How to Reach the Highest Levels of Rev Mastery, Even in Light Winds by Revolution Kites

Transcript

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   Shock and awe

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   I'm Joe Hadzicki, inventor of the Revolution. The double and triple master levels of Rev flying are very challenging, especially in light winds. You need to have a component called shock and awe. That means a certain speed and excitement. Today we're going to talk about a couple of techniques that will help you add some speed and excitement to your challenge.

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   Walking back as you fly

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   Technique number one: walking back as you fly. Just by walking back, you add two to three miles per hour of wind speed to your flying. Now that we've used all that ground up, we need to regain it, and to do that we're going to use the Reflex float of your Revolution. So what I want you to do is fly up, take a couple more steps back to fly up, then turn your Rev and float it downfield to regain that ground. This is what it looks like.

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   Pop or tug for speed

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   Technique number two: pop or tug your Rev for an instantaneous pop of energy. The hand position is important on this. So in forward flight, pop. Reverse flight, pop. Spin, to add spin speed, pop. Pop is what it looks like. To add real shock to your moves, do both techniques together. The winds dropped to about one to two miles an hour, let's see. All right.

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   Escaping tight spots

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   That pop and float technique is also perfect for getting you out of tight spots. For example, imagine you're up against a barrier and you only have enough room for one turn. What we're going to do is pop it up, use that energy to turn over, and go into a float. This isn't really designed to get you into a perfect flying position, it's just designed to get you out of these really tight spots. This is what it looks like.

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   Creating your own energy

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   For the double and triple master levels, you need to create your own pattern, so keep these techniques in mind while you're designing it, and give yourself a space so you can regain the ground. For example, after a move, fly to height, to altitude, turn into an inverted hover, and at that point you can glide back downfield. I can do it, you can do it, I guarantee it. We'll see you on the field.