How to kitejump

[dunkintheshed]

Nice and simple, good stuff !

[kriger12345]

i jumped 10 ft today with a 3.5 kite this works !

[WaR111]

i do alot of recreational kite flying including jumping scudding and buggying

and this is the CORRECT way to make a kite jump also known as a pendulum jump

[Ltndoom]

ooooooo 2 feet of air.....

[MrBlazedup]

3m kite for jumping is pretty crappy, can be done but no hang time really. i kite surf but also have a landkite. I found that the Brand of kite plays a big part in the air time. i have a SLINGSHOT B4 land kite and in 20-30knots it is way more dangerous than my 12m water kite, mainly cause it is a "constant' traction kite (no depower). 20-30 knots on this kite will send you 10-15ft high and up to 50 ft long for anyone between 70-85kg!...hard and fast landings though.

[cuatromots]

Very clear! Thank you!

[kriger12345]

@chrizzle63 yes you can. ive heard about a 65kgs make 3-5m jumps with 3m

[helmutfromhell]

@chrizzle63 it depends on the strength of the wind. I think in 4,5- 5 bft it could be possible but it depends also on the kite. I am flying a peter lynn twister II 7.7m^2. This one is optimized for jumping because of the strong lift. From a wind of about 3 bft it is possbile to jump with my 75 kg for excample. At 4-5 bft with a kite sized like mine, kiting starts to become dangerous if you have not enaugh practice.

[ultimatekiter]

this is the hard way plus you have to get it exactly right to work so failure

[BladeFlyer]

@ultimatekiter Once you get a bit of practice at it, it works fine. How do you jump? I've tried other techniques but this will take you higher and put you down more gently than anything else.

[kEZzmAn1000]

@ultimatekiter , your comment is a fail, if you think this is hard, then you are a bit of a whussy

[alexxxd6]

very good vid!

[misterabuse]

my kites only 3.5m squared but i can still get air? is there something im missing or how are you measuring it by?

[ProGuitarTuition]

this is the clearest explanation i have so far seen, thank you

[zoopezoop]

thanks for making this video. I'm going ot give your method a try next time I use my Beamer 4. Just to be clear though, is the beamer 4 even capable of lifting? (I mean around 2 meters)

[hippocratez]

Great intruction vidT Thanx. Bought myself a PL Twister 4.1 this week and am keen on trying it out in some light winds. I've been flying a Speedwing Super Pro for many years already and want to start jumping en pulling

[tgeucihtnairk]

Hello BladeFlyer. First of all thanks for this video!!

I've been trying to jump today in rather strong winds with an Ozone Flow 2.0. With my weight of just 60kg it worked! :D I didn't fly high but I lost ground a little bit!! It sure isn't the best kite for jumping though... ;)

By now I can't manage to do the redirect. I'm too busy with watching the ground to prepare for landing :P I'm sure I'll get that done soon :D

Greetings from Germany and thanks again!!

[KingPC66]

Ok. But how big need my kite to be?

[BladeFlyer]

It depends on your weight and skill level. For someone starting, I'd say you will want a moderately lift kite around the 5m mark.

[KingPC66]

Oké And what about 3m?

[BladeFlyer]

Again, it depends on your weight. I'd say probably not. It's possible to jump with small kites but it's much harder to safely learn. You will float much less and things will go wrong much faster.

[KingPC66]

Oké. But how many cost a 5 M kite?

[scarfy1988]

Good job on the vid, you should do a how to kite jump for intermediates and point out things like, if you run directly to the side you will get more of a swingy jump, also advice such as how to deal witg gusty winds etc. This vid is ok for bdginners though.

[jonasinclz]

Thank you, now I can go out and try it on my new Ozone Flow 3.0, I hope that 3 metre is enough to jump.

[xantochroi]

thanx

[hein2111]

thanks for help!!

greez peter lynn twister owner!!

[LCHLLO2008]

thanks for the tips i will try to pluck up the courage to try some jumps........now i have some idea of how to do it and still retain a pulse and some limbs ha ha thanks for posting

[OnnomonnomonnO]

thx for upload:) good tips  :)

[roberts761]

im so close to getting it big with out breakin me ankles!. Thanks for this vid it helped loads..

[drachenkopf123456]

good job

[brianslotemaker]

thanks i din't know the redirect thing so i always came down hard so ''really'' thanks

[wwwawsomedotcom]

have u ever tryed to kite with mountain boards

[BladeFlyer]

I often fly and jump with a board - I'm also a freestyle buggier. I just don't have any decent videos of that...

[awonderfulday]

5 stars for the biscuit acquisition guy

[bobbonghead]

Ordering my Peter Lynn Twister 4.1m today

Cant wait to start getting some air.

Nice explanation on how to jump, shame you didnt get any decent air for the video tho.

I will do my best to go higher :)

[BladeFlyer]

It's harder than it looks ;)

Hills will be your friends if it's big air you want, but remember to redirect...

[rhysfawr4]

nice job, detailed explanation.

[stanly217]

thanks

[adamx232]

this video is very helpful!!

Why don't u made someone else?

Thanks for your work.

[BRADAZ234]

how come when u run with the kite its sposed to go the opposite way, would it still work if u moved the kite the same way as ur running?

ive only just started power kiting and im trying to learn how to jump lol but im not to good at it.

[BladeFlyer]

No, it wouldn't. The reason for turning the kite from the edge of the window into the middle is the same as the reason you have to run slightly backwards - the point is to accelerate the kite over your head to provide a temporary extra bit of lift. It's this that pulls you off the ground.

[cyberdave17]

bringing the kite to the side of the window then running upwind gives you a) less force to run against and b) gives the kite a relative wind speed increase and c) the kite has maximum travel to gain speed!

Start with running sideways more than back as I found that less complicated (I can't see why now - it's so simple for me).

Keep practicing it'll come soon enough.

[BladeFlyer]

Yes - the other thing to remember is to keep running diagonally back until the moment of takeoff - don't change direction and head downwind as the power starts to come in: it's a common mistake when learning.

[cyberdave17]

I believe I'm right in saying running diagonally more gives you a pendulum jump whereas more upwind gives a more vertical jump.

[FLCProductions]

where can you get thes kites

do you about any web sites that sell them?

[cyberbid]

Can this apply to a rage 3.5? Just wondering thats all? I had a bad fall when it lifted me up unexpectedly, i wasnt trying to kite jump though just regular flying at the time

[BladeFlyer]

It's possible yes - but a rage doesn't have a lot of lift. You won't go very high and as you say, you may come down quite hard. Something like a blade, crossfire, haka etc. would be a better kite to jump with.

[henninggggg]

think of swinging the back of the highest point...i´ve broke my leg because i didn´t do it!!!!

sorry for my bad english..im german;)

[peterfarrow]

very informative!

I have had enough orthopaedic surgery already fixing broken stuff (whilst skiing)

This might come in very handy for me...

[BoardingExtreme3]

Great vid!!! good tips will have to try them

[sdhunter]

thanks for the tips, will try this weekend

[Add453]

Yeah good tips, thanks alot

[RobotRacer78]

Good tips :)

[JoeVSvolcano]

I Kinda of get it.

1. run back diag in direction kite is facing.

2. hard turn other direction.

3. Kite lifts?

4. hard turn back the way you started.

Hard part:

Doing these turns without flying past your head and out of window.

[1xXxadixXx2]

another hard part is part 4, at least for me :P

[madpanda1]

i like it

[SerBur]

how to jump with kite =)