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Kitesurf trick

Onefoot Drag Transition

Intermediate
  • Drag
  • Jump
  • One foot
  • Transition

A low, gliding transition where your back foot comes out and drags through the water while the kite lifts you round to the new direction.

How to

  1. Steer the kite up slowly

    Ride heelside with speed and steer the kite up slowly toward 12 o'clock.

  2. Small pop, grab and foot out

    Make a small pop, grab the heelside rail with your back hand and slide your back foot out as you leave the water.

  3. Glide and drag

    Hold the board up beside you on your front foot and let the kite's lift carry you while your free foot skims the water.

  4. Send the kite back

    Steer the kite across to the new side as you come round so it pulls you out of the turn.

  5. Foot back and ride

    Put your back foot back in its strap before you take weight and ride away in the new direction.

Common mistakes

  • Popping too high

    Keep the pop small so you glide just over the water and your foot can reach it.

  • Kite slow to new side

    Send the kite across early so its lift carries you round.

  • Foot back in too late

    Get it in the strap before you load the board.

Builds on

Track your progress on the Onefoot Drag Transition

Log every session on the Onefoot Drag Transition in TrickTrack, rate how it went, add photos and videos, and watch it climb:

  1. 1/5Learning & practicing
  2. 2/5Progressing
  3. 3/5Landed at least once
  4. 4/5Consistent landings
  5. 5/5Landed every time
  6. Mastered

Then mark it mastered when it's yours.

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