Select to expand quoteshano82 said..eppo said..
Yeh we will let you advise Lenten, one of the best riders on the planet lol. But agree with your point of choking down on the
quick release. That was the a clearer way of saying what I've been trying to say. Ta.
Haha - "Dear Ruben, allow me to teach you how to loop a kite" 
Trust me, I'm barely downlooping an 8m kite on jumps under 10m, so I'm not even half the kiter he is. Just commenting on what I see in the video, and some of the commentary around it that I've seen on modifying QR's etc.
To be honest, I'm surprised he hasn't done it before, having seen that slow-mo video. Or maybe he has and it was just this one was so catastrophic.
Out of my own interest I've been meaning to go back through some of his vids and see if that hand position is something he does commonly; same for Kevin (just cos he posts a heap of POV kiteloop videos).
It's interesting, cos all the initial boosting advice you get is to keep hands centred and pull in, to prevent overflying the kite. So you develop that muscle memory, but then progressing to loops is essentially overflying the kite by fishpoling - not sure I've seen much advice on hand position at this point, but in light of this maybe it becomes worth looking at.
Your designated personal fraction of comparative competence may be somewhat exaggerated . just a giggle not a criticism. I'd put myself at about 1/10th of Lenten and that's probably too much. He's as good as they get.
The degree of "Pulled in" depends on the trim of the kite, the gust, the water conditions you are boosting off, the type of board edge, Boots or straps, the type of kite (a big factor) and how powered and fast you want the loop (and how early you want to engage the loop). It's not such simple thing as "pull in" and fishpole. Depends. That's what makes these top level riders unbelievably good and brave.
additionally when you loop a higher aspect kite you cant fish pole it as such..you need to progressively apply pressure and almost follow the kite around. Fishpole and you can/will stall it mid loop. But they are fun to loop...
The more C the more you can fishpole it hard as ya want and brace ya body for the Whhhack!!! The harder the better.
