Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:07 pm
Hmm, I don't think old Audio Rob was right about turning up - I feel the kite should really turn slightly down into the first input. The nose should be pointing at 4 o'clock or 8 o'clock. Then it is just a matter of tweaking that first input until it just looks right to begin a flatspin. Learn to 540 from every which angle, even flying upwards (sounds odd I know, looks like an early-popped lazy), and you'll learn what that "looking right" is. The input to start the flatspin is short and fairly soft, followed by generous slack. It is late too, but not so late that you end up doing one of those odd lazy-susan-alikes. Tazes require the most precise timing and set-up, and mis-timing does not result is an "almost" taz, it results in nothing-like-a-taz.
Perhaps try flying across the window and doing to input to start a fractured axel. Then try over-doing that initial input until the kite has gone past an ideal flare, and the wing you would be about to pop for a taz-flatspin is higher. But don't over-do it as in do it aggressively, just make it longer, and give "too much" slack. Visualise the position the kite needs to be in before trying the trick, or the set-up.
Be patient, tazes are arguably the most difficult trick (maybe yofades are up there too), and you'll never get them into 100% success rate that is easily possible with say JLs or backspins. But when you get them, they are a lot prettier and more satisfying than those 100% tricks!
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