can you, do them ?

I like how the rider's tracks are still clearly visible on the surface of the water ... ^^^
even after the rider has half completed a swooping 25m radius L00P.

waveslave said...




I like how the rider's tracks are still clearly visible on the surface of the water ... ^^^
even after the rider has half completed a swooping 25m radius L00P.

Yeah... whatever gets you off.

You may well be technically correct, I am not sure.

But one day a kiter will do the ultimate true loop, that where both the rider and kite do a loop, with the centre of rotation between the kite and the rider, such that kite is flying backwards for a period of time.

That will be impressive. I believe it can be done, just a matter of time. Paragliders can do it, so kites should theorically be able to. The speed and G force will be pretty big though and you would need decent height.

Sorry but these kite loops you talk of are not that impressive. I am sure I couldn't do one, but my 2 year old daughter can stand on the beach and make her kite do loops, and that ain't impressive. The kite is, it is only small, I made it for her from two kebab sticks and some tissue paper. It is nice colours.

waveslave said...


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This is a kite loop. ^^^
The definition of a loop is a figure made by a curved line crossing itself.
It's called a kite loop cause the 'kite' is making a loop ...
but not the rider.
It's not called a rider loop.
The rider might do a roll during the move,
but he never does a loop.

When poleys do forward 'loops', backies, and pushies ...
They aren't doing real loops, they are rolling.
Rolly poleys.
lol.

Genuinely not trying to wind any one up, because personally I feel that what kiters do at present is just the tip of the iceberg - but can a kite do a back loop or anything else, or is it just a 360 forward rotation with lines tight all the time ?

I have to equate it to paragliding because that is my way of understanding it.

Paraglider can do a B line stall for example, where all weight is removed from the lines, or a loop where centre of rotation is such that one tip flies backwards.

I appreciate that paragliders inflate to form the wing and have shorter lines, thus making the speed of the pilot more matched to the speed of the wing, but I still reckon one day I will see kiters looping over their kite - in the sense that mid loop the rider looks down onto the kite or looping around the kite, where mid loop the rider is dead downwind of the kite.

Like others imply, as impressive as it is kite looping at present still only involves only the kite, or only the rider. Yes, each may do something simultaeously, but they are not performing the same manovre.

Looping over your kite would beat a poley pushloop for sure. You would be very high and moving very fast.

Post me a picture of you doing one of them, before somebody else does.

Pitty they cant land them and ride away

^^^sounds like a learner.Did you stop and give him a headsup, so it dosent happen again?

If it was a learner,you should have moved upwind of him if you were concerned.
A newbe cant go upwind,they tend to get blowen downwind and out of the way pretty quick.

wait until he manages a half pike rail grab

or even better, a half pike rail grab rail grab

yes i am.

everyone knows a double rail grab is impossible as you have to let go of the mirror.

busterwa said...

This lack of wind has created some sledging.....Ease up turbo.. ;-) Its WAR untill we get 25 knots.....

Had that today

This time of year every one gets abit nasty and cheeky cause of the crapy wind, but its all good i like a good agurment and till we all get a good 25 knots in our system again we all might get a little jumpy but its all good

Out of the big three,
The backie is the only one that comes close to being legit ...
but it's not a loop.
It doesn't quite fit the definition of a loop.
The forward and the pushie are both just tucked rolls.
Nice rolls, but no loops.
Actually the forward was initially named a barrel roll, sometimes referred to as a cheese roll.
So keep on rollin', poleys.

kite going all over the place,
blowen 200m down wind,
crashing his kite,
Thats a newbe,
best to hang upwind of him ,
or just HTFU

The hightide washes away the footprints that your worried about

Hang on for a sec, windsurfing forward, back and push loops were invented in the 1980s.

Kiting is only a "recent" sport, made popular in the last 10 years.

The sports have little in common as the equipment is totally different.

So do the moves and the terminology associated with them.

Who cares if a kiter posts that windsurfing loops are not real loops.