HOW TO JUMP 33.9M | WOO World Record | BIG AIR Kitesurfing | Get High with Mike

On Saturday 16 November I set the Woo world record with a jump of 33.9m! This video tells you about that jump, answers some questions and gives you my best pointers on how to do MASSIVE jumps using kickers. I’m a big air coach and I’m hosting 5 clinics this season in Cape Town, so you can come and work on your big air kitesurfing with me! Niiiaaawww!

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Gear I ride:
CORE Xr 7,8,9,13.5. Sensor 2s Pro Bar (22 and 26m mainly). Carved Imperator 135cm. CORE CARVED Imperator. Choice 3 135cm. CORE Comfort Union straps.
Ride Engine Elite Carbon Harness (Small) with 8 inch spreader bar
Ride Engine Empax Impact Vest (Small)

[davidflusin]

Since you asked 😁: Heli loop : How do you decide whether to do it with a downloop (front hand) or a kiteloop (back hand)? If you need to do more than one, do you change direction (i.e. one down, one back)? I use those when I can no longer keep the kite stable enough to control it with just left/right motions, typically on higher floatier jumps (nowhere near 33m though 😂) but how do you know it's too late to start the loop? Sometimes I feel starting the loop when your lines start slacking would just make things worse.

Cheers

[OneLaunchKiteboarding]

pretty cool video, very nicely edited. Very pleasant speech to listen to as well. Interesting tips are also given, I'm sure it would help a lot of people. Your camps will be sold out soon IMO ;) good luck with the rest !

[armandmostert]

Great insite on quality of gear! At those heights you gotta have the best!

[Nidanam]

Great video, fun and really useful. I learned some tips i ve never saw before

[Discosantaclause]

Insane buddy!
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience 🤙 Will be waiting for your next video 😉

[coastalkitesurf]

Absolutley loving these videos, I'm going 17m now and your tips have helped me a lot its hard to get advice at your local spot when not many people send it so high. can you do a video on how to loop after a kiteloop? i see there is some technique and specific ways the kite is sent to help catch the rider softer

[kitingholger]

Wowwww! Congratulations!!!🚀🤙🏼awesome! Looking forward to the heliloop video....🤙🏼😎

[herculina]

Love your way of analyzing things and you come across really cool guy. Cheers.

[herbertvuijk]

Congrats.. What do you think about the 'powered up stance' video from 'Anton Chernyshov'. Seems not really to work for me.. So back to normal stance for me. Second question: I noticed some big improvement for my jumps purely based on bar handling. I used to push the bar all out right before my jump, now I try to keep as much tension as possible, just giving in a little bit while steering up and then sheet in at lift of. I think you can maybe do a vid on bar handling during the jump, since that's where I recently gained 3-4 meters on average, just by handling the bar different.

[davidflusin]

Awesome, must have been a blast. But Janek would have told you to go with the 13.5 I think 😋

[deeearnshaw]

Hi Mike, love your content- inspiring and helpful.
A related question- which Carved boards do you use for what type of conditions?

[tayyibhenderson]

Loving you're Content bro!
Heliloop: please clearly Indicate the best positions of the kite relative to your body when starting the heliloop. Whether it's a forward or back hand pull.
I've only tried back hand pulls and will sometimes nail it and float in and ride away with stoke and sometimes come in super hot and crash hard and almost break ribs.

Be nice to have more insight to kite position and as to whether I should try down looping which might be a slower and more manageable landing!?

[lifeofgarrick]

Great concise video! Keep up the good work. Your coaching is going to go far 👍 Congrats!

[robmacintyre]

Congrats on the record jump and thanks for the really helpful videos. Looking forward to the promised one on heli loops to land. Specifically when heli-looping, bar in or out? and how hard to pull the looping hand? A friend who does nice soft downloop landings says he only pulls a bit with bar right in but he's usually only doing 1 loop and starting the kite from behind and not massive jumps like you. Most of the vids seem to say say pull hard or go home but a couple of times I've done that it's turned into a massive yank forward rather than a softened landing. I get that when doing a standard kiteloop you have to pull hard and never back out 1/2 way. Keep up the great work. I'm sure your sponsors are happy

[AndrewPattullo]

Truley fooked! If anything goes wrong ! 🤣 says it as it is Respect dude😉

[zing-rsa]

Ayyy thanks for the cred dude! If you've got time to answer a question (or maybe add to next video): why do guys steer the kite forward and back(like you mentioned you did) during jumps? Is it just for fun? or is it to induce some pendulum swing for the heli loop? I've been training heli's quite a lot recently, landed a 16.2m jump at 3.2G, so quite stoked on that! Cheers man!

[Philip-xbko]

Congrats with the record! Does "bouncing" mean hopping with your board, i.e. board loosing contact with water?

[arnogouws]

Cant wait for the heli loop video. Enjoying the tips

[swichkite]

Great vid and amazing jumping bro, got my thinking of a small xr6 instead of the GTS which is what i fly and i love them but think the XR6 will be better for the boosting?

[AscendedBeing]

do you prefer your Chioce or your Imperator for Big Air? How much lbs/kg do your weight