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I have only lost two students to drowning, one to a propellor miscalculation, and an allergic reaction to a jelly fish sting.

Awesome thanks

Your free arm should never come over the board. You do not carve with the back foot. You do not move your shoulders in opposition to the hips, and your shoulders do not remain parallel to the horizon. That is not very good technique at all.

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Why did you cut video when kite go from sand to C position ? 😂 How may times have you tryed to put kite in C position without touching bar and steering lane?

Self landing video would be nice!

Good videos but you never say where its filmed or where you are based😢 I want to go there!!

my IKO experience - i paid close to $2k for the IKO instructor training course at miami kiteboarding, including travel and expenses to get my IKO instructor certification. on the 'about us' page of my website i listed my qualifications, level 2 PASA and level 2 IKO instructor ...i'm known for giving safe instruction and have a 5 star trip advisor ratings. the head office of the IKO called and told me i could not list my IKO certification on my website or use the IKO logo because i'm no longer an IKO member. does anyone find that strange? what college or university do you know of, when you graduate asks you to pay a membership fee every year or you can not mention you have a degree from the college or university ...seriously?

my IKO experience - i paid close to $2k for the IKO instructor training course at miami kiteboarding, including travel and expenses to get my IKO instructor certification. on the 'about us' page of my website i listed my qualifications, level 2 PASA and level 2 IKO instructor ...i'm known for giving safe instruction and have a 5 star trip advisor ratings. the head office of the IKO called and told me i could not list my IKO certification on my website or use the IKO logo because i'm no longer an IKO member. does anyone find that strange? what college or university do you know of, when you graduate asks you to pay a membership fee every year or you can not mention you have a degree from the college or university ...seriously?

my IKO experience - i paid close to $2k for the IKO instructor training course at miami kiteboarding, including travel and expenses to get my IKO instructor certification. on the 'about us' page of my website i listed my qualifications, level 2 PASA and level 2 IKO instructor ...i'm known for giving safe instruction and have a 5 star trip advisor ratings. the head office of the IKO called and told me i could not list my IKO certification on my website or use the IKO logo because i'm no longer an IKO member. does anyone find that strange? what college or university do you know of, when you graduate asks you to pay a membership fee every year or you can not mention you have a degree from the college or university ...seriously?

my IKO experience - i paid close to $2k for the IKO instructor training course at miami kiteboarding, including travel and expenses to get my IKO instructor certification. on the 'about us' page of my website i listed my qualifications, level 2 PASA and level 2 IKO instructor ...i'm known for giving safe instruction and have a 5 star trip advisor ratings. the head office of the IKO called and told me i could not list my IKO certification on my website or use the IKO logo because i'm no longer an IKO member. does anyone find that strange? what college or university do you know of, when you graduate asks you to pay a membership fee every year or you can not mention you have a degree from the college or university ...seriously?

my IKO experience - i paid close to $2k for the IKO instructor training course at miami kiteboarding, including travel and expenses to get my IKO instructor certification. on the 'about us' page of my website i listed my qualifications, level 2 PASA and level 2 IKO instructor ...i'm known for giving safe instruction and have a 5 star trip advisor ratings. the head office of the IKO called and told me i could not list my IKO certification on my website or use the IKO logo because i'm no longer an IKO member. does anyone find that strange? what college or university do you know of, when you graduate asks you to pay a membership fee every year or you can not mention you have a degree from the college or university ...seriously? and no, i did not watch your video. and, the depower/trim rope is just that ... you can use for both, trimming or powering up or down.

I am sup instruktor.

Great video super well done thank you for the time and effort I met you when I was in las Tenas appreciate all your help.

Yes, very helpful informations and professional explanation. Thank you and ofcourse subscribed the channel. Regards from Poland, Jastarnia - Let's Kite !!!

Do you feel as a beginner that using short lines to start launching your kite is advantageous? Thanks

I don't get it...

You always say "Hold your Chickenloop" buit in fact it's above Chickenloop and above Quickrelease. So better say hold the Depower-Rope above the Qickrelease. Or am i wrong?

IKNoooo!!!

You should never depower the kite when launching, as it reduces your control of the kite once it does launch. Some brands like the one in the video have too much trim adjustment to the point when it is fully trimmed or depowered you can't steer the kite properly. Launching without hooking in is another example of incorrect advice and completely ignores that many people no longer use a hook (IKO again too slow to realise what is actually going on in real kitesurfing). I've been teaching kitesurfing for nearly 23 years and my expired IKO instuctor number is 199

at 0:55 the kite is already turning as the rider walks upwind, since there is some tension in the lines, and the backline will tend to make the kite turn at 3:07 the rider says "make sure not to turn the kite before you reach your launch position" and at 3:16 it is reinforced that you should only turn the kite when you are at 90 degrees with your kite. that said, it feels intuitive that if we are at 90 degrees before turning the kite there is a higher chance of the lines getting tangled somewhere, unlike when you keep the kite turning sooner, since then the lines stay +- straight

Good video guys. Please upload more.

Live the dream and pay the mandatory fee every year even if you don't plan to teach this summer 👎👎 there is no possibility to pause your subscription. If you don't pay in time you have even to pay a 40 usd fine. I regret I became an instructor with them

@kitesurfexperiencebypetar is on the IKO channel, nice! Also I hope this is something I never have to do.

IKO standards 2023: How to Self Launch manual v7 czcams.com/video/_8ysO_32-3I/video.html

2 comments I find it best to not walk upwind of the kite as it increases the chance of a line going over the wingtip. I find it best to start turning the kite while you are below the kite using the steering line attached to the wingtip farthest away. Once the kite has formed into a c shape at the side, it is best to take a couple of steps down wind as illustrated but it should be pointed out this is to reduce the power on launch. Excellent video thanks for posting.

WOW! Great video! Always good to know how to do this safe if needed. Waiting for a "SELF LANDING" video now! Had to do it once and would be really good to know how to do it properly...

Awesome video thanks IKO I will apply these tips next time I do that.

IKO, finally you've come to reason and accept (and promote) the safest way to self launch (without hooking to the harness before having line tension). But it's been a long way !! Props to Philippe Ancelin from One Launch Kiteboarding to first promote and teach the technique.

Safety knowledge and practice never grows old. I try to review them from time to time. I performed a beach launch this morning with a 17m kite and used these pointers. Thanks

Great video thanks !

Just a question I see in the first part of the video the center lines were de-powered completely but in the last part the guy didnt do the same thing? I'm wondering if the center lines are completely in then the steering lines would be very slack, wont there be more chance of the kite wing tip and lines going over?

I am asking for a video about the loss of the board😊

Cool video Petar! Looking forward for more. 🙂👍

good thing, I can participate

Nice one

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Good job !

Did I catch it right that the founder of IKO is the same Eric who's behind Starkites?

Great!

I'm in!

Eccomi 😍😍😍😍

Totally awesome! 😎

Sounds cool

I could be up for this

Super

Jonny Smith, count me in!😀

im sure all of our iko instructors @ holbox kiteboarding school will join in. Just let us know how 😀

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