Landing - Cabrinha CO2 Manual

KB BASICS
LANDING A KITE TO YOUR PARTNER
• You should always determine adequate landing spots before you launch your kite.
• Having done that, make sure that when you are heading toward shore, that your landing loca-
tion is still safe uncrowded and unobstructed.
• Never land your kite over, on top of, or near others, especially if they are downwind of you.
You should have an area clear of people, pets, power lines, trees, and other obstructions.
• Make sure your partner has been instructed on how to land your kite properly.
• As you approach shore, keep your kite low near the water, at the edge of the power window.
• Drop down (or step) off your board and body drag the final distance to shore. Do not approach
the shoreline with speed.
• Slowly steer your kite into the wind and to your partner.
• Your partner should be on the windward side of your kite as he/she approaches it.
• Once the kite is nearly touching the ground, your partner should grab the kite at the middle of
the leading edge strut. He she should grab the kite in the same location on the kite as when
it was launched.
• Your partner should NOT grab the kite bridle or flying lines.
• Your partner should AVOID grabbing the kite by either wing tip. Grabbing the kite by the wing
tip will often cause it to flip or spin; the kite will also be hard to manage.
• Once your partner has the kite's leading edge, he/she should walk the kite away from the
water's edge.
• Your partner may either continue to hold the kite or he/she may secure the kite by turning it
over, with the struts down and the lea ding edge pointed into the wind, and securing it with
sand or a smooth weighted object.
• Once on land, with your kite secured, you may wind up your lines.

LANDING