The Kiteboarding Manual : The Essential Guide for Beginners and Improvers / Andy Gratwick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gratwick, Andy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kite surfing.

Extreme sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Adlard Coles Nautical, [2015]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: NEED TO KNOW

01 The sport: a brief history

The early years

Kites on snow

The sport moves to water

Kiteboarding goes mainstream

Where it is now

Looking forward

02 Air

How does a kite fly?

Where a kite flies

Where wind comes from

Airflow and local wind phenomena

03 Water

Tides and currents

Water states: making waves

PART 2: THE JOURNEY: BECOMING A KITEBOARDER

04 Getting started

Start with yourself - health, safety and attitude

05 The kite

Basic power kite-flying on land

LEI Rigging and assembly

Launching an LEI kite

Landing an LEI kite

Body-dragging

Relaunching a kiter

06 The board

How the board works

Getting on the board

Standing up

The first run

Stopping and basic turning

Avoiding accidents

Communications and signals

07 Safety, breakages and self-rescues

Site and risk assessment

Equipment failure

Safety pack-down

Sailing in

Deep-water pack-down

Packing up in emergencies

Maintenance and repairs

08 Advanced techniques

Self-launching and landing

Dual launching and landing

The beach-start

Coming in with style

Kiting with boat support

09 Points of sailing

Beam reach

Broad reach

Dead run

Close-hauled/close reach

Apparent wind

10 Going upwind

The kite

The board

The rider

Riding toeside

Turning and transitions

11 Going fast, high and loose

The chop hop

Sending the kite

Looping the kite

Looping yourself

Gybing

Tacking

The bottom turn and waveriding

12 Equipment

Manufacturing

Knowing what's right for you

Types of kite

Aspect ratio

Boards

Bars

Software

Buying your own equipment

Transporting kit

PART 3: THE FUTURE

13 Kiteboarding disciplines

Freestyle.

Wakestyle

Waveriding

Racing

Border cross

Long-distance racing

Hydrofoiling

Speed kiting

Kiting on land

14 Competitions

Tour circuits

The IKA world tour

15 Governance

ISAF

IKA

BKSA

IKO

National structures

16 Taking it to a new level

Becoming an instructor

Improving your performance, advanced coaching

The industry

The future is bright

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PICTURE CREDITS.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4081-9204-7

1-4081-9205-5

OCLC:

1024284572