Found this discussion really interesting and informative. Thought I'd share.

kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2376899

Are you talking hindenberging? Or inverting when crashed?

If its when crashing try pumping harder, a hard kite shouldn't invert ever.
Most inversions are from the kite hitting the water and the rider continuing to ride towards the kite, the lines go slack and the kite rolls over.
If the kite hits the piss slow yourself down and edge away from the kite ASAP

Troyrotor said...

Are you talking hindenberging? Or inverting when crashed?

If its when crashing try pumping harder, a hard kite shouldn't invert ever.
Most inversions are from the kite hitting the water and the rider continuing to ride towards the kite, the lines go slack and the kite rolls over.
If the kite hits the piss slow yourself down and edge away from the kite ASAP

Inverting after crashed, trying to relaunch...

Pump hard? Ok, will try that.

However, I was told other big brands invert as well even when hard as rock...

I still think some designs are more prone to inversion than other.

Should fifth line prevent this?

Beef you got 7 new kites now!! You've been busy boy since I last talked to ya. Then again I've bought three kites abs 2 boards. Oops.

beefarmer said...


So your question Any kite can invert but which design does it more?

I think not a 5 line c kite

Ok, thanks! Need more time with this 9m to say how it does.

No worries my friend. Give us a buzz when this final bit of winter pisses off, man I'm looking forward to this season.3 boards and three kites, I'm all dressed up and nowhere to go!


Anyhow any fuel riders out there, any comments.

a method iv'e been experimenting with that is working
quite well , keep your kite in the air never had one
invert yet

www.seabreeze.com.au/Articles/Kitesurfing/Kite-relaunch-technique-videos_2680758.aspx

Saying that I have wrapped my 5th a couple of times but only only in a direct onshore ( I think it was) but when it is cranking and everyone on the beach is waiting for you to self land your 5th line machine so you can help them land their 4 liners - its gold.

Cheers
Rich

... So talking of inverting I had a funny thing happen.

I used to ride a 16m Naish X4 (2004) kite with the original 4 line bar, years ago, loved them back then and it did the damndest thing!

I accidently rode into a well know area where the wind is really gusty and down wind of trees with really disturbed winds, winds all over the place. As I entered the sh!tty wind zone the kite hindenberged and started to fall. As it dropped, quite slowly infact, must have been some sort of wierd layers thing happening and as the kite drifted into another layer of wind, it rotated or somersaulted you could call it, flying into its own front lines.

After somersaulting the kite rolled and caught the wind again and flew back to 12 o'clock. Bar and lines are now inside out, twisted, with me looking dumb founded. Then the kite started to fall again so I tried to run backwards but I was a little too deep in the water to move anywhere, so the kite started to fall again.

The bloody thing did the wierd somersault thing again only going the other way. Bugger me even with slack lines it caught the wind again and the lines tightened so flew back to 12. The bar/lines are now back to normal!

Bugger this, I punched out so the kite fell to the water Totally blown away I couldn't believe what I just saw, if someone else had told me I probably wouldn't believe them to be honest!!!

And no I hadn't been drinking or smoking something or under the influence of drugs .... just a freaky freaky thing. 8 years later and I still haven't seen anything as wierd.

cheers for now,

Robbie