This tutorial from Kitelife.com details the Side Slide from both the upright and inverted orientations… Side Slides make an excellent transition movement between other maneuvers, and it’s a lot of fun to slide right above the ground, apparently breaking the laws of physics.
This tutorial from Kitelife.com explains the theory and ideas behind tuning, giving you the basic understanding of how to tune lift, power, response and control to your own taste!
This tutorial details how to do maintain a hover in 7 basic orientations. Once you’re able to hold a hover with some degree of stability, the sky is yours because you can now stop in any position, and even control your speed when necessary.
This tutorial from Kitelife.com explores the methodology and application of handle grip, body position and posture, as well as hand and arm position.!
This tutorial from Kitelife.com introduces some beginning techniques for mastering the inverted hover. Reputably one of the most difficult things to learn on a Rev, it’s absolutely simple to do once you know how and these techniques should help you understand it more quickly.
This tutorial details how to equalize your lines, ensuring equal length between right and left. All types of line stretch or “settle in” over time and will eventually end up uneven by varying amounts which effects the accuracy of your inputs accordingly… You’ll be amazed at how the kite responds more accurately, and how easy it actually is to balance out your line lengths.
This tutorial details how to make and apply a larks head knot. Aside from being the sole way most lines are attached to kites and handles these days, it’s an extremely handy knot for a variety of purposes.
One of the recurring issues we’ve heard from Rev fliers, especially newer pilots, is the frequency of twists and tangles when folks set up their kite to fly… Using this method correctly, any flier can set up in 3-5 minutes without fail and roughly the same to pack up at the end of the day.
This tutorial details the assembly and disassembly methods used by Team iQuad out on the field, at over one hundred festivals worldwide since 2006… These techniques will help simply the process, and extend the life of your equipment thanks to proper handling.