The transition from talking on the beach to the voice over instruction gets me everytime. Feels like I am suddenly on an airplaine and the captain is adressing the passengers. It's the exact same soothing tone with just a little bit of microphone static. Its so funny. Great videos though in all seriousness. Up there with the kitesurf college tutorials.
It used to be even worse in my older videos as the lavalier mic sounded very different on my camera vs my computer. Still trying to get those transitions as smooth as possible! Glad you're enjoying the content.
Really enjoy your tutorials. Will practice this one for sure. Especially as I was going to learn kiteloop + heliloop, this exercise is a perfect one to do before.
I’ve been kitesurfing for 5 years but sort of stuck only to few tricks and even forgot how to jump with a right foot forward. By watching your vids, got motivated to improve, ordered new gear and will start drilling on those tricks! Thanks!
Thanks for your videos. To do a one foot or board off during a send jump, I guess you use your front hand because you need the back hand to heli loop? this means you grab the board after sending the kite forward ? that gives you little time to complete the trick!
Exactly! You have to grab with the front hand, but as you heli loop with the back hand it does give you quite a bit of time to still put the board on during the heli loop.
Hey Steven, I have one question what i am wondering about already some time already.. The thing you mentioned, that during the recovery phase the bar should be pulled out a bit, is it also valid for a standard jump without sending or looping? Because when jumping in strong wind i found this the only way for me to land higher (10m measured) jumps. So i always let the bar out when „falling“ after the apex and then just before the landing i pull again (either with a steering input or heliloop). But i was never really sure about if the bar pulling out when falling is really a good thing or not.. Thanks already for your propper answers as always!! 😊🙏🏾
Hey, That's a good question! To my opinion it's a lot easier / better when you keep the bar pulled all the way in when you do a "normal" jump. When you push the bar out a little bit your vertical descent speed increases and you'll have to steer your kite in the right way in order to slow yourself down. Additionally the kite will fly further behind you making for less lift up (this is even worse on the small sizes) . In order to get it back in front you'll have to make a harder steering movement. So therefor I always suggest to keep the bar all the way pulled in. Just need to make sure your kite is properly set up and it doesn't backstall. Hope this helps! Give it a try and let me know what you think. You should get more of a floaty jump.
Great videos, thanks! Do you have any tip to improve your kite control when rotating because I am afraid to do rotations when I jump above 8m approximately?
Try to steer with your arms and not your shoulders. Sometimes I see people pulling on the bar and dropping one of their shoulders closer to the bar which can initiate a rotation, so try to steer with only the arms. Other than that you'll just have to repeat the jump and try to figure out where the rotation comes from. Good luck 🤙
Fantastic tutorial as usual Steve. What I always get confused in every heli loop and kiteloop video though, is that it is never clear which hand should we loop with. I never truly understand that. Does it make any difference which hand we loop with?
Glad you enjoy the video. Yes it's very important what hand you use to loop. The kite should always pass 12 on the loop. Eg.: when the kite is left of 12 you use the right hand to loop it past 12. Hope that helps
Hi Steven! Thanks for the great tutorial, have been trying these. One problem I’m facing is on eg. left foot forward send jumps, when the kite climbs back up, this causes my body to rotate to the right (clockwise) as I’m coming down which causes a hard sideways crash on landing.. what could be the mistake / issue? Thanks in advance!
I've seen this before. Try to steer with your arms and don't roll your shoulders forward when you steer. (try to keep the shoulders square. Hope this helps.
Thanks! Best to take a smaller kite so you're not overpowered. You'll be able to jump a lot higher like that. If that's not an option ride slow and make sure you do a good carve.
@@stevenakkersdijk Is there something you can do to practice holding more and more power? Or is it just hours on the water that's gonna help with that?
Amazing instructions, appreciated. But I'm a little bit confused. In the video, at the big movement topic, I see two different send jumps. One is the opposite direction of the jump, the other is the same direction of the jump. At the first jump, send is initiated at 4:25 to the opposite direction. At the latter one, send is initiated at 5:02 to the jump direction in order to accelerate forward. This one is more exciting and as you say it, good for kiteloop practice. But the first one is like a jump transition? How should I differentiate and use them?
It's the same move filmed from two different angles. On both of them I send the kite forward through the wind window. Maybe the different angle played a trick on your mind?
@@stevenakkersdijk Oh thanks for the tip, you are right. I thought the wind was offshore and the riding directions were different. Now I see, it is the same direction and the wind is kinda sideshore. I am going to watch it again and again, amazing knowledge concentrated in 8 minutes, thanks again Steven!
You might be oversteering your kite if this is a steering movement that gives you extra height. Max height should always be reached by the initial jump and steering movement, this forward sent just adds a lot of distance and horizontal displacement.
Fly FARTHER, not further. Further is progression; you can progress further in your career.FARTHER is distance; you can fly farther in high wind versus 5 mph winds.
Congrats man! your tutorials are really among the best kite tutorials....and in a sport like this i would say they are really important
Thank you ndr, much appreciated 🤙
Great vid. Loads of insights not often included. Pushing the bar out mid air is a game changer. Learnt that by accident but it changes everything.
The details are often what makes the difference. Keep on shredding 🚀
The transition from talking on the beach to the voice over instruction gets me everytime. Feels like I am suddenly on an airplaine and the captain is adressing the passengers. It's the exact same soothing tone with just a little bit of microphone static. Its so funny. Great videos though in all seriousness. Up there with the kitesurf college tutorials.
It used to be even worse in my older videos as the lavalier mic sounded very different on my camera vs my computer. Still trying to get those transitions as smooth as possible!
Glad you're enjoying the content.
Really enjoy your tutorials. Will practice this one for sure. Especially as I was going to learn kiteloop + heliloop, this exercise is a perfect one to do before.
It's the perfect step up. Enjoy and have fun with it 🤙
I’ve been kitesurfing for 5 years but sort of stuck only to few tricks and even forgot how to jump with a right foot forward. By watching your vids, got motivated to improve, ordered new gear and will start drilling on those tricks! Thanks!
That's awesome! I'm glad to hear that my videos get you excited to go back out there. Have fun and enjoy!
Amazing teacher……u give me so much professional input to work on my progression after 13y kiten
That's awesome to hear! I'm very happy that my tips are helping you progress your riding 🤙
Really great videos, well-organized, and very easy to understand. Some of the best training videos available thanks
Great to hear! Have fun out there!
Nice! So clear, man!
Thanks! I'm glad you like it
Already watched the vid 3 times, ready to try it out tmrw. Wish me luck 😅
Best of luck, let me know if it worked out!
I'm on this! Thank you 🙏
Best of luck!
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Thanks for your videos. To do a one foot or board off during a send jump, I guess you use your front hand because you need the back hand to heli loop? this means you grab the board after sending the kite forward ? that gives you little time to complete the trick!
Exactly! You have to grab with the front hand, but as you heli loop with the back hand it does give you quite a bit of time to still put the board on during the heli loop.
Agree you have the best lessons
Thanks a lot Daniel!
Thank you Steven, we wait for send jump board off and send jump double front roll 🙏🏻🤙🏻🏄🏻♂️
Nice! Those are very fun tricks to try out. Not entirely sure when I'll be able to release those videos though
Send jump with a board off for sure. The most stylish trick for me❤
Love it too!
Awesome, thank you.
My pleasure!
Thanks so much, Steven, I'll try tomorrow if the wind is enough
Hope you get some good conditions!
Thanks for this!
My pleasure!
bedankt Steven from Brasil
My pleasure! Enjoy it over there!
Hey Steven,
I have one question what i am wondering about already some time already..
The thing you mentioned, that during the recovery phase the bar should be pulled out a bit, is it also valid for a standard jump without sending or looping?
Because when jumping in strong wind i found this the only way for me to land higher (10m measured) jumps.
So i always let the bar out when „falling“ after the apex and then just before the landing i pull again (either with a steering input or heliloop). But i was never really sure about if the bar pulling out when falling is really a good thing or not..
Thanks already for your propper answers as always!! 😊🙏🏾
Hey, That's a good question!
To my opinion it's a lot easier / better when you keep the bar pulled all the way in when you do a "normal" jump.
When you push the bar out a little bit your vertical descent speed increases and you'll have to steer your kite in the right way in order to slow yourself down. Additionally the kite will fly further behind you making for less lift up (this is even worse on the small sizes) . In order to get it back in front you'll have to make a harder steering movement.
So therefor I always suggest to keep the bar all the way pulled in. Just need to make sure your kite is properly set up and it doesn't backstall.
Hope this helps! Give it a try and let me know what you think. You should get more of a floaty jump.
Great videos, thanks!
Do you have any tip to improve your kite control when rotating because I am afraid to do rotations when I jump above 8m approximately?
Try to steer with your arms and not your shoulders. Sometimes I see people pulling on the bar and dropping one of their shoulders closer to the bar which can initiate a rotation, so try to steer with only the arms. Other than that you'll just have to repeat the jump and try to figure out where the rotation comes from. Good luck 🤙
actually well explained
Thank you 🙌
Fantastic tutorial as usual Steve. What I always get confused in every heli loop and kiteloop video though, is that it is never clear which hand should we loop with. I never truly understand that. Does it make any difference which hand we loop with?
Glad you enjoy the video. Yes it's very important what hand you use to loop. The kite should always pass 12 on the loop. Eg.: when the kite is left of 12 you use the right hand to loop it past 12.
Hope that helps
Hi Steven! Thanks for the great tutorial, have been trying these. One problem I’m facing is on eg. left foot forward send jumps, when the kite climbs back up, this causes my body to rotate to the right (clockwise) as I’m coming down which causes a hard sideways crash on landing.. what could be the mistake / issue? Thanks in advance!
I've seen this before. Try to steer with your arms and don't roll your shoulders forward when you steer. (try to keep the shoulders square.
Hope this helps.
Love your videos. Can you make one about riding/jumping when you are overpowered?
Thanks! Best to take a smaller kite so you're not overpowered. You'll be able to jump a lot higher like that. If that's not an option ride slow and make sure you do a good carve.
@@stevenakkersdijk Is there something you can do to practice holding more and more power? Or is it just hours on the water that's gonna help with that?
Best guy
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Actually saw him riding again a couple days back, was a joy to watch!
Epic bru,hope you good 🤙@@stevenakkersdijk
Amazing instructions, appreciated. But I'm a little bit confused. In the video, at the big movement topic, I see two different send jumps. One is the opposite direction of the jump, the other is the same direction of the jump. At the first jump, send is initiated at 4:25 to the opposite direction. At the latter one, send is initiated at 5:02 to the jump direction in order to accelerate forward. This one is more exciting and as you say it, good for kiteloop practice. But the first one is like a jump transition? How should I differentiate and use them?
It's the same move filmed from two different angles. On both of them I send the kite forward through the wind window. Maybe the different angle played a trick on your mind?
@@stevenakkersdijk Oh thanks for the tip, you are right. I thought the wind was offshore and the riding directions were different. Now I see, it is the same direction and the wind is kinda sideshore. I am going to watch it again and again, amazing knowledge concentrated in 8 minutes, thanks again Steven!
@Steven great video! 💣💣
Do you pull the heliloop with front or back hand?
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Glad you like it!
Best for me to do this is in lighter winds if I want to get a higher.
You might be oversteering your kite if this is a steering movement that gives you extra height. Max height should always be reached by the initial jump and steering movement, this forward sent just adds a lot of distance and horizontal displacement.
Could you send me some wind please? And a little time off work.
Wish I could help with that 😅
Fly FARTHER, not further. Further is progression; you can progress further in your career.FARTHER is distance; you can fly farther in high wind versus 5 mph winds.
Thanks for the english lesson, just keep in mind that english is my second language 😉. Will remember this one and changed the title 🤙
Didn’t know that. 👍🏼