FADE "Trick Challenge"

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[Charles P]

 I may need to use my hands as a shock absorber to take up slack to kill the flair/pancake early and use a sweeping motion and/or wrist snap to get back to fade position.

 If I may add to this because I think some of Lylenc's advise may be lost in translation. Some kites prefer a stopping motion in the pancake before pulling into the fade.  (Lylenc's "shock absorber" )
 My Deepspace UL is a good example of this and I am still working the bugs out but....
 You may want to think of it as three inputs to get to the fade when flying straight down from the top of the window.

1) Slack to get the kite into the pancake   (you may also want to play with how flat you go as well maybe try stopping before the kite is completely flat)

2) A small tug or good line tending to take up slack and stop the rotation  (Lylenc's shock absorber)

3) Either a sharp tug or a steady pull to bring the kite to the fade position, and yes the steady pull is very similar to the fade launch.

 I hope this might be of some help and good luck!

 Off subject but I just recieved my straps from Norm P. in the mail today.  Thank you sir!!     

  Hoping to get out this weekend and use them to try this fade challenge if the rain will hold off!!
 

[Hadge]

For those who haven't already seen it, I found this helpful when I was learning.

http://prismkites.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1213804747

[RobB]

Reggie's lessons will help ! I printed them all out and would read them over and over. Try to visualize at the same time, or use a paper kite prop if you're bad at visualizing like me.

There's also a wealth of information over at Classy Kite. Beginners used to get great tips there from RandyG & Mama74 (Martin), the guys who made the videos !

http://classykite.org/ck/forum/YaBB.pl?board=tricktreat

[vertigo2u]

Held a Fade for about two minutes yesterday... Finally figured out my Biggest problem...I opened up ny arms and hands.  I was watching Martins video and I noticed like Norm his arms were wider apart than I normally have them... Yesterday the wider the longer I held the Fade.  When I brought my hands in close.  It wobbled till I went down ( real quick). It felt good watching the Solus just float... Just might have gotten it finally....

[drmndrew82]

That makes a lot of sense putting your hands wider when holding a fade. I am going to try this today when I go fly after work. Thanks for the info!

[jaydub]

Guess we're all different, because I find it helps to hold them together to know the lines are equal (although this does require your lines to be equal lengths in the first place!).

[Wayner]

I have used both.

Hands together offers better feel and motor control.

Hand apart provide better leverage. Good once you develop feel needed for the fade.  IMHO

[trigger]

I finally got an AWESOME FADE!  I've probably done 6 ever, this one was PERFECT.   5ft off the ground, we just stared at each other for what seemed like an hour(i was only out for 30 minutes so it was probably 30+sec)  I found it relatively easy to raise and lower until the  shifty winds came. 

Thanks to everyone for all the tips!

Going to GLKF in grand haven, mi this weekend. I will see how the lake winds are and will have plenty of people to help video.

[NormP]

I finally got an AWESOME FADE!  I've probably done 6 ever, this one was PERFECT.   5ft off the ground, we just stared at each other for what seemed like an hour(i was only out for 30 minutes so it was probably 30+sec)  I found it relatively easy to raise and lower until the  shifty winds came. 
Thanks to everyone for all the tips!
Going to GLKF in grand haven, mi this weekend. I will see how the lake winds are and will have plenty of people to help video.

Good job, Jim. Sounds like you're catching on. It is easy to raise and lower the kite in a fade in nice lab-grade wind. Walk slowly forward to lower....slowly backwards to raise. Hold your hands where ever it works best for YOU. When doing just the fade I hold mine out in front of me. Main idea is have fun and learn a new trick. Let's see some footage. Good luck this week-end.

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