Users of the Progression Player and subscribers of our monthly newsletter have already had access to this short video that’s for anyone wanting a little inspiration to spice up their next session!
Everyone has to turn around at some point, whatever level you’re at, the Progression Trick Wheel will highlight 9 different tricks all based around the fundamentals of edging, jumping and rotations. Take a look, get inspired and trying something new when you next hit the water:
The new Progression Player, launched in September, has been hugely popular with over 5000 video downloads and great feedback like this from Simon:
“Totally got me off my intermediate plateau. Great job. Expensive but a lot cheaper than buying new gear in the hope that it will make me improve! Just choosing my next one now.”
So don’t hesitate to try a new trick this month by taking advantage of our 50% discount on selected tricks in the Progression Player. We’ve taken one trick or technique for each skill level, dropped the price to £1.49 / €1.59 /$1.99 – so there is no excuse to not tryout a Progression video and see why kiters are using Progression’s help to get more from their kiting!
Tricks & Techniques on Offer until November 14th 2011 for £1.49 / €1.59 /$1.99
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Also for all you intermediate riders – get some inspiration for your next session and add a little extra to your transitions with the Progression Trick Wheel.
The best kitesurfing progression comes for continually adding something new to a trick you’ve already got to grips with, whether that’s throwing in a grab, downloop or a rotation. The Progression Trick Wheel offers an easy way to get inspiration for that next trick, keep your sessions interesting!
In Issue 51 of KiteWorld, their Motordrive section cover how to “Get Pop”. Now for any riders wanting to perform unhooked tricks learning to pop is a necessity but for those of you who aren’t quite ready to make that step yet, popping hooked-in is still a vital skill to learn. To that end we have created two ‘Top Tip’ videos for kitesurfers learning to Pop Hooked-in & Pop Unhooked.
Now fundamentally the technique for popping is the same whether you are hooked-in or unhooked:
Keep the kite low and stable
Edge hard off your back leg, with your whole body moving back against the kites power
When you release the edge your whole body comes forward
The unhooked version however requires better timing and control to ensure you can harness that power correctly – but start learning your pop hooked-in and you’ll be half way towards the next progression of unhooking.
Hooked-in Popping
Popping hooked-in is a great technique as it will not only giving you leg up when it comes to unhooking but also offer you a range of new tricks to learn whether its popping to toeside, popped grabs or trying back rolls without sending your kite.
For those wanting to uphook, getting good pop is vital for Raley’s, S-bend’s, in fact every powered trick that exists! Quite often the most common problem for any unhooked trick comes back to the very beginning and mistakes in that initial pop.
Want to master this trick in full? The Progression Kiteboarding Advanced DVD covers everything from setting up and learning the basics of unhooking, to learning to pop and then on to in depth instruction for how to throw down a raley and a s-bend -buy it now from our online store.
So this is just part one of the ‘art of popping’ from Progression, in the next blog post we’ll run through some of the progressions you can take after the basics of popping to spice things up a bit!
Its been alot of hard work, ALOT of late nights but we’re excited to say that the Progression Kiteboarding Intermediate Volume 1 DVD is done, off to replicators and will be back ready to ship out on Friday 3rd September 2010! Get your pre-order in today at our online store or go see your favorite kiting store on Friday.
There’s lots to talk about but in a nut shell, you’ve 2 1/4 hours of the usual Progression in depth instruction covering Jumping (including popping), carving turns, toeside riding, lightwind riding, strong winds, coping with waves and Tuning your kit. Hopefully there is something there for all you super keen kitesurfers looking to progression that little bit quicker but also for those stuck on a bit of plateau and this DVD will hopefully will be the kick in the arse that will get you doing a little more than just cruising back and forth.
Best way to understand what its all about – check out the trailer:
There is a good post on the kiteboarder.co.uk technique forum where someone asked about when you should sheet the bar in when loading up for a jump. I thought this was a good and interesting question as you see so many people out kiting who have terrible jumping technique – they might get out of the water but they are not getting anywhere near as much height as they could if they just adapted their technique a little.
Anyway, I created this short video, just a couple of clips, where Karine shows perfectly how the bar should be sheeting in during a jump:
These clips come from the Intermediate Volume 1 DVD that we are currently editing, where all aspects of jumping will be covered in detail.
Users of the Progression Player and subscribers of our monthly newsletter have already had access to this short video that’s for anyone wanting a little inspiration to spice up their next session!
