HOW TO: STEER / LAUNCH / LAND
PLANNING YOUR LAUNCH
PLANNING YOUR LAUNCH
• Choose an area where you have at least 100 meters of space to your left and right and especially downwind of you.
• Set up your equipment so that your kite is downwind of where you will be launching, but most importantly, so that it
is at an angle off of the wind.
• DO NOT SET UP YOUR KITE FOR A STRAIGHT DOWNWIND LAUNCH! The kite will launch with too much power and you
will endanger the lives of yourself and those around you if you launch in this manner.
• Basically, if the wind is at your back, and straight downwind is at a 180
°
, then you will want to set your kite at about
a 100
°
off the wind, either to the left or to the right of you.
• The more the kite is positioned into the wind when you launch, the less power it will have when it goes up, and the
safer your launch will be.
• Your partner will stand with the kite while you will stand 30 meters away at your control bar.
• Make sure you launch slowly and safely, and launch the kite at an angle, NOT STRAIGHT DOWNWIND!
180º
150º
150º
135º
135º
120º
120º
90º
90º
RIDER
30 METERS
30 METERS
WIND DIRECTION
DO NOT SET YOUR KITE
FOR A STRIGHT DOWNWIND LAUNCH
SAFE
SAFE
