Kiteboard terminology USKA

 

 

Aerial – Any trick done in the air

 

Backstall – When the kite falls backwards, stall

 

Chicken loop – the loop that connects the harness to the kitebar

 

Danger Zone – the area where you can get hit with the kite

 

Drop zone – the area where the kite can fall, the floor of the WW

 

Edge – to angle the board in the water

 

Edge of window – the edge of the wind window with the least power.

 

Fly away – a loose kite

 

Front Roll – a spin rotating in the direction of travel

 

Grab – to grab the board during a jump

 

Hot launch – to launch in the middle of the power zone

 

Inside lines – the lines that go from the middle of the bar to the front of the kite.

 

Outside lines – the lies that go from the outside of the bar to the back of the kite

 

Power zone = the middle of the wind window

 

Quick release – a device used to release the equipment quickly

 

Reach – to ride across the wind

 

Sheet in – to pull the bar towards you

 

Sheet out – to push the bar away

 

Stopper ball – a device to stop the bar sliding too far up the lines

 

Trim line – the thick sliding line through the center of the bar.

 

Underpowered – to have a kite that is too small for the wind conditions

 

Venturi – wind funneling between two objects and getting stronger

 

Wind Window – the area where the kite can fly

 

Xray – what you need after a big wipeout

 

Zenith – The top of the wind window