Kitesurfing technique - Body dragging
This article will offer you several kitesurfing techniques that
will help you advance in the kitesurfing sport. Remember to
practices everything enough times until you become completely
comfortable with the kitesurfing techniques.
One of the kitesurfing techniques that we would like to discuss
in this article is body dragging. This is a more advanced
technique and you should be familiar with the basic techniques
before proceeding to this one. You will need to practice the
following steps (down the wind body drag technique). First of
all, step in the water and get underway with your kite. Try to
use the power of your kite to body drag yourself across the water
area. Practice 8 shape patterns and sine wave patterns on the
left and right sides, landing your kite and launching it.
The upwind body dragging kitesurfing techniques are analogous to
down the wind body drag technique. The only difference is that
you will need to position your kite at the right or left side of
the wind screen and keep one of your hands beneath the water.
Another one of the kitesurfing techniques that is very valuable
is learning how to steer your board. First of all, of course, you
will need to be comfortable and completely in control while just
standing on your board. You can follow the following steps to
practice steering your board. To steer your board to the side
that is away from the wind, try putting more pressure on your
front foot and moving your body weight towards the face of the
board. To steer your board to the side that is towards the wind,
do the opposite by putting more pressure on your back foot.
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