Just had a **** fight trying to land in 22-28 knot northerly. Does anyone have a full proof technic? I try to bring kite to back of wind window and pull down centre line= kite relaunching in strong winds. Also nowhere to drop kite behind and small amount of beach to land on.
Thanks dafrog. i might give that a try. i fly Liquid force envy 2012 7m and 2011 havoc 10m.
I beleive all kites are different,
as cbultota asks, be best to get info from those with same kites as yours.
I find kites in general that have center lines in reach of bar are always very easy to self land as u can dirrect kite down when pulling on TOP center line ( center line closest to 12o'clock )
Kites that have a common line to the left and right center lines makeing them out of reach you have to pull common center line till you get to TOP center line to dirrect kite during this time ( pulling on the common center line ) the kite will be unstable and at the will of the wind gods.
I know this doesnt help just some of my own experience. wrong or right 
Some good info here already.
In order to succeed to put the kite in a secure position straight away you need the kite to be stable on the sand at 3' or 9 O'clock. Also, it really helps if you can get more surface area of the leading edge in contact with the sand before you attempt pulling the upper front line. You can achieve this only easily on bow type kites (almost impossible on most C kites).
On kites that uses dual line safety system like your LF kites, unhook from the chicken loop once you've lowered the kite (this is to give the kite more depower and to prevent you from getting dragged if you screw up). Follow the centre lines over the bar until you get to the ''V'' (where the centre lines split). Taking a few steps upwind helps a lot in making the leading edge curve more towards the sand and getting more leading edge surface area in contact with the sand. Basically gets the kite more stable.
Pull the upper centre line HARD, FAST and UPWIND. The initial pull needs to be strong and will make the kite fall down in a safety position if your kite was stable and in a position described above.
Similar technique for a fifth line or single centre line safety system, but instead you do it directly from the chicken loop without climbing up your lines.
If you don't succeed in securing the kite straight away, meaning that it lifts and turns into the wind, just keep following that one line all the way to the kite and grab the kite to secure it.
I'll try and shoot a video on those techniques soon and post it here.
Wish I had the luxury of posts and such, then again if there was more infutsruture there would probably be a denser population, 
not to mention damage to such infustructure and if ur shire was anything like mine I wouldnt trust it anyways.
I beleive people need to be able to launch and land safely without any assistance if you cant, consider sitting the session out and take pics of the lads who can 
not to mention damage to such infustructure and if ur shire was anything like mine I wouldnt trust it anyways.
Thanks cbulota. Do u mean unhooking and then grabbing the centre line and pulling up wind, forgetting about the bar? My main problem seems to be that when I go to grab the centre line nearest to 12, it's more than an arm length away and my kite which was sitting on the sand then generally likes to start to float back up in the air. Ill give the unhooking a go. Also there's no fences within landing range at the local and the water was over my head depth where I needed to be to land on the sand (not the shrubs trees behind). So I had minimal time while being dragged to try and land it. I will always hit my safety if it comes to it and nearly did the other day. Ill keep trying as it seems I need to practice for these days when know ones around. Cheers for the feedback.
dafrog said: I think self launching and landing in high winds is dangerous and should be avoided...
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