Speed technique

Is there any technique to ride a twin tip fast?

Is a twin tip not ideal to ride fast?

I have been able to ride pretty fast but it gets hairy at times and not properly in control, sometimes the nose of the board slams into a chop, or when going over large series of chop I lose contact with the water in a high speed hop.

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Gfly said...
Is there any technique to ride a twin tip fast?

Is a twin tip not ideal to ride fast?

I have been able to ride pretty fast but it gets hairy at times and not properly in control, sometimes the nose of the board slams into a chop, or when going over large series of chop I lose contact with the water in a high speed hop.

Tt is fine, winter here with onshore winds doing big speed runs of over 2klms using oversized kite, the wind direction keeps you parallel to the beach inside the breakers in flat water, holding on tight with the rain pelting down between squalls,makes me feel alive, certain kites generate a lot more speed than others, it's a fine line between being out of control and in control when your going flat out, stay flatter on the board whilst generating speed , then maintain an edge and park your kite , too low and your out of the power zone, too much edge and you kill the power, when your thighs are on fire turn around and tack back, remember safety in onshore with winter conditions

There are quite a few variable's that would hinder going fast... Like the type
of kite you ride also. A board with little rocker and flex also would help. Check out
Luderitz speed runs!

to ride fast you need minimal resistance.. and a twin tip moving forward requires edging which is incredably high in resistance, so really you need to edge less and go with the wind more which intern as you said get very very sketchy at higher speeds. the race boards and foils use long fins which are very efficient hence much greater speeds, grab yourself an old race board or slalom board for speed days, you'll love it.

No technique, just get on the edge as often as possible and try to maintain it for as long as possible. Your neck, back and ribs will like you for not tensing when you get it wrong.

On your lazy days relax with a few unhooked rotations and some big ramped grabs.

Find the flattest water you can find , wait for a ****load of wind , make sure you have heaps of room to bear off away from the wind.on your run build up as much apparent wind as you can and when a gust hits bear away and keep the throttle planted.be careful as it will take about 200-300 meters to pull up so if someone gets in your way you will mow them straight over.

The type of angles you want to be aiming for is , say the wind is coming from 12 o'clock , when you get up to speed you need to be bearing away and hitting about 4-5oclock on port tack and 7-8 on stbd tack .these are the quickest angles .keep the kite fairly low and lean back.if you start outrunning the kite (it starts back stalling )point up higher into the wind , if you start getting over powered don't let the bar out bear away from the wind.this is why you need a fair bit of room.


For best results find a narrow board with little rocker and a high aspect kite helps (race kite). And about 25 knots of wind is best.