Power Kite Forum

duck feet

redhead69 - 6-10-2009 at 05:39 PM

Hello everyone
I have a question or 2
About the duck foot stance, how many degrees should my boot bindings be set at? The bindings max out at 45 degrees. I was also told to remove the high back support on the bindings too, do you loose ankle support when doing that?

I just got my new 11m Frenzy depower kite, all I can say is wow what an amazing kite, I thought my 5m ace pulled hard...

Is there any tuning tips that you know of that I can do to this kite ie: trim or cam cleet

Looking forward to a crap load of snow now:spin:

Thanks alot
Steve

Kamikuza - 6-10-2009 at 06:08 PM

If you remove the high back support on the binding, how will you edge heel side?
You want to search a snowboard site for advice on settings ... if you have your bindings set at 90 degrees to each other, you risk knee damage etc ...!
I think mine were set at like 15 and 5 degrees - you want it set to a natural stance ...

Tuning tips - make sure the edges of the board are tuned :) dull edges don't erm edge. Learn how to do it yourself, buy the $20 tool and do it after every session.
Learn how to wax the board :) buy the gear, do it yourself and charge your buddies $20 to do theirs :lol:

flyboy15 - 6-10-2009 at 06:53 PM

yep agreed, stand like your doing a squat with good form, thats a good place to start for binding settings. You can tweak from there once you get a feel

Jolt - 6-10-2009 at 09:03 PM

Now then, instead of having 15 n 5 degrees, would it be recomended to do 15 and 15, idk atleast untill i figure out which direction i feel more comfortable going in?

Kamikuza - 6-10-2009 at 09:53 PM

Oh, I said in another thread that my board has more nose than tail so I don't do a lot of switch?goofy?backwards? riding, so I point forwards more ...

Jump in the air, land on flat feet and don't move - trace your feet's outline on the floor and set your bindings to that :lol:

indigo_wolf - 7-10-2009 at 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by Kamikuza
Jump in the air, land on flat feet and don't move - trace your feet's outline on the floor and set your bindings to that


Do we really need to give the neighbors more to scratch theirs head and speculate about?

"No Marge... you'll never guess what he was doing today...." ;)

ATB,
Sam

ragden - 7-10-2009 at 10:44 AM

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Originally posted by indigo_wolf
Quote:
Originally posted by Kamikuza
Jump in the air, land on flat feet and don't move - trace your feet's outline on the floor and set your bindings to that


Do we really need to give the neighbors more to scratch theirs head and speculate about?

"No Marge... you'll never guess what he was doing today...." ;)

ATB,
Sam

Thats awesome. if the neighbors arent wondering already, I'm sure they will be soon...

I have my bindings set to 15, -15 when I snowkite. Downhill riding its 30, 15. Really, you just need to figure out what is comfortable for you. :)

f0rgiv3n - 7-10-2009 at 11:14 AM

another 15 15 here.

indigo_wolf - 7-10-2009 at 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by ragden
Thats awesome. if the neighbors arent wondering already, I'm sure they will be soon...


Neighbors are funny/strange. I tend to monitor the radar for their paranoia level.

A million years ago, I was down in Texas at my parents house. I was riding a motorcycle at the time. Helmet, boots, jacket, gloves... the whole nine. One day, I had a lot of little errands to do.... lots of stops with occasional pitstops at the house. Finished errands, grabbed lunch, and was enjoying a shower to cool off.

Really (really) agressive knocking (pounding?) on the door launches me out of the shower, soaking wet, with a towel around my waist. At the door, I am greeted by a male and female police officer.

Them: "Excuse me, sir. Do you live here?"

Me: "Errrr.....umm... my parents do." (while thinking: "No, I just broke in to use the shower")

Them: "A neighbor reported they saw a motorcycle coming and leaving this location, with items in a knapsack. "

Me: "Errr...um... yes, it's mine. I was running errands this morning." (Thinking:"Well, I wanted to limit it to one crime today and picked breaking and entering... While a motorcycle has less hauling capacity, I was going to save grand theft auto for the weekend.")

Them: "Do you have any identification, sir?"

Me: I must have given a look, because the female cop looked like she was having a hard time keeping a straight face and just wanted to leave before losing all composure. I figured it was a good thing they were keep such a close eye on my parent's place, so I just acquiesced and asked them to wait while I got my wallet. Left the door open, so it was a pretty safe bet I wasn't coming back with a gun, wearing just a towel.

Them: "Thank you sir, have a pleasant day."

Me: "You too" (Thinking: I can't hear you anymore.... all the soap has dried in my ears.)

You can not... (absolutely can not) make up this kind of stuff.

ATB,
Sam

WadoGal - 7-10-2009 at 02:41 PM

I'm 15 -15 myself too - both for snowkiting and downhill. I practice riding switch alot and find it a lot easier with a duck foot stance.

redhead69 - 7-10-2009 at 03:37 PM

Thanks for all the input everyone! I will start out with the 15 / 15 stance and see how that works and go from there.

cheers

Jolt - 7-10-2009 at 04:08 PM

Same, now on to finding a snowboard first :/....

Kamikuza - 7-10-2009 at 06:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by indigo_wolf
Quote:
Originally posted by Kamikuza
Jump in the air, land on flat feet and don't move - trace your feet's outline on the floor and set your bindings to that


Do we really need to give the neighbors more to scratch theirs head and speculate about?

"No Marge... you'll never guess what he was doing today...." ;)

ATB,
Sam


Yes but it's still warm in this part of the world, so I tend to wander around inside naked :D

I must not have told you about our whack-job neighbors who tried to blame our cat for jumping on their car and scratching the paint then cornered my wife and tried to con her into signing a form agreeing to pay for all and any damages ... basically they tried to trick us into paying for a full repaint. The law was on our side in this one so we told their dishonest asses that we weren't paying ...

So now the neighbors have a new tactic - everytime we walk out the front door, the wife comes rushing out to stand in her garden and glare at us :puzzled: we ignore them naturally, so she's upped her game by growling like a dog :lol:

Jolt - 8-10-2009 at 08:59 PM

LOL, wtf...

Why would a cat scratch a car?

Kamikuza - 8-10-2009 at 11:15 PM

Cos it was sitting on top and no doubt they screamed at it and scared the cat, who dug it's claws in and got the hell out of there ...

Maven454 - 9-10-2009 at 03:19 AM

They must have had really #@%$#!ty paint on the car. My cats used to walk, run, and jump all over my car and it never had a mark on it.

Kamikuza - 9-10-2009 at 05:03 AM

Brand new car, maybe a month old ... don't buy a Daihatsu :lol: the thing that burned my buns is there are a large number of cats in this neighborhood - most of them strays. I'm betting they saw A cat and we're the only people they definitely knew who owned one so ... bastards!

furbowski - 9-10-2009 at 05:16 AM

if the japanese are anything like HK folks they wash their car once every couple of days and keep it absolutely perfect, so yeah I can totally see asian neighbours being like that... but yeah those are amazingly sharp claws your kitty has...

do you teach at an international school, by any chance?

Kamikuza - 9-10-2009 at 05:02 PM

These people vacuum clean the concrete in their driveways and the stones in their garden ...!
No, local schools for the board of education ...

Jolt - 9-10-2009 at 09:56 PM

Reminds me of India, everyone there washes their cars atleast 3times a week.

if you were serious about the vacuuming the concrete, that's already in the OCD range i would think...