Forum  NWKite Forum RE: what's the secred to transition jumps?
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RE: what's the secred to transition jumps? |
Author: jpeskin
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:52 pm (GMT -8)
Here's my method on an SLE kite:
You definitely want to go into it with some speed. But the goal is kill your forward speed by translating it into upwind speed (and pop) by carving hard upwind just as you send the kite. Sheet out as you edge hard, then sheet in fully just as you take off.
The send is very minimal. From 11 to 12.. maybe as far as 1 if the wind is light (but if you go this far, try to bring the kite back to 12 when you're at peak height).
The reason you don't want to send too far the other way yet is that your body will swing downwind of the kite. Then the kite is way far in the upwind edge of the window and has lost all power... lines slacken). With that said, once you are descending, you want to send the kite HARD in the new direction (starting from 12). The lift from the apparent wind will make your landing softer.
Best time to try these is when you are very powered to overpowered. In this case, you barely have to send the kite (11 to 12 is fine) and just sheet in after the upwind carve.
Here's a sample vid that Forrest got of me at Lyle last year. Sorry it doesn't show the kite, but maybe you can tell kite position by lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGqhpNwwDJE
Is this what you meant by transition jumps? Hope this was of some help.
Jonah
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