Hi guys,

Lofty here again with another "how-to" on how to help someone land a foil kite.

What is a foil kite I hear you ask young ones?

A foil kite is NOT this...

Yeah the one you pump up!




A foil kite (or twin-skin, doonah, condom, rug, etc) is this!

The one you do not pump up. The wind pumps it up for you! Yay!





Now this video shows you what I mean, from 4:54 and you'll see the PROPER way of helping someone land their doonah!





Please note!

* Keep the side facing the rider UP at all times. Do not let the kite roll over onto it's stomach (ie: keep the back of the kite - the part facing away from the rider - down). This is to avoid bridle tangles. Yeah, I may want to relaunch it again later.
* Please note on the video the bit about catching the WING TIP! Do not grab a foil kite by the leading edge and park it like any other pump-up type of kite.
* AND PLEASE, stay put with your hands or your feet on top of the wing-tip! Do not walk away before the rider has approached and got hold of his kite. Some of you put a measly hand-full of sand and think it's going to hold the kite down in 25knots! Ugh uh... please stay there!

It's not rocket science!


Just as a filler, this video is the crappiest way of explaining it and I would not walk to the rider. The rider should be the one walking to you the assistant, to take the tension out of the lines.





So noobs - if some old bald fart like me comes up to you and asks you to please help me land my foil kite, now you know!

Capish?!



ps. I have both LEI and foil kites, so please don't tell me to get a pump up kite instead.