How to Kitesurf: Set-Up (LEI, inflatable kite)

This video goes through all the steps of setting up a kite: Inflating the kite, Unrolling the lines, Separating lines, Connecting lines, Overview & Checking for mistakes.

This shows the bar downwind method. You can also set up lines upwind or crosswind, but beginners tend to make more mistakes with these methods, and if anything goes wrong there is less time available to use your quick release.
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[kitesurfcollege]

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[tecofab]

For a beginner (like I am), a video like this is pure gold. This channel is by far the most useful I have seen so far. Thanks a lot and I hope you will do a lot of instructional videos like this.

[kixxalot]

8:42 - nice subtle touch: helper is knocked out :)

[bearlemley]

Probably halfway through my initial lessons and I found this video informative. Most of the detail of this setup is more informative than in the lessons I have had so far.

[Pete-ebec]

I’m a sailor, surfer and 🪁 er. These are great tutorials! In this one I missed what one does with the (up side down) Bar, when one walks up wind to let up the kite. Kind regards.

[gogoggo]

Great tutorials (this video and the others are all amazing)! Also, I really liked the detail where at the end, while demonstrating a risky move, the person who is helping launch gets “knocked out”, great detail :)

[Haasgen]

Thank you for this throughout Tutorial. Clear and concise 👌🏻👏🏻

[luukdeboer]

Excellent explanation for newbies! All of your videos!

[geoffreytaylor]

I love these excellent tutorials. My kites have self rescue handles at the tips, and I have experienced the back pigtail dropping through, which is not easy to see when the kite is turned over. If the steering line is connected like this, it will be shortened, making the kite steer rapidly to that side on launching. I now always check this, as well as the front bridles mentioned in the video.

[mrnothing]

Thanks for sharing! Probably the easiest Tutorial video this one!
This video defined Up-wind, Down-wind, Lines, How to set kit up etc.

Thanks again!

[beachchickensmedia]

i definitely wish i found video before i tried to launch my kite 3 times already.

[jjm]

Your videos are very helpful. Keep up them coming! Nice work

[nheeren]

Another great video. Side note: What are the light blue things on the woman's face? I have never seen those before.

[ABESuperKiteDay]

I like to say to students 'red on the right is wrong' but when setting up the kite, its upside down so the bar should be too.

[bjpastoor]

Why is it important to attach the left end of the bar to the left end of the kite, aren’t kites symmetrical?

[fail]

In which Video did. you explain the knots?

[stellavb]

isn't it that the red bar is on the left?

[tonykitesurf]

Salut n'hésite pas à passer voir ma chaine de kitesurf et t'abonner si elle te plait 😉