Andy Gratwick

The Kiteboarding Manual (eBook, PDF)

The essential guide for beginners and improvers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Kiteboarding Manual is your complete practical guide to this fast-paced and addictive sport. It'll get you started with the kite and take you throughto flying it on the water, jumping, tricks and racing, as well as covering weather, wind and tide theory and helping you select the right kit. Sections cover:

The origins of kiteboarding and massive rise in popularity in recent years
How a kite flies and basic weather principles as well as background on tides and currents, waves, and wind vs tide
Getting started on land - LEIrigging, assembly, launching and flying, body-dragging
How to master your board skills -turns, stopping, rules of the road
Going upwind, riding toeside, turning and transition
Moving fast and riding waves; learning to tack and gybe
Details on all kiteboarding disciplines from speed kiting to kiting on land
How to improve your performance and enjoy incredible airtime!

Packed with step-by step photo sequences explaining the basic moves all the way through to more advanced tricks, and including information on competitions and becoming an instructor, this is a book no kiter will want to be without.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408192054
• Artikelnr.: 42371143

Autorenporträt

Andy Gratwick is Head of Training for British Kitesports Association and the first ISAF technical expert for kiteboarding in the world. He has written the training and exam syllabus for national kiteboarding authorities in the UK and Australia, as well as working with ISAF on the standards and rules for the 2024 Olympics. He is also an RYA Yachtmaster; trainer and examiner for kitesurfing, snow and land kiting; and BSUPA Head Coach for SUP in the UK. Easyriders, his kiteboarding and stand up paddle school, is based in Sandbanks, Poole.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1 - NEED TO KNOW Chapter 1: The sport: A brief history The early years
Kites on snow The sport moves to water Kiteboarding goes mainstream Where
it is now Looking forwards Chapter 2: Air How a kite flies Drag Lift Angle
of attack Steering Where a kite flies (the wind window) The 'static' wind
window The 'dynamic' wind window Where wind comes from Low-pressure systems
High-pressure systems Clouds Storms, hurricanes and cyclones Sea and land
breezes Trade winds Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean Airflow and
local wind phenomena Laminar flow Turbulent flow Chapter 3: Water Tides and
currents Formulation Spring and neap tides Rips and currents Effects of
tides on kiteboarders Water states: making waves The seas, oceans, rivers
and lakes Time on the water Part 2 - THE JOURNEY: BECOMING A KITEBOARDER
Chapter 4: Getting started Start with yourself - health, safety and
attitude Common questions Chapter 5: The kite Basic powerkite-flying on
land LEI Rigging and assembly Pre-flight checks Launching an LEI kite
Landing an LEI kite Body-dragging Power: downwind figure-of-eight
body-dragging Direction: crosswind body-dragging Retrieving the board:
body-dragging with/back to the board Balance (stability and control): the
balance-drag Relaunching a kite Hybrid 4-line kites 5-line kites: 5th-line
relaunch Chapter 6: The board How the board works Getting the board on
Standing up The first runs Stopping and basic turning Stopping Turning (the
sitting gybe) Avoiding accidents Rules of the Road Common-sense rules
Structured rules Communications and signals Launching Abort launch/do not
launch Landing Eject/release the safety Help/distress Go right /go left
Kite to 12 o'clock Come to me Chapter 7: Safety, breakages and self-rescues
Site and risk assessment Equipment failure Safety pack-down Sailing in
Deep-water pack-up Packing up in emergencies Maintenance and repairs
Repairing a kite tube Repairing a canopy tear Repairing a board Chapter 8:
Advanced techniques Self-launching and landing Self-launching a hybrid and
C-kite Self-launching a bow kite Self-landing Dual launching and landing
The beach-start Setting it up The go Coming in with style Setting it up The
go Kiting with boat support Chapter 9: Points of sailing Beam reach Broad
reach Dead run Close-hauled/close reach Apparent wind Chapter 10: Going
upwind The kite The board The rider Riding toeside Turning and transitions
Heel-to-toeside carve Toe-to-heelside carve Jump transition The BLT
Handplant BLT Front loop transition Backloop-kiteloop transition Chapter
11: Going fast, high and loose The chop hop Sending the kite The take-off
Airtime The landing Looping yourself Looping the kite Gybing Tacking The
bottom turn and waveriding Chapter 12: Equipment Manufacturing Knowing
what's right for you Types of kite Frame kites Foil kites LEI/tube kites
Aspect ratio C-kites Bow kites Hybrid kites Boards Twin-tips Directionals
Bars Lines Chicken loop Trimline Safety leash 4- and 5-line bars Software
Wetsuits Rash vests Harnesses Helmets Buoyancy aids and impact jackets
Buying your own equipment Transporting kit Part 3: THE FUTURE Chapter 13:
Kiteboarding disciplines Kiting on land Kite buggying Mountain boarding
Snowkiting Speed kiting on land Freestyle Wakestyle Waveriding Racing
Border cross Long-distance racing Hydrofoiling Speed kiting Chapter 14:
Competitions Tour circuits PKRA KSP KTE KTA The Triple-S Invitational The
IKA World Tour Freestyle competitions Waveriding competitions Chapter 15:
Governance ISAF IKA BKSA IKO National structures Chapter 16: Taking it to a
new level Becoming an instructor Improving your performance, advanced
coaching and competing The industry The future is bright