Any help / advice would be greatly appreciated. I am fairly new to kiteboarding (approx 2 months) But have been spending a lot of time on the water, with a background in surfing and wakeboarding I am progressing fairly quickly ie: No problem going upwind, can ride toeside, and do small jumps maybe 2 - 2.5m ( approx 15 -18 knts )with small grabs ( basically just grab and let go. so pretty lame actually ) And this is where my problem lies I cant seem to get much higher than this other people seem to be going 2 -3 times higher in the same wind and same kite. My current method is to send the kite in the opposite direction then when I feel the tension I sheet in and away I go. Please advise is this the right method or should I implement something else.
Ps: I ride a 12m Switchblade and weigh approx 82kg.

Although I am not an expert in this area it comes from a combination of pop and speed as well. Pop comes from learning to load and release properly, same kind of load and release (pop) as wakeboarding. The speed you are riding gives the kite more lift so that helps as well.

The short and sweet is learn to pop without sending the kite. I.e. keep the kite at 45-60 degrees and then learn how to load up the lines and pop the kite for small jumps without moving kite by steering downwind to pick up speed, progressing tensioning the lines and releasing to get height (similar to the way they get height on a cable). You should be able to get a metre or two of height like this without sending the kite back at all. When you get used to popping and releasing like this, its a case of combining this with sending the kite, so you pick up speed, send the kite back to 1 o clock and then load and release (instead of letting the kite pull you off the water) to get height, but the timing has to be spot on, i.e. you have to load and pop just as the kite pulls you off the water.

Hey mister HARRY POTTER! How about a bit more magic potion... That'll make you boost higher wouldn't it?

1. ride powered up
2. edge as hard as you can....till your legs burn
3. position the kite at about 1 o'clock
4. just before sending the kite edge as hard as you can upwind
5. send the kite to about 11:30 and sheet in fully
6. boost like a bastard :oP
7. dangle, board grab, spank your arse etc on the way UP
8. on the way down, spot your landing and point your board towards the kite
9. kite away to rapturous applause