Overpowered situation kitesurfing
As you know that kitesurfing is a dangerous game and there are many difficult and dangerous situations which may be faced by the kite surfers. One of these dangerous situations is the overpowered kite. This situation happens when the wind is blowing with a great velocity and you are moving with a great speed too. This situation will make your kite overpowered and you will feel almost impossible to control your kite. If you face this problem, then don’t lose the concentration and don’t panic. To overcome this situation, there are various techniques, which you can easily master. You are required to practice these techniques before you are actually in this condition, otherwise the overpowered kite may become very dangerous for you.
The very first technique is to use your equipments to reduce the speed of your kite in case of overpowered kite. Consider that you car using the 4-line inflatable kite, then you can easily make the kite power to the minimum level by the use of chicken loop and by shifting the control bar of your kite away from yourself. However, if you are using the 2-line kite then this technique is not easy to do. In the case you are using 2-line kite and you are in the situation of overpowered kite, then you fly closer to the wind window border in order to reduce the power and speed of your kite.
If you are in the situation of overpowered kite and you are trying to fly closer to the upper window border, then you try to fly your kite higher. This will help you in de-powering your kite, but doing this in the situation of overpower kite is not an easy task because it is very difficult to control your movements in this situation. Also, to apply this trick you need some training and skill. You are required to go upwind to make this technique work for you. But this is usually very difficult. You should use your strength and weight to reduce the power of the kite. This effort will reduce the speed of your kite and you may get the control of your kite again. This is really hard, but you can practice to make it easier for you.
You should avoid doing the kitesurfing during the violent weather conditions to avoid the overpowered kite condition, especially when you are not familiar with how to overcome this situation.
