4 Secrets to KITE CONTROL

Here are the 4 secrets to excellent kite control. These skills separate kiters who are in control and kiters who don't know what's going on. If you master them, you will continue to progress, and if you don't, you'll hit a ceiling in your progression.

Chapters:
00:00 4 Secrets to Kite Control
00:42 How to hold the bar
02:17 Flying the kite with 1 hand
03:38 Retraining your muscle memory
08:49 Developing Routines

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[Jeremy_]

Never seen any videos about this topic and the approach is very clear and simple, Thx! Hope to save some ribs now 😁

[jasonofmontreal]

One key point Mike left out of this very informative video, be sure to shout 'Nyeeeow' mid rotation to be sure to attract the attention of whatever Hotties (or just ya mates to be fair) are in the area... just make sure you stick the landing!

[Mamawsw]

Point 3 is exact what I was looking for after my last crash 😅 Thank you so much to explain me perfect what the Problem was !! I was afraid of doing such a jump again but now I know what I can train to make it send next time ! Thanks😊

[Leonvanbergen]

Damn Mike if you only knew how grateful i am for your content. This is again one of the highest level and incredibly useful, thanks and hopefully you will continue for a long time❤

[BerlinMauer]

Great video Mike (as always)! I remember when I started with rotations and in particular transition rotations where the hand changes, I would have to tell myself out loud: FRONTHAND or BACKHAND so I wouldn't get confused. And I still use this technique. So glad to see a video addressing this because it has saved me some brutal crashes being aware of the hand relationship to kite position. 🤚🏼

[gokucorrecaminos]

One of the BEST videos, super master class, very interesting for me, this is one of my biggest problems with my jumps.
Many thanks for the video 🔝🔝😉

[paulchilvers]

Wow Mike, best instructional video I've seen in over 20 years of kite surfing. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[SugarMDs]

This video is an eye opener! Thanks a lot!

[nathftn]

Hey Mike, very interesting topic. About the training muscle memory, here is what I learnt through being a kite instructor and this thing changed how I approach and teach beginners and it's making a lot of sense from what you explained: flying a kite (in a dynamic or static way) is giving an order then a counter order. So if you pull left, sooner or later you'll have to pull right. Then if you have pulled right, sooner or later you'll have to pull left. We can also say it your way: if I pull back hand (to jump), sooner or later I'll have to pull on front hand (to land or send or do a front hand heli loop), then I'll have to pull back hand again (if I went for a send). Hope this can help a few !

[kurtweibers]

Your tutorial on heliloops was one of the most memorable and helpful for me in 10 years of kiting. But it's crazy how I'm much more afraid of my front hand heliloops! My backhand no prob. I think my grip and muscle memory needs to be fixed by this tutorial. Thanks Mike...ur so rad and smart! Great teaching bra

[KikeBarco-eu]

The best kite control video on youtube right now. Thanks Mike, I can't wait to take my kiting to the next level

[Dcutz]

#3 is invaluable, hollyy!! just getting into doing tricks while jumping, and losing control of the kite once im rotating has been one of my main issues, becuz i couldnt figure out why and how i was steering the kite wrongly into it crashing every time. with this logic, im pretty confident ill be landing those tricks finally! wish i could double like this video!!

[Stratneck]

Awesome Information on this video.
Thank You for saving Us (newbies) some serious Injuries ….👍👏👏👏 !!!

[gavinhopkins]

Awesome tips! I can only imagine the number of broken ribs from wrongly steering the kite while backwards in the air. Happened to me. Hopefully, you help others avoid this fate 👍

[supericeman]

Tks Mike. Front hand Back hand! Never heard that before. Had two unintentioal spins yesterday up high and pulled wrong hand twice. You would think id learn the first time🤣. Gonna try some intentional stuff next day. Tks

[patschi]

Made that mistake with accidental kite loops while doing a backroll a few times myself... did hurt, I must say... I was looking for EXACTLY that kind of explanation on how to steer the kite. So many people told me just to leave either the front hand or back hand off of the bar... never worked for me. Now I just tell myself at the approach: This is your front hand, this is your front hand, and BOOM! Thanks, Mike

[real_qackyy]

Amazing Video Mike I hope I see you next year I didn’t see you this year in Brazil I saw jasmine and ticka tho

[daffes]

man, you and google read my mind after unintentionally kite looping a higher back roll and falling exactly like your crash example haha. Now I need to figure out how to generate the rotation better without steering the bar.

[AviEliya]

thank you Mike, one of the best kite video i ever seen

[NoNameSkejter]

Idea for the next episode: tips on how to setup straps properly (how wide, how tight, at what angle)