DEATH LOOPS: how to fix them and how to avoid them
This video looks at kitesurf death loops in detail, including how to stop them and how to avoid them in the first place.
0:00 Intro
0:56 Stopping death loops with safety steps
1:42 Stopping death loops by counter steering
3:50 Stopping death loops by manually flagging out
5:20 What method should you use?
7:53 Hooked on bar death loops
10:31 Line wrap death loops
14:21 Bridle/kite disordered death loops
15:15 Snapped line death loops
16:14 Final thoughts on death loops
Many thanks to everyone that shared their death loop footage for this project. These clips make interesting viewing:
Death loop on beach from Michael Kroese
• The death rolling kite. Kitesurfing Launch...
Line wrap after crashing kite from Angus Mackay
• Dealing with a real world death loop in 30...
Steering line on bar after jump from Fabio Fainello
• Kitemare death loop
Line wrap after big front stall from Daniel Liesveld
• Escaped from kitesurf death loop
Snapped center line kite spiral from Pancakes Berry
• Kitesurfing in Sutton Beach when a line sn...
Kitefoil death loop from Gaspard
• Kiteboarding Foiling jibe crash deathloop
Front stall after jump from Jake Does Stuff
• Death Loop - Kitesurfing - How To Break A ...
Bridle caught on top of kite from Jerome
• Kitesurfing deathloop in OBX
