I often here people say you need to jump 8m to kite loop. That may be an outdated opinion. Here's a full kite loop and catch (kite back fully overhead) from a 2m jump. This is with a 10m rebel SLS in about 18kn of wind. #shorts #kiteloop
Fantastic! I certainly thought that a high jump (7+ meters) was required for a safe kite loop. Thanks for debunking this myth for us, although I understand that a fast kite is needed. Looking forward to the extended video, and as always, we are extremely grateful for these tutorials!
If you pull the loop just right, it gives you more time in the air to catch than you would have thought. Blows your mind when you first experience it. So it can be done with a slower kite. But ya, faster is much better
Hi, yes the camera is the one X2. And it's being held with a back pack that has a home-made arm sticking out of it. I did have a shoot brand back pack but the arm snapped off.
Hi Banadoles. This is just a puddle on Noordhoek beach that's dried up now. Witsand/Breede river is supposed to have bullsharks but I've never seen them. Could be a fisherman's tail to keep people out of the water. Still I wouldn't like to bodydrag there for too long.
Hi Sander. Are you talking seconds? The kite drops me when it's at the lowest point in the loop about 0:04 and then catches me again when overhead about 0:05.5
@@kitesurfcollege thanks for the reaction! I mean meters high. This loop looks perfect! Wondered whether there is still a 'no catch zone' with the kite :)
@@sanderpsychologie Hello Sander, great, that makes way more sense. There isn't really a no catch zone with the correct technique and a fast enough kite. This kite did a full loop and went fully overhead from a sub 2m jump. Below that, say 0.5m or 1m, you might not get the kite fully overhead after the loop, so you could call that the no catch zone for this kite, but you also don't have time to drop and so you don't need to be caught. More then 2m and you get even more time to get the kite overhead - unless you fluff the technique. As you jump higher you may start to find the kite gets back overhead quite early after the loop (well before landing) and then overflies onto your upwind side before landing. If the kite is upwind that means you need to begin a heli loop just before landing. The no catch zone varies with kite speed (slower kite means more height needed) and also varies a lot with technique. I am making an extended video about this as it's quite technical and something people really want to know about.
@@kitesurfcollege awesome!!! Thanks for the response. Indeed what I wondered. Such a video would be epic. As Im beginning to learn aerial loops (landing and helis) Im really looking forward to good technical videos on the matter ro eventually get into kiteloops.
This is a very interesting question because most kiteloop tutorial videos say that looping from 0-2 meters is safe but then you need to go 7 meters high in order to get caught. Meaning that 4-7 m height is the danger zone
Make that longer vid bud 😂 Tried this with my 2021 Rebel 10m and landed about 3/15. Caught me on about 50% of the jumps. Wind was very light though and my technique for powered loops isn’t great yet!
