Corpus Christi video (kiteloop accident)

Scott, no offense, how would you know when you ride half a mile away regardless of where we ride? You've never said yes when I ask "did you see that [xxx] trick".

I do them on the ascent all the time...? I just recently started doing them at the apex to save my knees. For awhile I didn't even jump first.. I just threw the loop and came down like a brick (like the guy with the broken leg). I don't see you doing many of those either and why would you want to?

(edit) I just re-read and I think the confusion here is that i was talking about the landing... how to land softly... not how to or how not to do a powered kiteloop.

But anyway, in every case Ruben has height before looping the kite.

If he didn't he'd get drilled.

Of course his loops are insane ... he basically swings under the kite from a whopping 75 feet missing the water by 5 feet... if he didn't get lift from the kite before hitting the water he would be F@#$#D really bad. The guy is nuts and probably does the most perfect (powered) kite loop.

I agree with you about the horizontal distance... if you aren't looping the kite on the way up and then screaming down wind at mach 5 you didn't do a powered kiteloop. A late kite loop (at or after apex) is a sissy kite loop.... BUT if the kite isn't over your head on that sissy loop it will drill you... because you won't be under it when you land.

Kite loop contest? Sure any time. Bring it. Back, Down, hooked, unhooked, powered, not powered whatever you want

[inferno]

Originally Posted by Tom Stock

Kite loop contest? Sure any time. Bring it. Back, Down, hooked, unhooked, powered, not powered whatever you want

sounds exciting....

you can play too

[toby wilson]

Originally Posted by Tom Stock

A late kite loop (at or after apex) is a sissy kite loop.... BUT if the kite isn't over your head on that sissy loop it will drill you... because you won't be under it when you land.

Well most of us don't even have the cajones to do sissy kiteloops!!! And when we do them on accident we get hurt, LOL!!!

Aw c'mon Toby I bet you can do them no prob. Just pull with one hand on the way down. Feels the same as diving your kite as long as you do them late starting with kite > overhead <.

[bryanleighty]

toby..

kiteloops (small ones) are much easier than you would believe.

truly.. just jump and at the apex pull HARD on backhand.. i move my front hand to other side of bar so i dont whimp out half way thru..(painful)

a 3 foot jump is all you need..think small .. and really try to separate the jump motion from the loop motion.. think JUMP.. then think LOOP.. its when you pull the loop in the same motion as your jump that you get yanked ..

[inferno]

toby, dont be scared, guys like us (200+lbs) dont get yanked quite as bad as the feather wieghts who need to start drinking some protien shakes and pumping iron so they dont look like girly men










































J/K guys, you all know im just jealous that your main kite is 3m smaller then mine....

Well... had a little kiteloop contest and Scott and I concluded it was a draw. We agreed we are both doing some pretty good powered kite loops. It sorta died but then picked up again as the sun went down and we got some real good ones when it gusted to solid 25. Have to admit I was impressed with Scotts loops. I was pretty happy when Scott confessed that i was doing them the same way he was cause his were pretty sick and I've never seen what mine look like (and I don't do them that way often).

I guess I thought Danny was doing the big ones but it seems thing are not what I once thought. Danny has been downgraded.

Broke my board... so I guess it is not unbreakable (but what is).

That was sort of funny doing them out in the dark.
Yeah, I thought Danny's looked pretty insane at first.
But not after what I just saw tonight.

[inferno]

Originally Posted by Tom Stock

I guess I thought Danny was doing the big ones but it seems thing are not what I once thought. Danny has been downgraded.

thats just wrong.....