Progression. Making progress, moving forward, upward, there is even a great video series from Fatsands on kiteboarding progression. Well I’ve progressed in my kiteboarding skills. No not rad kiteloops like Lenten does wherever he goes but jumping both directions. Like many others I learned to jump better in one direction. For me this was when I was traveling left foot forward. Anytime I tried to jump with my right foot forward, I usually got a rotation and landed on my side or back.

Well on Friday we had a beautiful day at the Secret spot. Wind was very steady about 15 knots and blowing from the SE. It was easy to stay upwind on 16m C kite. A perfect setup to progress! So every time I came close to shore, I tried a jump with my right foot forward. Initially they were small ones but I got the feel for the jump and the timing down. As I did more I started to try more aggressive jumps until I pulled off 3 or 4 that were as high as I can jump with my left foot forward. I was stoked!

Even worked on back rolls a bit too. I’ll keep you posted on the progression that happens with them, and riding toeside both ways.