monkeyinshower Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 Hi, I am wondering if people can help me.. I have been Kiteboarding for about 2 and a half years now and go out when I can ( which seems to be never at the moment cos its always dark after work:( ) Anyway - I am keen to ride toeside but never really get very far with it. I am currently flying a 5.5 m2 Elliot kite which does the job for me for now. However it seems when I go toeside like i'm trying to fly the kite with my back to it. I am currently using handles. I guess it would be easier with a bar, but are there any Toeside / Handle tips I should know about? Cheers for you help! Quote
trebor Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 I always find it easier when I'm well powered and moving at speed - with more power in the kite you can really hang off the board. Check out the teamfoilzone vid if you can ftp://213.133.110.173/Foilzone/teamfoilzone.wmv ( right click save as ) there's some really good examples of TLW riding toeside powered Quote
sukie Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 yeah, just make sure you got anough power and put loads of wight on your back foot, and lean more than you think you should. feels weird at first but if you try and straighton up you know why you gotta lean!! Quote
trebor Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 I always find it easier when I'm well powered and moving at speed - with more power in the kite you can really hang off the board. http://www.foilzone.com/albums/Trebor-shots/DSCF0009.sized.jpg I know thats with a bar but the same would apply on handles with a harness. Are you using a harness?? Quote
monkeyinshower Posted January 10, 2005 Author Report Posted January 10, 2005 No - I'm generally not on a harness, I do have one though, I suppose this might be a good time to use it - do you think it makes much odds? I see what you mean by leaning over. And by looking at that picture there is a lot of twisting in the hips. I think I had it all wrong in my head. Sort of imagining it exactly 180 from normal riding! Very helpful though - cheers for everyone's help Quote
Ted Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 Hi, I am wondering if people can help me.. I have been Kiteboarding for about 2 and a half years now and go out when I can ( which seems to be never at the moment cos its always dark after work:( ) Anyway - I am keen to ride toeside but never really get very far with it. I am currently flying a 5.5 m2 Elliot kite which does the job for me for now. However it seems when I go toeside like i'm trying to fly the kite with my back to it. I am currently using handles. I guess it would be easier with a bar, but are there any Toeside / Handle tips I should know about? Cheers for you help! Turn the board so that the board is rolling directly downwind towards the kite. After a brief moment of being pulled directly towards the kite simply put pressure on your toes and bear off away from the kite on toe-side. Then work a little upwind with your board by edging (weighting) your toes. Riding toeside feels a little vulnerable at first so make sure that you have a good level field or beach with no potholes. Also, don't overweight your front foot. Toe-side is not very hard if you go into it from boarding directly downwind (towards the kite). First one I did was by mistake. Hope that helps? Ted Quote
egg Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 I only found out what toeside mean't after i'd been doing it for a while!!! Do you ride goofy? I'm wondering if us goofy people find it eaiesr than "normal" riders (goofys best!) It's the only way i can go back after a nice long heelside ride as i can't ride fakey at all. Quote
monkeyinshower Posted January 10, 2005 Author Report Posted January 10, 2005 I usually ride Goofy with Snowboards, Wakeboards etc, its weird It doesn't seem to make much odds to me on a kite though. - But then who am I? - I can't even ride toeside! Anyway - cheers for help - I will try all of that next time i'm out! Quote
tom1599968574 Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 I only found out what toeside mean't after i'd been doing it for a while!!! Do you ride goofy? I'm wondering if us goofy people find it eaiesr than "normal" riders (goofys best!) It's the only way i can go back after a nice long heelside ride as i can't ride fakey at all. your just odd i think! i cant ride goofy to save my life downhill, but as monkeyboy says, doesnt seem to make any odds whenever ive kited with a four wheeler. when your downhillin you turn your body and face the direction your going more than when your kiting, maybe thats the difference?! cant ride a surfer switch with a kite but thats a different animal to a go-slo! its directional so you couldnt even if you wanted too (without getting off and turning round!). when i learned toeside, i pointed the board 45-90 degrees downwind and started off gently, easing it more upwind as i went. once you know what your supposed to be doing, its quite easy to learn how to get in and out and how to gain a fair bit of ground upwind. just try it, it really isnt hard! Quote
egg Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 your just odd i think! Damn, been found out! Quote
mkratty Posted January 10, 2005 Report Posted January 10, 2005 regular and goofy . dont we ride like this any way when riding left and right across the window regular and goofy toeside so this is riding left and right toeside across the window blind regular and goofy this is riding with your back to the kite while looking backwards left and right across the window i think this is right !!!!! am i ????? Quote
Nicolli Posted January 14, 2005 Report Posted January 14, 2005 AHHHHHHHHHH, my head is battered, I thought i understood what you were all talking about, now I know i was mistaken. Toeside ? how do you get your back to the kite without physically stopping and turning around ? I think i am going to have to get somebody to show me. Quote
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