊😊

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

@@surfa05 great, enjoy Fuerteventura :))

[@nick5408]

Great video! Thanks for all the tips. How did you film the footage at 11:59? I think you didn't even have the safety leash connected. Did the kite survive? 😅

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Thank you Nick :) no worries I used an old kite that had to be anyway in the trash, but yeah it did survive, it ended up in a swimming pool of a hotel 😅 And I didn't wanna connect the safety leash, as the safety would not work with the lines twisted around the bar, so it could be dangerous for me. it was fun filming it :)

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

The first years I had no idea of how to safely and smoothly launch my kite with an assistant.

[@rubensbrazilianbrothers]

Great video, excellent graphics and explanation. One minor thing: in my experience pulling on the trimline before launching is not a good idea, even in strong winds. It greatly reduces the maneuverability of the kite (especially when fully sheeted out) making it trickier for beginners to safely bring the kite up.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Hello Rubens, thank you for commenting and sharing your opinion :) Yes, it is not mandatory to pull the trim line, and it is true that the kite will not react perfectly when steering the bar, but in my opinion there is nothing that could go dramatically wrong if after showing the signal for launching, the kite is not flying up immediately, like I explained in the video from on 09:30. Please explain what you think could go wrong if the steering is not super reactive ? Thanks again for sharing your opinion with us.

[@ericdieulesaint9982]

I realized i am still making one mistake: when i land the kite, i disconnect chickenloop but i immediately start collecting the lines, instead of first walking towards the kite and securing it. Which could be quite dangerous as you showed 😅

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

haha that's right, I hope you will now follow the safest way ;)

[@AsaadBugis]

where this location?

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Hello Asaad, most of the shots are made in Greece, Naxos.

[@johnwindcliff2799]

Noticed all these crashes were guys.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

hehe that's right