isn't that just a glorified downloop?

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HighzaKite said..
isn't that just a glorified downloop?

Yes, the glory being the kite doing a horizontal 360.

yeah just a downloop.

red thumbed the video

Look carefully the trailing edge is pointing at the wind at one point in the move and he recovers from that .

This is awsome!!! Good work to whoever the rider is.

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HighzaKite said..
isn't that just a glorified downloop?

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ColoColo said..
red thumbed the video

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Redgy said..


yeah just a downloop.

Are you guys taking the piss your are you that completely uneducated you have no idea what this guy is doing?

It's a deadman turn where he drives the kite directly upwind and it completes a full 360 around him. There is a point where the kite is directly upwind and the rider is directly downwind.

This is a the worlds first filmed deadman turn on the water and it is freaken awesome.

Previously only a handful of landkiters have been able to do them on snow and or in kite buggies. I've done them in the buggy before and its a site to behold watching the kite go directly upwind and complete the loop.

Yawn... all you need is light wind

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kookaburrahz said...
Yawn... all you need is light wind

Go and do one then video it and upload it. I can guarantee you have zero chance of pulling it off.

Thats insane!

Difficult!!!!
Impossible for twin tippers like myself.

It doesn't look like the kite goes into the wind.

More likely the kite turns on the same spot. Doesn't take anything away from the trick.

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Underoath said..
It doesn't look like the kite goes into the wind.

More likely the kite turns on the same spot. Doesn't take anything away from the trick.

We must have been watching a different video

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kookaburrahz said..
Yawn... all you need is light wind

Look at the white caps--must be at least 15 knots

Looks like the kites going "forward" -however it's an optical illusion cause by the foil rider shooting in the opposite direction.

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Plummet

I've done them

Of course you have, you've done everything, you're incredible.

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Hybrid_Z said..

Plummet

I've done them

Of course you have, you've done everything, you're incredible.

I haven't done them on the water.

hell of a trick , looks like tension on the lines keeps just enough pressure to keep canopy in the air

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Kamikuza said..

HighzaKite said..
isn't that just a glorified downloop?

Yes, the glory being the kite doing a horizontal 360.

The real trick ..how did he get a degree sign in the title?

Optical illusion my butt. LE did 360.
Judging knots if i compare to my area, it's 14ish :D

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HighzaKite said..

The real trick ..how did he get a degree sign in the title?

On a mac it's just option + shift + 8

That's nuts.
If you look closely he defo does a full 360 turn. Maybe not that easy to see from this perspective. I'd love to see some drone footage from above while doing this. Must look epic.

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Hybrid_Z said..

Plummet

I've done them

Of course you have, you've done everything, you're incredible.

I haven't done them on the water.

quite fun on a buggy i know

but you can also do it easily in light wind just sine it hard and fast and as you bring it up wind spin like a shot putter with it. short lines help

Yeah, That's some crazy ship right there!
I had to watch it about 15 times to get my head around it.
I'm guessing he's using the momentum of his foil board to ride around his own kite. Keeping just enough pull on the lines to keep the kite in the air. He's actually pulling on his lines rather than having the kite pull him.
Wild Stuff.

I think anybody slagging this off, doesn't understand what they are seeing.

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Kozzie said..

Plummet said..

Hybrid_Z said..

Plummet

I've done them

Of course you have, you've done everything, you're incredible.

I haven't done them on the water.

quite fun on a buggy i know

but you can also do it easily in light wind just sine it hard and fast and as you bring it up wind spin like a shot putter with it. short lines help

I don't have enough beach for that madness. Each loop you shoot downwind. I run out of beach after one loop.