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Horizontal flight by Thierry Bressure

Holding your altitude in horizontal flight, a condition for keeping your place in a team. The on-screen text suggests two exercises: the ladder, to compensate and brake the rotation, and the vertical slide.

From the series KiteJust4Fun path. On-screen text noted by QuadKites.org.

Horizontal flight by Thierry Bressure

On-screen text from the video

  1. Horizontal flight requires knowing how to hold altitude0:04
  2. To do so, you must master compensation0:18
  3. Ladder exercise to compensate and brake the rotation0:30
  4. Vertical slide exercise to master compensation and correct altitude0:52
  5. Shoulder offset to help compensation1:22
  6. Slide controlled by the lower wing2:02
  7. Moving the feet to offset the shoulders2:42
  8. After the exercise.... the practice2:56
  9. Straight lines are straighter and wingtip turns more precise3:06
  10. Reminder3:24
  11. Offsetting the feet and the shoulders3:34
  12. Correcting altitude with the lower wing4:42

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In the series KiteJust4Fun quad-line progression path — Thierry Bressure

  1. Stop position
  2. Reverse flight
  3. Launch and landing
  4. Horizontal flight — you are here
  5. Wingtip turn variation
  6. Slides
  7. Rotation while traveling

See the 11 videos of the series

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