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Kitesurfing Handbook
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  • Progression and skills
    • Trainer kites
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    • Basics
      • Line management
    • Water re-launching a kite
      • Water relaunching kite with tangled lines
    • Self rescue
    • Upwind body dragging
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    • Choosing the right kite size
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    • Kite power
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    • Jumping
    • Jumping - Inverts
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    • Toeside riding
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    • Self landing
    • Riding unhooked
    • Downloop turns
    • Rescuing others
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    • Back rolls
    • Jibe turns for directional boards
    • Duck tack
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    • Advanced skills
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    • Kitesurfing a foil board
    • Kiteloops
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    • Ollie Lien transition strapless surfboard
    • Kiting trick bag log
  • Safety and rules
    • CLEAR guidelines
    • Clearance rules and kiting zones
    • Etiquette
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    • Hand signals
    • Hazards
    • Injuries
    • No Go zones
    • Kitesurfing rules in Australia
    • Emergency communications
    • Marine VHF channels
    • Rescues and handling kites
    • Surviving the Death Loop
  • Wind
    • Wind directions
    • Wind Window
  • Weather
    • Kitesurfing storm fronts and winter winds
  • Kitesurfing locations
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Indonesia and Bali
    • Pacific islands
    • East Timor
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  • Travel
  • Reviews
    • 2013 Airush Lithium 12m
    • 2013 Airush Lithium 9m
    • Airush Lithium Zero 18m 2014
    • Airush Sector 60 V2 race board
    • Cabrinha Drifter 2012
    • Cabrinha Quicklink IDS control bar 2012
    • Mystic Majestic harness 2013
    • North Nugget Surfboard 2015
    • Ocean Rodeo Soul drysuit
    • Ozone Edge 2012
  • Videos
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  • Kitesurfers
    • Andy Yates
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    • Kai Lenny
    • Mitu Monteiro
    • V.I.P. Kitesurfer feedback
  • History of kitesurfing
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Kitesurfing Handbook

Top 10 pages

2021 top ten pages

  1. Choosing the right kite size

  2. Kite trimming

  3. Going upwind

  4. Progression

  5. The basics

  6. Water starts

  7. Kite flying

  8. Kitesurfing a foil board

  9. Changing direction

  10. Wind directions

2018 top ten pages

  1. Kitesurfing handbook

  2. Choosing the right kite size

  3. Kite trimming

  4. Going upwind

  5. The basics

  6. Water start

  7. Wind directions

  8. Progression

  9. Changing direction

  10. Jumping

2014 top ten pages

  1. Choosing the right kite size

  2. Kitesurfing handbook

  3. Kite trimming

  4. Going upwind

  5. Water start

  6. The basics

  7. Changing direction

  8. Jumping

  9. Self launching your kite

  10. Kite flying

2013 top ten pages

  1. Water start

  2. Wave riding

  3. Safety leash

  4. Choosing the right kite size

  5. Jibe turns for directional boards

  6. Going upwind

  7. Line rigging comparison

  8. Self launching your kite

  9. The basics

  10. Kite trimming

2012 top ten pages

  1. Self landing your kite

  2. Kitesurfers

  3. Choosing the right kite size

  4. Self launching your kite

  5. Kite trimming

  6. Progression

  7. Going upwind

  8. Safety leash

  9. Ewan Jaspan

  10. Changing direction

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