Evening all. Been feckin around with all my settings on my board & kite of late since getting the piq gadget back in March. Trying to get my jumps as high as possible averaging 9-10m atm. I can loop the kite on the way down(down loop) pulling the front hand will land 10 out of 10 jumps not a worry in the world. Of late I've been trying jumping and saying in my head.... one....two....after leaving the water then ripping on the back hand. this is all on my 10m with 24m lines. Set on free ride front lines and the rear lines on the 3rd pig tail up the kite (max bar pressure / angle of attack) not at the bottom of the wing tip. My 24m bar rear lines are Set on the second shortest setting in the bar also. I fly North Vegas 2013 8m 10m 12m. I've got a 2016 10m Vegas as well when I fly this 16model on the 24m lines I need to shorten the rear lines to the shortest setting. Loaded 5th are all on the shortest knot also.


Been going out in 20/25knots went out this eve on the 2013 10m Vegas on 22m lines second setting on the rear lines everything else all set the same couldn't jump over 8m average. It was defo windy enough. My question is what lines for biggest height. Does the loaded 5th line knots change anything at all? I would rather use the shorter lines for the back handed kiteloops.

How do i set the kite up
bar up for max height not worried about float as I normally loop front had on way down anyway.


Do I just need a rebel upgrade ???

Hey mate. It's in flat water. No waves. Waves this arvo so might be a different story.When you say back stall, normally my kite can be stalled if I hold both steering lines x 1foot up them and pull the bar in to full power kite will park its self down into the window? Does this mean the lines are to slack?
Cheers

THE PIN PULLER said..
Hey mate. It's in flat water. No waves. Waves this arvo so might be a different story.When you say back stall, normally my kite can be stalled if I hold both steering lines x 1foot up them and pull the bar in to full power kite will park its self down into the window? Does this mean the lines are to slack?
Cheers

10m off flatwater is pretty damned good if you mean Woodies or pond flatwater :)
To begin with then...
Stand on the beach kite at 12, adjust the settings until you can get it to fly back over your head as far as you can.
Once you find this point - adjust rear lines shorter so it just back stalls (falls backward) with bar pulled full down.
On the water it will bacstall more, as the dynamics change with edging.
In a big gust check and adjust this last bit of stall out with your depower line so the kite sits at full forward pulling power without surging going forward or backward.

When you jump, the kite will actually be in a backstall position on the way up - as you sit directly under the kite, the full aerodynamics will come into play giving you max lift.

If you need to add in pigtails for fine tuning just do it.. stretched canopy or lines throw the standard settings out in a slightly used kite over 6mths old..

If you mess up a wave launch and get spun by the Lip - move both hands to the centre and relax youll drop down nicely.

Was the 16.5m with boots? I feel like they help me to hold down an extra 5 knots, but my boots board (Tona) doesn't have a very sharp edge on it which I feel lets me down when going for truly crunk airs.