ronrVraagstellerlid sinds 2011 · 26 berichten9 nov 2012 20:48
Onderstaande tekst uit een intervieuw van Lou Wainman.
If you could change one thing about kiteboarding what would it be?
I would teach people to always attach and lay out their flying lines DOWNWIND of the kite. Laying them out upwind is dangerous; the kite is more likely to take off and drag something with it, you are more likely to tangle the lines and get confused. Laying your lines out downwind, you place the bar upside down, comb out the lines toward the kite, attach and then go back to the bar and check. On the upwind way you can't really check your lines before you pick-up the kite to launch. The industry followed what the pros were doing, which was the upwind way, because it's a little faster and because they were competing on narrow beaches. Using the downwind method you're being more responsible, especially if you leave your gear and turn your back on the kite.
Ik heb dit afgelopen weken weer zo vaak mis zien gaan, downwind je lijnen uitlopen is Veeeeeel veiliger en veel aardiger voor de geen die je kite oplaat.. Het gebeurd me regelmatig dat ik weer zo'n dubbel gevouwe kite over mijn schouder heb hangen omdat de betreffende kiter teveel in de wind is blijven staan.
Succes, Ron
If you could change one thing about kiteboarding what would it be?
I would teach people to always attach and lay out their flying lines DOWNWIND of the kite. Laying them out upwind is dangerous; the kite is more likely to take off and drag something with it, you are more likely to tangle the lines and get confused. Laying your lines out downwind, you place the bar upside down, comb out the lines toward the kite, attach and then go back to the bar and check. On the upwind way you can't really check your lines before you pick-up the kite to launch. The industry followed what the pros were doing, which was the upwind way, because it's a little faster and because they were competing on narrow beaches. Using the downwind method you're being more responsible, especially if you leave your gear and turn your back on the kite.
Ik heb dit afgelopen weken weer zo vaak mis zien gaan, downwind je lijnen uitlopen is Veeeeeel veiliger en veel aardiger voor de geen die je kite oplaat.. Het gebeurd me regelmatig dat ik weer zo'n dubbel gevouwe kite over mijn schouder heb hangen omdat de betreffende kiter teveel in de wind is blijven staan.
Succes, Ron
