What is the wind window and why is it so important?

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In this video, we're going to talk about the wind window and why it's so important when it comes to kitesurfing.
Wind window is a term used in kiteboarding to describe the area of the windscreen where the wind is the strongest. The wind window plays an important role in kitesurfing because it allows you to sail faster and more smoothly in the wind. By understanding how the wind window works, you'll be able to sail better and enjoy your kitesurf experience even more!
So on this video, we are mostly going to focus on the essential things to learn about the wind window.
The power zone and the edge of the wind window are essential, so you can understand where there is power and where there isn't. But most important is the clock system that helps us guide the kite exercises and that you understand that the wind window is a dynamic system that goes with you and is dependent on the movement you do. The wind window is related to your apparent wind that is the resultant of the induced wind and the true wind.
Chapters:
0:00 What is the wind window?
1:17 Explaining the wind window at the start
3:06 the wind window moves with you
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@johnfbremerjr 3 жыл бұрын

Great videos! I've always wondered why I can kite overpowered and I struggle so much with lighter wind. I get up and going easily and then I loose power and bog down. Of course I realize that it is some problem with my technique, but I guess I never understood the concept of apparent wind shifting the power zone back relative to the direction that you're traveling. Or in other words, the faster you go, the more toward the front of the wind window your kite moves even though it is in the same position relative to the true wind direction. I guess a lot of people can just feel the shift and naturally move the kite and park it where there is more power. I like the idea of starting and going just a little ways, bringing the kite back to 12 and sheeting out to stop, and then starting again in the opposite direction. I'm going to practice doing that over and over next session!

@bmotree703 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks

@KookProofActivityCenter 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

@JamesLamb 3 жыл бұрын

Great graphic where it overlays the red/yellow/green on top of the moving kiteboarder! But with the split screen it happened so fast it was hard to visually take in both sides of the screen. I don't know how hard that was to create, but it would be cool to see a more extended or slow motion version because it was really good for visualizing the shift of the window while in motion.

@KookProofActivityCenter 3 жыл бұрын

I’m making a new version so I’ll take these comments into consideration and do it with one at a time so it’s easier to check. I also need to improve the audio. This one was done long time ago and my video techniques and equipment have improved.