land boarding with handles

[moosegoose]

hi i fly a blade mk 4 4 meter and im looking to try some thing new i can handle the kite fairly well now doing small jumps ect . i can not rarely justify the outlay for a buggie so i thought i get a cheap land board on ebay. only thing i did not want to buy a bar just to find out i can not do it. so could i get away with using the handles which i use for rec fying and will it make the whole exsperience more difficult. thanks in advance.

[martin]

The kite was built for handles, i use nothing else.

[carltb]

fixed bridal = handels. depower = bar. you could fly your blade on a bar but you loose the break control, so blade-handle-board=good combination. go for it

[martin]

Blade, handles, board & helmet & pads. You'll need them.

[Stvredmond]

always handles everytime for the blade or any fix bridle kite, u retain control over the kite

[moosegoose]

ok thanks i seen a scrub silver reef 2 going cheap is this a budget board and do u think it will be ok.

[spooky]

Kite= Fine

Handles=Fine

Siver Reef 2=Fine

 

 

Jon

[CeeJay]

Boards are more fun than buggies anyway

 

And yeah handles all the way with a blade! but maybe look at some kind of pulley system if going hooked in as fixed bridled/strop running through a spreader hook is not a pleasant experience!

[slide]

another vote for blades on handles

[snab]

On handles for sure! I once got a bar on the blade and it just doesnt work. On the crossfire from HQ it worked verry good tho.. so not every fixed bridle is only made for handles.. but the blade deffinately is! (or your only flying in clean winds and have a bar thats about two meters large )

 

Cheers and wear a Helmet!! definnately for a bladeIV 4.0.

SnaB

[moosegoose]

thanks for the replies. i wont be going hooked in ceejay as im still a novice and ill get a helmet. i have three setting on the bridal at the high setting it makes it slow with lots of pull and the low setting its faster with not so much pull. what do u think would be the best setting for learning to use the board.

[br3n]

whatever you normally fly it as... theres not much point changing things around just get out there and practise!

[CeeJay]

Yeah sounds as though you're been sensible with it so far.

 

Just take the board along and start off by having a good static session to get used to the conditions then introduce the board. If you got no previous board experience it might be worth doing a bit of downhill without the kite to get used to the way the board handles.

 

Take it easy, safely but most of all enjoy

[eazyrider]

I can only echo whats been said before.

 

If each line equals 25% of your control you instantly loose 50% of you control with a bar.

 

If its your first time out on the board have a read of this http://www.racekites.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22765

[moosegoose]

i found that guide very good. sadly i did not win the board i was bidding on so i will keep looking. for now any way i bring this to a end and say cheers for all the help.

[Chris L]

Have a look at these vids:

 

Mark Berry: http://www.crustysoft.co.uk/kites/videos/web/baiterdays_2.wmv

 

Harry: http://www.crustysoft.co.uk/kites/videos/myEfforts/Trailer%20Trash%20EKS_0001.wmv

 

 

Both on Handles...thats the way to do it.

 

Very good to watch in real life..

[spooky]

Whats your budget?

If £100 get down to Fat Face and see if they have any of the MBS/Fat Face boards left, they are in effect a MBS Core 90 which are normally £170/180

 

Will do you fine for learning and more.

 

Dont go to cheap on e-bay as there is some real sh!t on there!!

 

Jon

[CeeJay]

/\ /\ /\ too right

 

http://www.mbseurope.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=168

[jablonski1599968753]

Ive just started boarding and i have a fat face (board that is) and its great . Feels good under the feet.

[comedown]

Good luck learning Moose, if we did a poll my guess would be that a lot of boarders learned on handles, I did, I'd go that way again. When you can stay up and hold more wind, you might want a strop and harness to ease the pain.

 

I progressed to a bar on big blades (MK11 7.8m / 9.0m). With a crossover it was perfect, and with modded rear lines I had a bail/relaunch system (no depower).

 

However, that was before depower became the norm (Frenzy/twinskins), which is probably where you should look when you want a bar.

 

Cheers, Andy.

[Dan R]

Not sure if this has been asked before but seems like the right thread to ask again, if your using handles when boarding and you've got a harness, is there something out there you can buy to fixed to the harness and to the top of the handles? I'm new to all this and I am looking at getting onto a board too.

Great comment Spooky about the Fatface boards! Just saved me a few quid!

[eazyrider]

A strop is what you need, essentially its a piece of rope that connects to the little pig tail at the top of your handles.

 

Dont you any old rope though, go to a yacht chandlers and get some hi strength sleeved line around 4-6mm thick. There are a couple of ways to attach the line, the easiest is to tie an over hand loop at each end and then use a larks head knot to attach it to the pig tails.

 

A ruff idea for length is around the same as one arm length. You want you elbows slightly bent otherwise you wont be able to control the kite whilst hooked in.

[Dan R]

Thanks easyrider, been trying to work out what rope was best but never thought of heading to a boat stores.

One question though, do you have one length of rope which is thread under the hook on the harness, or two lengths which are tied to the harness individually?

[Flexigirl]

One length tied between the handles my man..... dont be going & tying yourself to a kite :eek: That would not be clever;) The idea is to be able to unhook when you want to:D

 

Remember killers are still a good option, as are releases on strops. Go talk to the Southampton regulars before you hook in. Lots of good advice there.

 

FM#4

[nobby]

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