Survival Kiting Jumping

skilja · Since 02 Jan 2008 75 Posts

When it's broaching 30 or over with like a 10knt spread/super gusty and choppy, what tricks do people use to get a clean take off?

cpc219 · Since 12 Jun 2014 293 Posts The Dalles Obsessed

That's the best time to send huge airs. Wait till your lit, yank on the bar, and send it. Don't ride scared.

Cody

pdxmonkeyboy · Sun Jun 28, 15 2:06 am

Spend the fall kiting at rooster. Eat shit, eat shit, finally learn it's all about timing and edging REALLY hard.

Dern · Since 11 Jul 2010 544 Posts Vancouver, WA Addicted

Get comfortable with deciding to and committing to jump within a 1 second window. Likecpc219 said, when the gust hits commit and jump. Basically this means get comfortable jumping in any water surface condition (chop, swell, chaotic crap that is near event site in HR and Jones OR side, etc.). Otherwise you will spend tack after tack waiting to feel comfortable to fire off that jump. One way to practice this is to fire off a series of jumps right after each other so you have little time to prepare for the next. Have fun getting back upwind after that Wink

sromano1995 · Since 22 May 2013 240 Posts Portland Stoked

Dimitri has the best tutorial videos out there to explain how to boost... Step 1, 2, 3, 4 apply in any wind conditions...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCmW4ZXjuHI

However in gusty and chop, it's also about timing everything based on gusts and chop.
Personally, I wait until I feel the right among of pull (meaning the gust) and time everything after that based on the water / chop...Read the water, look for a kicker and time sending the kite shortly before attacking the kicker for step 2 and 3 as explained by Dimitri...
Unless you have really good popping technique, using the chop/kicker will make it a lot easier and make a big difference in high you will go and how smooth the jump will be.