Body Dragging tip

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Body Dragging tip

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For those who are starting how to kite board you know that learning how body drag is essential. Here is a tip to help you go up wind MORE while
retrieving you board body dragging.
WHen you are going one way body dragging, Make sure you bring your kite to the other side(direction) before you change your body direction. That way you will have the power you will need to pull you upwind in the other direction without losing precious ground.
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Thanks AC ... I'm still packing a leash because I have not perfected getting back to my board ... Even OLD dogs can learn !!! We just learn slow. 8) ... Itching to try out my new vented 10M RISE !!!
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Body dragging

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lots of bigginers using Ocean Rodeo GO – Joe™S down here.They are working well.The instructers here,really like them,a lot less injury's.Ditch the leash JL. :o
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I use a Go-Joe. It doesn't get in my way, automatically flips the board over and makes it easy to see plus it gives the board more windage so it blows down on you. Plus, when you get dragged down to the end of Nitinat Lake, it makes it easy to see your board lapping on the shore as you prepare for the "WALK of SHAME", (Which I've done half a dozen times I may add). :lol:
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I use the GoJoe ... I need to practice my technique ... I tend to loose the board in counter currents when no one is around !!! 8)
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Do you need 1 Go Joe for each board? Or you can remove it easily between each board?

The walk of shame!!!! 4 years!!! What I hate the most from the walk of shame is that there is always one or two random person telling me that the leash is dangerous (while walking back).
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Not easy to remove. It screws in using the same screws as the centre handle. :?
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I find you also loose a lot of ground initially if you try to turn around and look at the board just when you bail. I can usually retrieve the board in one tack if you keep looking fwd and immediately concentrate on edging your body up wind then turn around after a few feet and find it on your next pass (it is not going to sink). Go Joe is very useful for visibility in swells on my blue board...
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here's

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a very instructionnal video....!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEfpBuKRws0
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I almost deleted it Frank, but there hasn't been wind for a while so ... 8)
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I like the leash....as my mom was fond of saying: "light taps on the back of the head tend to increase your thinking capacity" (in German it sounds much funnier tho :wink: ) well, that and knowing she was a 12x German javelin champion and 4x olympian, when "light taps" take on a whole new meaning.....and yes, it explains a lot :oops:

It's made me wonder how badly I really want to learn to kite :D
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jl, thanks for your understanding...next gale i'll be over at CB to recalibrate myself!!??

but hey, body draging is wording exclusive to one sport...!!!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_drag ....!!!???
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Nice work ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fT-jX11 ... re=related
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KUS wrote:my mom was fond of saying: "light taps on the back of the head tend to increase your thinking capacity" (in German it sounds much funnier tho :wink: ) well, that and knowing she was a 12x German javelin champion and 4x olympian, when "light taps" take on a whole new meaning.....and yes, it explains a lot :oops:

It's made me wonder how badly I really want to learn to kite :D
That does indeed explain a lot!!!!!! :!: :wink:
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