Textbook KITE launching 🪁 - Kite Crash Monday

[@KITEFORUMcom]

Very nice video. Shared and recommended for everyone to watch ! Thx for that!

[@EpicGust]

Thank you!!

[@Baptiste_L]

In my opinion, launching the kite is the most critical time of the sport when most accidents (and deadly one) occur. I think it's a very good thing that more and more instructors and Pro riders start to show and adopt the "no hook before checking lines" (like Philippe Ancelin or Petar). It is by far the safest way of launching.

[@EpicGust]

He is the OLK guy right? Years ago I seen this from him. And ever since I keep telling to everyone.

[@Baptiste_L]

@@EpicGust Yes, Philippe is the owner of OLK.

[@EpicGust]

@@Baptiste_L yep he has an amazing value for all of us. I was glad to have his teachings discovered early on.

[@nachoibanez2970]

KZbin need more this kind of videos! I agree to use the unhooked method and don’t touch the bar until the kite is in the correct position, and always start downwind of it

[@EpicGust]

Thanks Nacho! ever monday!:)

[@heartagram5461]

very helpful, thanks ;)

[@EpicGust]

Thanks for your input!

[@kokiter2674]

Totally agree it’s always the kiters fault if a launch goes wrong, not the launcher. There are so many kiters that try to blame the launcher. It’s most often the mouthy ones that think they’re “pro” yet still can’t find the edge of the wind window.

[@EpicGust]

🤣 oh yeah seen this soo many times

[@bubbageee]

Cool. These are things that are obvious only after I see them.

[@Andrewcaban1844]

I love these videos!!

[@EpicGust]

Thank you Andrew! Spread the love! Is there a mistake listed here you have done in the past?

[@oseenerby3031]

I think with working on transitions and try to ride more upwind I am a beginner . But I think this is also a good kindly reminder to the pros at our homespot

[@EpicGust]

Pros are getting out much faster than beginners, pressuring everyone who is not as good to act fast. so true , this need to change!

[@MrMrmidnight]

Good video, where are you teaching?

[@EpicGust]

Thanks! For the summer - Lake Como, Italy - winter- brazil and costa rica!

[@MrMrmidnight]

@@EpicGust we are at lake como around Juli at the lake. Where are u exactly? Thinking about some lessons for me and my Daughter.

[@EpicGust]

@@MrMrmidnight I would be pleased! Send me a mail to the [e-mail] and lets talk details!

[@nicolasboudet9302]

And you may also find the old vid from Philippe Ancelin (in English😜) where he explains most principles of a secure launch! I must admit that he forgot to advise to launch up to noon very slowly as you perfectly recommended. 🤗 kzbin.info/www/bejne/en26oZmwicuMh6c

[@nicolasboudet9302]

Another old vid from Philippe who explained the interest to not hook yourself before having the right line tension on the edge of the wind window kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGqQkHSPbZlknKc

[@EpicGust]

Thanks for that man, Philippe is a legend!

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

Hello Zolty, I'm happy you to see that you are focused on safely launching the kite with an assistant, good job. But please do not use my video clips(from 03:48) without first asking me and without mentioning my channel in your video 🙏 If you found this clip on another channel please let me know on which one. Cheers

[@EpicGust]

Hey dude! Sorry about that, this video appears all over the internet, was impossible to know if it is yours or not. I did not say any of these videos are mine, and it is used for educational purpose. 😇 I hope your forgiveness! I can put your channels name in the description if that makes you feel better about it.

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

@@EpicGust Coolio 🙌 just for the future, I believe it is nicer to ask for the rights of using someones clip, if for some reason you are not able to contact the owner then mention the channel from where you got the clip. I believe it's good choice for protecting your channel of any copy right claims in the future. Anyway your choice. Keep my clip, I'm happy you used it for correct educations meter 🙏🙌

[@EpicGust]

@@kitesurfexperiencebypetar thanks for your concerns, yet this fall's under fair use. "Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research." 🤙

[@kitesurfexperiencebypetar]

@@EpicGust Nice, I didn't know for this one.. definitely good to know, thank you for this information 🙌

[@EpicGust]

@@kitesurfexperiencebypetar you welcome! Would be a tedious work to find all peeps who maybe uploaded once and never went back to its Yt channel etc. There are contents reviewing movies and they use legally long shots from it. But let's say if I would take out one of your tutorial video part I would def link you or ask you. The intention is never stealing! Nice content by the way, you got a follow 🤙🤙🤙

[@oseenerby3031]

Thank s

[@EpicGust]

Welcome 🚀

[@jhagen9556]

Nice video man. but i would suggest with the last scenario don't fly your kite above the launcher assistants head, move down wind and in the case of lull or death roll it is not above someone's head.

[@EpicGust]

You are right, fully agree. It is not the best example. In my experience On the road, we always have to face some problems, space-wise, or other things you cant do everything perfectly. Here cos i put the kite deliberately a bit deeper in the window - so it shoots out and not stalls for sure, the fact that it will be above my launcher is almost not avoidable. The launcher has to move away upwind asap too that is not menioned so far. If the rider goes downwiind to avoid the launcher being under the kite, the kite might stalls(light wind) or little slack(gusty wind) on the line creates something funny. If the rider is not able to keep the kite steady after a launch, for any skill reason, then go back to learning day one.

[@remibarbe]

Interesting but in your video example. Shouldn't you take off your kite closer to the water rather than having your kite closer to the water?

[@EpicGust]

CAn you rephrase the question? i am not sure i understand what you exactly mean!

[@remibarbe]

@@EpicGust At the end of the video you make a presentation of a reference take-off. In this presentation, you take off with your kite as close to the water as possible and you (the pilot) far from the water... it seems to me that it would be safer to do the opposite and therefore to put you (the pilot) as close to the water as possible and place your kite far from the water.

[@EpicGust]

​@@remibarbe I used to think the same! but now i am curious, what makes YOU think that it is safer to be that way (rider closer to the water , kite is further)

[@remibarbe]

@@EpicGust It's safer to be in the sea... being close to the sea means you're in the sea quickly, so you're in a safer place quickly. Also, in most cases, what is beyond the beach is less safe (car parks, trees, roads...) than the sand. It is better to be close to the water because if you have a problem and you are towed on the beach, you have more time to stop before arriving on what is after the beach (car parks, trees, roads...).

[@EpicGust]

@@remibarbe True! I was thinking and being taught the exact same thing and it sort of make sense - works in many many cases. Now consider the following. It is the kite that needs better wind so in case you are in the water the kite is closer to the obstacles you listed - the wind is better closer to the sea. You might be in the sea but the direction that the kite can pull you now is towards all the dangers! If the wind is strong - the kite might pulls you straight away. Or if you make a mistake. It is better to get pulled towards the sea where there is less (ideally nothing) to hit. Strong wind nr2 - if you are on the water side and the kite is on the beach, you have to go and pass 12oclock where in gusty conditions you might get lifted, or maybe you have a tendency to shoot the kite to 12 and again - teabagging. not ideal. I am not saying that your way is wrong! On Many beaches i use the way you explained. Lets say on a huge sandy open beach. With no obstacles. But i let go the idea that one thing is the best over all. It always depends. I started to do the kite towards the water in this particular beach (costa rica), but even later many times it makes sense. just dont be rigid on this, use common sense, see the obstacles, see others, or kites tendencies to stall, or room for yourself to move upwind if needed. On this beach, super windy, and often narrow (tide dependent) and where I am standing is literally a windshadow or very bad wind least to say. Many folks went there by default ,as you said. causing the kite stall as they lifted it and then higher getting a gust that yanked them towards the beach, now they move the kite fast to 12.. i guess you see now! with students (i was the launcher.) I needed to avoid the smallest chance of mistakes. Once the stud found the edge of the wind window they hooked in, i told them not to touch the bar and i gently put the kite down on the water (i was in knee deep water) the kite simply sit there. now they could walk towards the water (pick up the board etc) enter the water , sill leave the kite down. i told them to lie on the belly, so they started to bodydrag away without touching the bar. once they were a a line length away from the beach i told them to pick up the kite. Now even if they made a 3-9 move the kite and the student is safe too.

[@nicolasboudet9302]

Hi Zolty Nice remind😎 You may also find another vid from Pierre, a French substitute of Philippe Ancelin (OLK) who updated the first vid of Philippe with same concepts. He also highlights the key reasons to set your lines downwind from the kite, which is not a fully applied method everywhere! It is in French (sorry😜) but you may have « some » translation to English in YT parameters … not perfect but probably understandable🤗 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mofTZo1pZ8trhbM

[@EpicGust]

Cool, thanks! I seen his concept I think years ago I got this idea from him. I am not showing this as mine, rather an idea that become my habit to show and to teach too. People still giving me a weird look when i tell them not to hold the bar. I put his link in to the description. What he does it is gold for all of us. never enough to repeat it!

[@matt-0teachings952]

Well done, and good analysis! Thanks. I still see a lot of instructors missing some of these important points when they're teaching. We've synthesized a launch procedure that incorporates most of these. The only things I would suggest adding here are a 360° check, and a conscious back line tension check (looking for equal and sufficient tension in the back lines, and to fine- tune the best location to stand) just before launching. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHbXhZdnp8R4hqc Subscribed.