Kitesurf Glossary : All the tricks explained

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TRICKS

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BEGINNER :

Aerial Transition : Change of direction with a jump.
Water start : First part of getting up on the board.
High jump (boost) : Jump using the kite.
Heelside to Toeside transition : Go from the heel side edge to the toside edge through a change of direction
Load-and-pop (hooked-in) : Ollie with a pop of the board. Flattening, edging and pushing hard to make the board leace the water.
Riding Toeside : Riding on the toeside edge.
Riding Upwind : Going windward.
Sliding transition : Change of direction staying on the same edge.

INTERMEDIATE :
Back roll : hooked-in frontside rotation. Initiated by looking over your front shoulder.
Back roll 540 to Toeside (Roll to revert) : Hooked-in frontside rotation + half turn, landing toeside
Backroll kiteloop: Backroll + kiteloop in the middle of the rotation.
Backroll Grab : Backroll with a board grab.
Board-Off : Take the feet off the board, holding it by the handle and putting it back before landing.
One foot : Take off only one foot during a jump and putting it back before landing
Double back roll / front roll : double frontside rotation, or double backside rotation.
Double back rool w/ Kiteloop : double frontside rotation with a kiteloop in between the 2 rotations
Downloop Transition : Make  your kite do a downward loop by puling constantly on one side of the bar during a transition.
Front roll : Hooked-in Backside rotation (initiated by looking over the back shoulder).
Kiteloop : Make the kite do a full turn passing through the zenith (12 o'clock).
Riding blind : Riding backward, back foot forward
Tantrum (Hooked-in) : Inverted rotation with one hand on the bar. Pretty much a back flip in the direction you are going.
Railey déhooké : Unhooked "superman" position. Ideally, the board comes higher than the head fomr a back extension
Surface pass : Passing the bar in the back while doing a 360 on the water.
Railey to toeside : Raley with a toeside landing.

EXPERT :
Backroll unhooked : Unhooked frontside rotation.
F-16 : Unhooked Backroll Kiteloop.
Frontroll unhooked : Unhooked Backside rotation.
Jesus walk :  Ollie to take the board off the feet and run on the water with board in hand and putting it back on the feet before riding away.
Megaloop : Kiteloop in strong winds, with the kite going as low as the rider
Railey to blind : railey followed by a half turn to blind landing ;
Railey w/ kiteloop : Unhooked kitelook that pulls the body forward into a railey position
S-bend : Railey followed by a backside rotation with legs extended
Back to blind : Backroll with a blind landing.
S-bend blind : S-Bend with a blind landing.

PRO :
Backroll to wrap : backroll + 360 in the air, passing the bar after landing. The arm with the bar come "wrapping" in the back 
Backmobe : Combination of a backroll and a 360, with a pass from the back hand to the front hand in the middle of the trick
Lowmobe : mix between back to wrap and backroll : backroll + flat 360 with the bar passed at the landing, with a kite very low during the whole trick 
Back Mobe 5 : backmobe + 180 in the air : toeside landing.
Back Mobe 7 : backmobe + 360 in the air plus passing of the bar in the air.
Back Mobe To Wrap: backmobe + 360  in the air plus passing of the bar after landing
back to blind pass : back to blind with passing of the bar in the air.
Double Back Roll Pass : double backroll with bar passing in the air, at the end of the 2nd backroll, from the back hand to the front hand
KGB : Inverted backroll and passing of the bar in the air from the front hand to the back hand
Downloop KGB Indy : KGB starting with a downloop.

Railey To Wrap : railey + 360 in the air with passing of the bar after landing (wrapping the arm in the back)
313 : railey + 360, passing the bar while in the air, from the back hand to the front hand
Blind Judge : railey followed by a 180 blind side, passing the bar in the air.

Dangle Handle pass : handle pass with the kite very high in the window .

Frontmobe : frontroll with a 360 backside passing the bar from the back hand to the front hand in the middle of the rotation.
Slimchance : Inverted frontroll with a 360 frontside passing the bar.
S-bend pass : S-bend blind passing the bar in the air.
Front Mobe To Blind : front mobe followed by a blind landing.
Double S-bend Pass : double s-bend passing the bar while in the air, at the end of the second s-bend
Front to wrap : frontroll + 360 in the air, passing the bar after the landing (arm wrapped in the back)
Low front mobe : frontmobe with the kite very low the whole trick and passing the bar at the landing

Flat three : Flat 360 passing the bar.

GRABS :
Roast Beef : grab in the middle of the board on the heel side edge with the hand passing through the legs
nose : Grabbing the nose of the board with the front hand
tail : Grabbing the tail of the board with the back hand
Nuclear : Grabbing the nose of the board with the back hand across your body, bringing the front leg up and extending the back leg
Indy : Grabbing the middle of the board on the toeside edge.
Method : Grabbing the middle of the board on the heelside edge. It doen't look very good...

 

 

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