Broneah Kiteboarding – We Build Kiteboarders – kitesurfing, kiteboard, kitesurf, lessons, camp
Author: Matt and Keegan Myers, with PASA Examiner Chris Moore
Published: Kiteboarding Magazine, www.kiteboardingmag.com
If you will be launching from deep water, completely rig your kite first on land, and wrap the bar with the lines attached. With the struts already fully inflated, keep the kite rolled up and lay it on the water next to the boat on the leeward side. If the boat sits low in the water, you can just pump while standing on the floor of the boat. If the boat sits high off the water with high rails, you may need to stand on a bench near the edge of the boat. Attach the pump leash to the kite to keep the kite from flying away. Pump up the leading edge and flip the kite as you would on a beach. Tie a 5-foot line from the boat and securely attach it to either the pump leash loop on the center of the kite or a pigtail on the wingtip. Swim out away from the boat while unwinding the lines, and either perform a basic water relaunch to get the kite in the air or have an assistant launch it from the boat.
