Top Ten Safety Directives for Kiters
The Top Ten Safety Directives for Kiteboarders
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Category: Technique
Kiteboarder Certification Cards
For many years now the top training organizations in the world have issued Kiteboarder certification cards. Kiteboarder certification cards are for kiters what PADI cards are for scuba divers. Kiteboarder certification cards serve several purposes..
Kiteboarding for Kids
What should be the minimum age for someone entering the sport? Kiteboarding is getting easier then ever before with improvements in equipment and teaching methods.
CPR First Aid training
All extreme sports and outdoor enthusiasts should consider taking an Adult CPR first aid course. When accidents happen time is against us. A quick and decisive response from a trained first responder can mean the difference between live and death, or a life in a wheelchair vs. a fully recoverable injury.
Online Kiteboarder Education
IKO releases its Online Kiteboarder Education program. IKO has the largest and most in depth program of this type available for kiteboarders.
Kiteboarder Handbook: New Edition Available
The IKO has released a NEW AND IMPROVED 6th Edition Kiteboarder Handbook! This Edition is a necessary companion for any beginning or intermediate kiteboarder looking to become a safe independent rider. It is comprised of explanations, exercises and a complete list of kiteboarding terminology that all help you learn
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SNOWKITER’S HANDBOOK
IKO Launches the second edition of the Snowkite Handbook. The IKO is the leading kiteboarding organization specialized in education programs.
Top Ten Safety Directives for Kiters
This document includes; safety systems, using a kite leash, flyovers, danger of board leashes, right of way rules and more.
Kiteboard terminology
Knowing the correct terminology gives a kite-boarder the ability to describe his situation and allows for better communication of ideas and information. Here is a quick list of Kite terms for you.
Aerial – Any trick done in the air
Backstall – When the kite falls backwards, stall
Chicken loop – the loop that connects the harness to the kitebar
Danger Zone – the area where you can get hit with the kite
Drop zone – the area where the kite can fall, the floor of the WW
Edge – to angle the board in the water
Edge of window – the edge of the wind window with the least power.
Fly away – a loose kite
Front Roll – a spin rotating in the direction of travel
Grab – to grab the board during a jump
Hot launch – to launch in the middle of the power zone
Inside lines – the lines that go from the middle of the bar to the front of the kite.
Outside lines – the lies that go from the outside of the bar to the back of the kite
Power zone = the middle of the wind window
Quick release – a device used to release the equipment quickly
Reach – to ride across the wind
Sheet in – to pull the bar towards you
Sheet out – to push the bar away
Stopper ball – a device to stop the bar sliding too far up the lines
Trim line – the thick sliding line through the center of the bar.
Underpowered – to have a kite that is too small for the wind conditions
Venturi – wind funneling between two objects and getting stronger
Wind Window – the area where the kite can fly
Xray – what you need after a big wipeout
Zenith – The top of the wind window
Why every new kiter should “Get a Lesson”
Entering the sport today is a lot different from the very early days of the sport. Gone are the days of having to teach yourself to kiteboard. There is a better, easier and safer way.
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