The Elevator Jump - Kitesurfing VLOG #29

When the conditions line up, you can get some great kitesurfing elevator jumps! In this vlog we discuss what exactly an elevator jump is, the elements required and how it can be achieved. We also had some surprise guests show up at the beach - but you'll have to watch to find out why...
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[@dwgroenewoud]

Canada! Where the entire police and fire departement has been called out because there was suddenly no more wind.

[@normsbigwindow9379]

The scary part of self rescue, if you don’t fully wind your lines on your bar, then the circular motion of treading water can wind them in around your ankle until you cannot move your leg to swim. For this reason alone get the lines safely out of the way before the big swim.

[@OurKiteLife]

Definitely, great tip! Getting tangled up in lines is never fun so wrapping them up and getting them out of the way is key

[@daversj]

Norm's Big Window......I teach most people not to bother winding up their lines in a self rescue unless they have to. Just flag the kite and swim it in. If you played by the rules it should be the best method. Just winding the lines can be dangerous and wastes more time drifting down wind especially if your not practiced. Always better to stay away from the lines when in the water. Tight lines are safer than slack ones.... When kiting in offshore conditions you should always have a plan “B” if something goes wrong. Whether its a buddy to tow you in or a boat on the ready. Either way you’re dragging a kite so just flag it and start swimming🙂

[@normsbigwindow9379]

daversj Interesting, maybe it’s lost in the translation but cant agree with your approach. When I screwed up a self rescue I did what you suggest and unknowingly wound the lines around both ankles swimming with the kite. When I look for the most recommended self-rescue method, it always starts with securing the lines. It would also avoid snagging on reefs or other unseen things. Happy kiting and stay safe.

[@daversj]

Norm's Big Window If you plan to swim a kite over a reef then obviously you should wrap up the lines. If decent waves are breaking on the reef it would be suicide to be near a kite and swim across. But i didn’t see a reef here.😬 My point is that in the time it takes to wrap up the lines you are drifting down wind increasing the swim distance. You have to flag the kite to wrap up the lines properly, so it doesn’t relaunch while winding. If you are swimming a flagged kite in, the lines should be in tension and on the surface with little chance of tangling your legs. If the lines were slack you need to swim harder or you were swimming downwind slower than the kite was drifting. If you are in onshore or side on conditions you could just sit there and let the wind take you in. If you were swimming a kite through surf the last thing i want to be close to is the kite. The point i am making is expecting a beginner or intermediate kiter to self rescue by wrapping lines up poses more danger than just swimming it in and keeping the kite away from yourself. At any moment you can completely release the kite and swim in with your board, alive and skin intact. If you are trying to swim with your board in one hand and the kite in the other it’s not very efficient. Swimming with the board and dragging a flagged kite by the leash is much easier and faster. If you are and expert kiter then you have undoubtedly been in these situations and know what to do. Every situation is different and requires a different approach, but in most situations flag and swim is the best and safest choice and its what i do most of the time. Second is get dragged in by you buddy by his leash. When teaching i always cary a second handle pass leash for this purpose. The current IKO curriculum is dated and obviously isn’t comprehensive enough cover all situations. So a lot is left up to individual instructors some of which are good kiters but maybe not the best teachers. By my experience in teaching and rescuing countless kiters over the years is how i came to this opinion. I also teach many things that the IKO doesn’t based on decades of time on the water sailing, windsurfing, kiting, diving, boating, blah blah blah...... If kiters play by the rules then every situation is manageable. If you play outside of the rules and something goes wrong, you could be in some serious trouble. Fair winds and good swell to you.

[@mysticpointwatersports204]

@@daversj funny you say that -- I also teach people to evaluate when to wind up lines and when not to wind up lines because in many circumstances I agree that winding lines is more dangerous and offers less advantages ... of course that's not always the case ... sometimes winding lines makes more sense ... but i agree you shouldn't just wind lines by default ... in some cases, maybe most cases, leaving the lines out makes more sense.

[@bradburnessluxuryvehiclesa2694]

In Newfoundland we have an Coast Guard inshore rescue team. In the past 25 years of windsurfing/kiteboarding I've used their services 1/2 dozen times- mostly for broken gear or if the wind died. Very useful!

[@OurKiteLife]

We are lucky to have rescue guards here in Canada, and all free of charge

[@kitingholger9826]

The elevator jump is awesome! More impressive is how fast the water rescue came...In Spain I had two swim two hours and nobody called the red cross water rescue ...

[@OurKiteLife]

Oh no - that’s a long swim with no help 😦 we kite at a public city park so there’s usually lots of non-kiters around who don’t understand self rescue and call the police - which can be a good and bad thing...

[@siddallj]

so you got the police, fire department and a WW2 aircraft out ? thats impressive lol

[@OurKiteLife]

The WW2 aircraft may have just been a coincidence ...but I guess we'll never know! :P

[@kitekite8176]

I would say akward .. But water was cold

[@OurKiteLife]

It was awkward, they didn’t need to be there but people who don’t know what kiting or self rescuing is thought he could be in trouble

[@ahmdabdallah5811]

What Is Islam? Islam is not just another religion. It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham. Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God. It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone. It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine. The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as: { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus. Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him

[@BrettWae]

@@ahmdabdallah5811 Why are you posting this sh!t here???

[@KL-ju2co]

Can’t believe you guys managed to film the rescue teams. I vouch for no wind in the bottom, after trying to relaunch for 50 min while you guys kept on kiting closer to the shore

[@OurKiteLife]

Yeah - we couldn’t believe they didn’t say anything about the camera lol. Welcome to Kipling... more times than not, if you drop the kite it’s game over... 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️

[@KL-ju2co]

That day I had my first session with extensions - so cool hahaha

[@OurKiteLife]

Haha - you had some high jumps though!

[@feritall]

Those cops seemed fascinated by the kite!

[@OurKiteLife]

You should’ve seen them try to carry it 😄

[@gBayCanada]

Great kite community that takes care of itself. Also, nice to see that you are nailing your front rolls!

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks! We are pretty good about taking care of each other especially at this spot, but this day we could’ve done better! And thanks for noticing my front rolls 😊😊😊

[@gBayCanada]

I was in Hatteras when you did the video on front rolls. Your results are much better than mine. I hurt my knee and my friend hurt his ribs. We are still trying but seem to pull too much on the back hand. You should do a new video on them and share what you learned because it's a great trick and your videos are excellent.

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks! I’ve been working on the front rolls almost every session since getting back. Biggest things for me was letting my back hand off the bar, pulling up my front knee and looking over my back shoulder

[@bradburnessluxuryvehiclesa2694]

Hi Mike, its Brad from Newfoundland. We met in the late 1980's when you did a story for Windsport magazine.

[@gBayCanada]

Hello Brad: I hope you find time to kite when not selling Luxury vehicles. Great winds on the Rock!

[@owenpatterson9355]

We once got the Coast Guard called on us in Chicago. We left my friend to drift in the middle of the lake on a waszp because he didn’t know how to sail it, and somebody in a skyscraper saw us. The coast guard found us as we were towing the boat back to the harbor, and were pretty confused.

[@OurKiteLife]

We've had them called on us a few times at our local spot. If you get caught far out when the wind dies it's a loooong swim, and bystanders don't always know that we're ok. It's nice to know that people do care though, and that the first response team acts so quickly! :)

[@BrettWae]

Looks like fun!

[@OurKiteLife]

It was a fun day with a pretty silly ending :)

[@galactock]

I once lost my 7m kite completely in Sheboygan WI because of a broken line. I lost it when I was switching from suicide leash and re-leashing to a safety line because it began looping. My friends called the coast guard and they picked me up with a larger boat in decent 10' swells. I would have been fine anyway though, it was side on wind.. Not sure what the Police or FD could do for y'all :-) Good times!

[@OurKiteLife]

Wow! Sounds like your experience was much more worthy of the rescue than this one was :D

[@------country-boy-------]

great jumps guys!

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks!

[@jamesanderson4758]

This is soooo funny!!!!

[@OurKiteLife]

you should of came that day? Where were you?

[@benbrooks3583]

I love your channel so much it inspired me to kite

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks! That's awesome to hear, hope you're enjoying it! :)

[@benbrooks3583]

Yes I’m loving it if you ever Come to North California I would love to kite with you guys

[@OurKiteLife]

@@benbrooks3583 we would love that! :)

[@pieciakp]

4:14 just perfect:)

[@mrbuchkie]

wow wind only high in the sky drop your kite your doomed works well for boosting total bizarre conditions but awesome to watch

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks! Yes, it’s an interesting spot. Everyone who kites there has had at least one long swim back to shore :)

[@mysticpointwatersports204]

Awesome responders but i hate when they get their time wasted needlessly ... sad that someone called them without understanding the sport and that he was fine but good to know that people care enough to do so.

[@OurKiteLife]

Totally agree! It's nice to know people were concerned and made the call :)

[@glidentity]

I have seen a couple of smooth frontroll lately in the videos...

[@OurKiteLife]

Thanks! I’ve been working on them :)

[@Dennster331]

Does a closed-cell kite create more lift than a tubekite in the same size?

[@OurKiteLife]

Depends on the shape of the kite - but generally speaking, yes

[@rubenvf9772]

what?! 20 people trying to rescue one guy that is almost 10 meters away?! ... My question is, all those people went to rescue the kite or the guy?

[@OurKiteLife]

It was overkill for sure. Beach bystander called the cops because they didn’t know any better. Can’t fault them for caring (about the guy, not about the kite) :) funny watching the cops try and handle the kite though!

[@galactock]

@@OurKiteLife Twas the wrong government service to call for help. Should have called a fisherman!

[@OurKiteLife]

@@galactock haha, so true!

[@user-mb5hh1fk4t]

love you)))

[@tomam258]

So police, fire department and a WW2 plane show up. Her: "This was a great day!"

[@OurKiteLife]

over the past decade it happened a few times that during self rescue, police show up as bystanders call 911 as they (non kiters) don't know any better. Was it a great day kiting? Yes. Was the police and fire department showing up an overkill? Absolutely. Hence we ran to them trying to call the whole thing off, but once it’s on, it’s on, as they told us

[@s2oooo]

I've lowered my V connection on the front lines of the crx bar for the 12m soul massive difference. What would you say is perfect jumping weather 12m soul 65kg 🙋👍

[@OurKiteLife]

18-22 knots, but our wind is different, as at height of 20 meters you get 20 knots and at height of 25 meters you get 25 knots, so hard to say

[@s2oooo]

@@OurKiteLife I haven't experienced the really big floaty jumps av 20. I'm hoping that is because of the high V 👍👍👍

[@MrCalifornia1234]

Kiteboarding is not a crime.

[@OurKiteLife]

Haha that’s why he got to sit in the front of the cruiser and not in the back 😄

[@daversj]

Why didn’t a fellow kiter go out there and tow him back? Just let him drift away......where is the love?

[@OurKiteLife]

A couple of kiters attempted to help him relaunch, and then tow him back, but the wind had shifted and dropped so they would’ve been stuck swimming too

[@daversj]

Our Kite Life that explains implementation of rule 5 section 2a. Don’t kite out further than you can swim 😂

[@OurKiteLife]

@daversj totally, never go out more than you’re willing to swim, he made it back all by himself thought, Yuri jumped in for the last 20 meters to help him out

[@galactock]

@@OurKiteLife Good thing the Police were there to let him warm up in the cruiser!

[@kitesmerfer7583]

Kevin Langeree jumped 30m haha

[@OurKiteLife]

he is very good, some of our crew ran into him in OBX a month or so ago

[@markimark82]

how about more lifeguards and less police?? :)

[@OurKiteLife]

Not a bad idea

[@ggrapho]

Kiters, just follow the rules of navigation, and do not do anything, or your sport will be more and more forbidden (that's what happens elsewhere) ..

[@OurKiteLife]

where we kite usually everyone always gives a right of way to the boaters no matter what, but doesnt happen every time. It takes one time, and it can be banned at a spot

[@galactock]

We're always nice to boaters, windsurfers, paddle boarders, surfers exc., and reach out to anyone we don't know kiting with us and let them know whats good where. People Love watching and cheer us on when we throw down! The Universal goal of life is to enjoy every day as much as possible;-)