[cellentropya]

mmhh … en andra bara för killar grejer =:D

CC

[cellentropya]

dum och ny på forumet, men vad är Spotify? Bara nyfiken.

Peace

CC

[cellentropya]

Jag tycker att ditt projekt är intressant och bör fullföljas. Det finns endast ett fåtal rapporter i den medicinska litteraturen om skador vid kitesurfing och mest sysslar bara med akuta skador. Det finns inga studier som ställer frågan om långsiktiga skadar i aktiva kitesurfare, som för tennis och basket till exempel.

Verkar att det finns inte mycket mer än:

1: Nickel C, Zernial O, Musahl V, Hansen U, Zantop T, Petersen WA prospective study of kitesurfing injuries. Am J Sports Med. 2004 Jun;32(4):921-7.

2: Spanjersberg WR, Schipper IB. Kitesurfing: when fun turns to trauma-the dangers of a new extreme sport. J Trauma. 2007 Sep;63(3):E76-80.

Det skulle också vara interessant att jämföra med 5-6 år tillbacka (typ artikel 1). Finns hur mycket som helst för skatebording instället.

In my life out of the wind, jag sysslar med den typ of grejer, ibland även mer komplicerat.

Jag är inte ett proffs kiter och jag är i en intermediate nivå, men jag är på vattnet hur mycket jag kan och på alla kostnader sedan jag lärde mig att surfa upwind mindre än ett år sedan.
Jag skulle gärna vilja delta i ditt projekt om du behöver en kiter med en relativt kort erfarenhet men också med en högre tendens av mindre skador som ofta man se under lärande period.
Lycka till!

[cellentropya]

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[cellentropya]

mmhh I think I’ll go for it, it looks great for improving my transitions!

habo tomorrow, someone wanna try it with ma rabbit 9m?

peace

[cellentropya]

Tack för bra tips!

Cheers

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[cellentropya]

Thanks a lot brother man! Honest unbiased suggestions are always appreciated (more than what generally people think).

I already have two kites that I am quite happy with (Cabrinha SB III, 8 and 12m) but since my son (16 1/2 yrs) is now in an exponential progression (we started together a year ago) but his learning curve is 4x faster than mine, he is up to simple jumps, carving and toeside, (shit vad sur man blir ibland =:D) we are in need to get a new kite. So, in the meantime that we are thinking for a good and optimal kite choice (Naish, SB ids, Ozone etc..), I got the ”holland man” proposal and I thought that maybe would have been a cheap choice before we hit a new kite that we both like. That is why I asked here.

I will follow your suggestion and maybe wait for better used one around here.

BTW, the holland guy has left me the kite to try for today if wind will allow me after work in Habo.

Concerning courses, are you involved in this stuff? If yes, I would like to give you a call or email you but off the forum, do you think is ok?

Thanks mate

Cheers

[cellentropya]

I’ll take this in english, goes faster and avoid spelling check for ridiculous mistakes.

I know exactly your feelings since I just went through that myself. I have done 3-days kurs and thereafter around 15 times out by myself with low (8-12 knts) and relatively strong (20-25 knots) wind. I am now mastering coming on the board, going upwind and I am training on the turns and going toeside. During this process I believe 1/2 of the water floating on the costs of Habo Ljung, Landskrona and east Sicily have been passing though my nose and throat and will still do (much less though) until I will master the turns, a bloody dream! Therefore, I thought to write you and give you some tips that I found very useful about the water and getting on the board.

It is clear that I leave to the instructors and the experienced riders the best and professional suggestions, and, after few more times you will try alone, you should invest in a 1-2 hrs one-to-one with an instructor to get re-polished and ready for more progression. However, I know that the feelings and the tips from people that have just passed that stage are also very useful just because are newly experienced. All the efforts, the discomfort and the frustrations will just disappear the very same moment that you will find yourself riding upwind, looking at where you want to go and feel the kite with your hips, heels and arms. This day is not that far I ensure you and it will pay off all and more!

Water in the nose:

Since we have all forgotten the neonatal reflexes, when we fall in water during such action the instinct is of ”scare” and we tend to inflate air and water. You can:
1. Clamping the nose (you buy the stuff to clamp your nose). It works well if you are comfortable with it (not me) and if you learn to do not ingest water from the mouth.
2. The simple thing you can do is to use a surrogate of these neonatal reflexes: you have to strongly breath out from the nose (and the mouth if you don’t manage to keep it closed) as soon as you hit the water. It is roughly the same thing you do when you swim long runs or when you jump in the water. You have to keep breathing out until you are with the head off the water again. It works great most of the time.

Board:

I found 2 things to be determinant to make the difference between start riding and jumping in the water. We are all different and therefore we have to respect different learning curves but there are always those ”small little things” that, if you mange to do right, they will get you ready for quick progression.

1. The direction of the board when you drive your kite in the powerzone. It took for me many water-nose to understand that it is crucial that you take the time to find a stable position in the water, parallel at your kite which is at 12.00 before you start diving the kite in the powerzone and that only when the kite is start pulling, you have to put the nose of your board downwind while coming up on the board, stretching your front foot and bending your back foot.

2. The body weight. Another long sea-water nose-spooling therapy it took for me to understand how to distribute the weight. A fundamental step was to stop being shy and defensive. That mean stop pulling the bar towards me as to get the help I need for coming up on the board and as it was the only grip I had to maintain balance. Everything changed when, once I started to be pulled up on the board, I prolonged a bit more my arms (and not pulling!) and devote the weight to the hips, letting the kite doing his job. It took thereafter a couple of tries and I could release weight on the back foot heel, pulled the bar a bit and here I go, upwind!! The rest is history.

I hope this it helps you in any way, please take it for what it is and not blame this suggestions after your next crash =:D … it was fun to tell this anyhow.

I am amazed how quickly kiteboarding gets straight into your brain and blood!

Have fun out there and respect.

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