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Good Day All, Hope you are getting out kiting...Weather has been a bit **** here in Ireland the last month usual June weather... I got out today though :-) I fly the 07 Boxer SLE kites and I have recently starting doing 360's in both directions.. I find after each rotation I cannot turn the bar back with out the leash getting tangled... Is there anyway that I can leash the kite up safely So that I can spin the bar back without tangling the leash ? I attach the leash onto the Ring thats attached to one of the centre lines...

Haha Alright David... your never to old you have to hurt a little to progress... managed it a few times already Always good to improve on it... See ya on the beach punk

Hey Marman, I have watched that vid its a very nicely put together... Would be nice to see the kite location during the move. Thanks for posting it. Hey Maro, What i realised when trying the back rotation (360) is that once the kite is high and I start with less agressive redirects there is less chance of anything going wrong the problem I had was I wasn't redirecting the second time like a jump... I was going from the side of the window to 12 oclock while rotating hench the raw back :-) So now I know.. approach and redirect twice like a jump as I rotate... I will let you know how I get on John

You could have one cam from a distance showing the kite and rider performing the trick and at the same time one up close to show body\hand movement while perfoming the trick and then edit it so that in the same shot you have a window showing the far way shot and the close up shot together. Does that make sense

Does anyone know where you can find kiting videos that show the rider and kite in the same shot throughout the trick.. Cheers John

Yeah get it now :-) Just making sure... I don't want to Feck myself up to much I'm getting on it years my bones dont mend as quick these days... Thanks

Yeah Kevob... Not a handle pass.. I can't find a video that shows the rider and kite in the same shot anywhere. That would make it easier to see. Just want to know the kite location throughout the trick.

Thanks to you both I guess I will start small and go from there... both mention two diffent ways... One like a normal jump (From KermitStu) and the other is like a jump but instead of redirecting back to 11 (going right to left) I should go from 11 to 1 and then back to 12 (2nd redir) with the kite above my head as I complete the rotation (From spooky)... Am I right ? :-)

Thanks Tricky... So bacially when traveling from right to left I will redirect the kite from the left (11 oclock) of the window across 12 oclock to 1 oclock then as I rotate redirect to 11 oclock again.. So basically like a normal jump ?

Thanks for the reply.. I need to know the kite loaction more than anything.. Should I just go from the side of the window to 12 o'clock while pulling the bar and rotating.. Or is it like a jump (2 redirects) ? Thanks Joe

Hi all, Hope all are well and kiting like crazy. I have worked out how to jump and am quite comfortable with that now. I am currently working on backside 360's. I had a few hrs yesterday pratising this for the second time. I can now get all the way round but the seond half of the rotation is on my back. Here is what I am doing... I am traveling left to right witht he kite in the window on the left as normal. I start a powerslide and direct the kite from the left of the window to 12 oclock as I pull down on the bar and look over my left shoulder as I rotate. At this point I am swinging under the kite but I land on my back (Not hard just skimming it) and as I said the last 180 is on my back.. Should I be redirecting as in a normal jump and bring it acroxss the window and then as I do the seciond redirect start my rotation (Like a jump) or is redirecting from the side of the window to 12 oclock enough ? Any comments or vids showing rider and kite together would be great Cheers Joe

Hey Guys thanks for all your comments and tips here the last vid was very good.. The slow motion helps a lot.. I went out today but the wind was very nasty and very strong so didn't try anything new... Just one thingg... I pop myself off the board and rotate throwing my head and shoulder in the direction I am traveling , if I am going left to right.. and I do this just as I pull the bar in as if I was doing a normal jump ? And I redirect while I rotate is that right... Is that the moment I should pop offf the board and rotate... Hope that makes sense.. :-)

Thanks for the encouraging words Kermitstu... As they say in Ireland I will go bald headed for it Bertie, I have seen this way also in some vids... I will try both see what happens :-) Thanks guys John

Thanks MadMan... I am hitting the beach today and I will tell you how I get on as long as it doesn't bloody rain like it has every day since 8th june here in Ireland John

Thanks Kermitstu for the detailed explantion and Soggy for the tip.. When you are saying while I am traveling from left to right and then craveup wind and I will start rotating will I be rotating clock wise, so my right shoulder will rotate to the right ? John