Backroll Kiteloop

How to

1. 1

   Set up the approach

   Approach as for a sent backroll with the kite at 11 or 1 o'clock, on a fast kite in wind you are not overpowered in, over deep water.

2. 2

   Send and carve

   Give the kite a positive send and carve up into the wind as it lifts so the carve starts a slow rotation.

3. 3

   Stamp and level

   Stamp off your edge and level the bar as you pull in so the kite stops high near 12 o'clock.

4. 4

   Loop at halfway

   Once you are halfway round and looking back where you came from, steer the loop hard with both hands and keep it turning.

5. 5

   Let it breathe

   As the kite climbs back toward 12, ease the bar out so it catches you, and land heading downwind.

Common mistakes

• Mistimed loop

  →Pull the loop when you are halfway round, because earlier may not bring you round and later can over-rotate you.

• Letting off the steering

  →Keep steering until the kite is heading back up to 12 so it can catch you.

• Throwing your head

  →Look forward along your shoulder and let the carve rotate you so the rotation stays slow enough to time the loop.