Revolution Tutorial - Flat Relaunch (quad line stunt kite)

Another in the ongoing series of Kitelife Magazine tutorials for using Revolution quad line kites, this one detailing two basic methods for relaunching a Rev from the flat belly down position, leading edge away or toward you.

Being a two-dimensional kite when not under power, the Revolution can be a little tricky to relaunch when it's flat on the ground but with these simple techniques, it's generally no more difficult than flipping over any other kind of sport kite.

You can look forward to a growing collection of similar tutorials covering equipment, flight techniques and other "pro secrets" gathered from over 20 years in the kiting community... A number of them will be available here on YouTube, while the majority of these tutorials will be located in the Kitelife Subscribers section, be sure to subscribe today if you like what we're doing here!



HD (1280x720) download
http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=629

iPod/iPhone download
http://kitelife.com/forum/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=624

Sites of interest:

http://www.kitelife.com
http://www.revkites.com/forum
http://www.teamiquad.com
http://www.johnbarresi.com

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[kitelife]

Hungarian subtitles added, courtesy of Zsolt Erdei!

[kitelife]

Thai subtitles added, courtesy of Jack Kachathong!

[kitelife]

We've added Portuguese subtitles for this tutorial, thanks to Jose Alexandre Silva!

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Dutch subtitles added, thanks to Marc van der Graaf!

[kitelife]

We've added Spanish subtitles to this tutorial, thanks to the hard work of Gustavo Di Si!

[kitelife]

German subtitles added!

[thegibsonfromhell]

Haha, "a lot of people will actually jerk on it, .... , trying to get it up"... =) That's a good one!

[MPTutor]

Now THAT is what I call a very helpful video, excellently made and explained. Thank you so much :o)

[bowcross]

Good editing choice of placement/size box kite is in. Makes clear continuity between body and kite.

John talks abt wiggling the kite and the smooth backwards walk. Compare to longer or sharper tugs which will either dig straight down or quickly lift a corner only to meet resistance and quickly slam back down.

Pop up/down effect means movement to sharp and fast. Also means the same movements slower smoother could work.

Balance is between to slow to get lift and to fast to work with.

[kitelife]

We've just added Lithuanian subtitles as well, thanks to Jurgis Pauliukas! :)