Yeah i know the vid your talking about - can't remember what its called was on an LEI wasn't it ?

the technique you described is kinda how they all "fly" on the snow/land apart from holding the bar the wrong way round. . . most fly backwards

it's a lot more technical than you think in the snow takes some practice to ride down on a board and spin yourself round take off backwards

you've definitely got the right idea of practicing on a hill or sand dune first before your on holiday

heres an old vid of some landboarders doing it nothing special but you can see the technique

yeah thats the vid - nice one coldshot

seabreezeb - if it's your first time doing this do it when the wind is blowing directly at you/the hill at about 10 -12 mph
keep your kite pointing into the wind unless looping
. . . . . and as deceivingly slow as all these flying videos look you do start to pick up downward speed so remember a heli-loop just before you land from any decent height to slow down the landing

time flies...

Seabreezeb said..

I saw a vid once,

A guy treks to the top of a sand dune,

runs down the hill with leading edge forward and reverses his bar (red on right hand) so he is using his kite like a traditional parachute setup as he flies parallel to sand dune for about a KM.

Sounds cool huh? Any one else seen people kite like this?

I wouldn't mind checking out some other vids and giving it a go on the snow.

Is this the one?

Cheers,
Flo

fflo said..

Cheers,
Flo

Well Done FFFlo!! How bloody EPIC is that!! scares me just watching it.