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Re: The Learning Curve

Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:38 am

Infinitive wrote:
For me, I improved when I put some thought into what legs of the bridle do what. Maybe you've done this before, but just hold the kite (as in with your hands, not flying) in certain tricking positions, like a backflip or a fade, and see which legs make an input, and which are slack.

For example, from a fade, you see that it is (mostly) the lower-outhaul which controls a backspin. In a backflip, the upper-outhaul is used for lazies. Wrapping the kite uses the inhaul and lower-outhaul, while axels use both outhauls. I found thinking about what is slack or not on the bridle made me a better flyer.



Ah yes- I know what you mean. This made perfect sense after I read Kite Notes. Combined with Conceptual Kiting from the Prism forum I think really sped up my understanding also
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