... one of the guys here a few years ago decided he wanted to do the teather launch with a sand screw thing but try as he might, his kite would not stay on the ground (New kite). Experimenting we found the same technique by standing on the top line so only by then he couldn't be bothered and gave up.
I did the experiment later myself with a bag of sand on the float but to be fair, I did it with a Rebel and they sit on the ground by themselves fairly well. Maybe some one can test the sandbag idea as my kites seem to stay down so long as I put the kite slightly downwind.
Mind you, I did it in 15 to 18 knots, and not crazy Dongra winds!!
cheers,
Robbie 
Nah robbie in the lighter winds there is no need for the AA.
It's the higher winds that your kite can and will given enough chances fly up and over and bang!
Especially with the higher aspect kites...cause they wanna fly! Like a bull flaring its nostrils, stompin it's legs, staring deadly at and through you into the depths of your naked and fearful soul....Buckle up mother Faaaaarqers!!!!!!!
Gee that's scary Eppo, I always tether launch and have never had that happen. Bloody hell! If its honking I walk back to the bar with a hand on the centre line which stops it bouncing around too much and probably helps reduce the chance of a rodeo ride.... I hope !
As i said give it time and the better you get the bigger the winds will get...remember cauncy rides super powered, but us free riders at home or the boys ride with anyway do the same. It does happen, luckily ive just stopped mine in time a few times, others i have watched haven't been so lucky.
The few times I have tried this, I've walked/jogged back to the bar "hunchback style" a few times keeping the bottom steering line against the sand. Might not look very kool (not that I give a crapola about how it looks), but as you are self launching with a tether with no one else around, who cares? At least it keeps the kite trying to head back to the ground when it tries to take off.......it also allows a little more freedom to reposition the line if the kite is moving around along the beach as Plummet mentioned.
If there is something that might make this dangerous, that I don't understand/appreciate, then pls let me know so I stop doing it before it ends badly.
Select to expand quoteeppo said..
Nah robbie in the lighter winds there is no need for the AA.
It's the higher winds that your kite can and will given enough chances fly up and over and bang!
Especially with the higher aspect kites...cause they wanna fly! Like a bull flaring its nostrils, stompin it's legs, staring deadly at and through you into the depths of your naked and fearful soul....Buckle up mother Faaaaarqers!!!!!!!
... yeah true, I only tried it in 20 to 25 skinny winds. Plus, I was testing it on a Rebel that actually just sits there, so long as you take the kite slightly downwind would sit there all day. Then new kite though, no matter what winds wanted to take off, almost impossible to hold down. 
Select to expand quoteBazinga said..
The few times I have tried this, I've walked/jogged back to the bar "hunchback style" a few times keeping the bottom steering line against the sand. Might not look very kool (not that I give a crapola about how it looks), but as you are self launching with a tether with no one else around, who cares? At least it keeps the kite trying to head back to the ground when it tries to take off.......it also allows a little more freedom to reposition the line if the kite is moving around along the beach as Plummet mentioned.
If there is something that might make this dangerous, that I don't understand/appreciate, then pls let me know so I stop doing it before it ends badly.
can you post a video....
Select to expand quoteBazinga said..
The few times I have tried this, I've walked/jogged back to the bar "hunchback style" a few times keeping the bottom steering line against the sand. Might not look very kool (not that I give a crapola about how it looks), but as you are self launching with a tether with no one else around, who cares? At least it keeps the kite trying to head back to the ground when it tries to take off.......it also allows a little more freedom to reposition the line if the kite is moving around along the beach as Plummet mentioned.
If there is something that might make this dangerous, that I don't understand/appreciate, then pls let me know so I stop doing it before it ends badly.
a great mate who i kite with from the uk said he witnessed a girl at rhossniger in wales have her nose taken off ( well it was hanging on with a bit of skin) when launching a kite as it surged up and forward, hence the missus wont have a bar of it if i ask her to launch me, also witnessed a guy clip his safety on his line then run along his line to his kite ( what a numpty ) he didnt take too kindly me giving him a safety brief in a man on man manner, after his response i was hoping hed get slammed
Select to expand quoteTurtleHunter said..
aah that makes sense now eppo. I was thinking cauncy was just using the peg on the bottom outside line without the chicken loop still tethered
by the way those pegs are like $20 round here
dont worry turtle ive got heaps thanks to BCF, went in a month or 2 ago needing a fair few for a tent and some swags, , looking at the bag which contained approx 30 at $ 2.50 i thought itd be a good idea with my tents and swags to buy the bag, took it to the checkout she scanned the barcode on the bag and asked for $2.50, moral of the story you gotta love un trained staff, im up exmouth at the end of september ill drop you a few off free of charge
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can you post a video....
Can you post me some wind..............not much point videoing it in the crappy 15kts winter winds...........although I'm not sure if you wanted a version showing the technique working, or would you prefer a kook version where I get spanked badly by the kite?
Cauncy, which bit of his technique did you take exception to..a) the clipping his safety on the line (I assume you meant on the lowest steering line) , b) the running on his line (I assume you meant cause it could damage the line?), or c) both, or d) none of the above. Eppo, you should let Cauncy answer first.......you school teachers should be better at multiple guess than the rest of us.
I'm still not sure if either of you experienced guys believe there is some risk doing it this way that I, a self professed rooky, haven't thought of?
Dude I just wanted to see the hunchback crab walk of course....lol!!
Yeh clipping safety on the line is horrendously stupid...think it through man.
See you in exmouth cauncy....
