if i were an instructor i would not teach self launching or landing.
i would explain to my students that it is possible but not recommended until they are very comfortable riding and piloting their kite.
i *think* once riders get to that point where they feel they are good to ride by themselves they will have educated themselves on how to properly launch and land solo..
i would teach how to solo emergency land their kite *which could be taken as a self land*.. but i would not teach it as such and knowing that all kites have a little different technique to self land.. i might just teach riders on how to flag their kite out in the case of emergencies and they are stuck by themselves and have to put their kite down.
ive had one solo launch that went sour.. luckily i knew how to handle it only due to the hours i'd already put into the sport..
if the same thing had happened on my first solo launch attempt i'd probably have to have been scrapped off the sides of one of the buildings down at cypress park.
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