Jibe cycling

The kite up and begin setting yourself up for the next jibe back again. If you practice this, and gradually lengthen your course as you feel more comfortable and in control, you will be less likely to have an "Oh sh#t!" moment. Now let's look more closely at that first jibe in the bug. Jibe TalkingThe steps for the proper jibe are just like the ones we used for practice on our feet, but of course it will happen a bit faster in the bug. If you have chosen your winds right for the first time out and you don't let yourself get going too fast, it will be easy, even if you don't time everything just right.To start, slowly bring the kite up to the zenith to halt your acceleration. Never swoop your kite to the zenith too quickly, or it might develop lift, in which case you'll be off to an OBE and a bird's eye view of your buggy. If the wind is light and the kite will not climb, harden up a bit (turn upwind). That will increase line tension, increase the speed of the kite and let it climb while also slowing you down a bit. To start your jibe, begin turning the kite downwind in the direction of your turn. A moment later, start turning the bug in as sharp a turn as you feel comfortable with. If you never let yourself get going too fast, you should be able to turn inside of a 30 foot square box. As the bug is facing downwind, dip the kite down from the zenith as you follow it and let it power up as it finishes the turn, pulling you out on the opposite tack.As the buggy accelerates, start bringing the kite up for the next jibe. Keep drilling this way and experiment with the timing so that the whole maneuver is smooth, fluent and second nature. As you become more comfortable, lengthen your course and let yourself go a little faster before your next turn. Common Mistakes for the First-timerThinking about the problems I had when learning to buggy by myself, and watching other first-timers consistently make pretty much the same mistakes, it's easy to sum them up in a short list. If we know what they are ahead of time and give them some thought to understand why they happen, then they are easier to avoid. Here are the top three, in the order in which they commonly occur...Going too fast too soon: With the exception of high speed skidding turns, which we don't need yet, all the dynamics of kite and buggy work just as well at 5 mph as they do at 25 mph. There is no need for speed while we teach our muscles the reflexes we need. The buggy will always accelerate faster than you think, so you only need to tease the kite from the zenith down into the window in little bits just to get going. Often, I

SOUTH PORTLAND (WGME) -- Mainers looking to hit the gym will either have to wait in line, or work out outside."All of our classes are outside, everyone has their own station, they're roughly 8-10 feet apart," Maniac CrossFit Owner Brayton Chase said."We're going to open at least half-capacity or less," Jibe Cycling Studio owner Joanna Pease said. "We are only bringing half [of the clients] back into the studio."Many gyms will also have new rules relating to social distancing and cleaning, following Gov. Mills' plan that allowed them to partially re-open last Monday.Gov. Mills introduces 'Rural Reopening Plan'"We try to have [our clients] stand in one spot," Train Maine Fitness Owner Ben McCrillis said. "That way they're not touching and re-touching things.""Rather than people showing up and grabbing what equipment they want, all of their equipment is going to be laid out for them," Chase said.Owners that spoke to CBS 13 say they aren't sure how long they will have to follow these guidelines, but all say they are willing to do it as long as necessary to keep people safe.Maine releases checklists to allow some businesses to reopen"It's important to get back, it's important to rev up the economy," McCrillis said. "But we don't want to do it so fast that we have to do this again in the fall, or that we have to do this again in the winter.""We're trying to do everything we can to keep our riders safe and healthy," Pease said.Some owners say that they want Mainers to know that they shouldn't feel pressured to immediately hit the gym."They're not being pressured to come back in so quickly and start," McCrillis said."We're asking people if they feel comfortable coming back, that's number one.""I think people are ready to get back, if they're not, we'll be here when they are," Pease said.

To harden up in a hurry, though. I've let myself get boxed in by the surf line and a luffed kite and actually found myself downwind of the kite with it floating towards me on slack lines, and that's never a pretty ending to a good run.All good things must come to an end, and there comes a time where you will have to turn upwind and head back to buggy camp. On a downwind run, turning farther downwind to jibe will just drop the kite from the sky and cause you to run over your own kite lines. The way to avoid this is to harden up and put tension back into the lines so the kite rises to the top of the window. With the kite high up, you can turn the kite back and quickly jibe right underneath it and, before it luffs, be on your opposite tack. This is never a problem when you are on an open space like a dry lake, but on a narrow field or beach you always have to leave room for this maneuver. Take a look at figure 9 to see the whole course of our down wind run. It is a typical day when the wind is light and not a perfect ninety degrees to our run, so we have an upwind slog in one direction and a broad-reach run in the other. Starting at point "A" we are bearing across or only slightly down wind while we initially accelerate. Turning too far down wind too soon will only cause us to slack the lines and drop the kite. As we build up speed at point "B" the apparent wind swings forward so we can start bearing off the wind and maintain the same apparent wind speed and angle. At point "C" we get a puff of more wind and can bear off even more for a moment and buy us more room on the beach. At point "D" there is a momentary lull and the kite begins to fall on slack lines. We have no choice but to harden up again and lose some room we gained in order to keep the lines tight and the kite in the air. As we go deeper down wind, we can do figure-eights to our side to keep the kite moving and the lines tight. At point "E" we are running out of room and will be in the surf soon. If we try and jibe now, we will drop the kite for sure, so while we still have just enough room, we harden up and put enough tension on the lines to be able to steer the kite up near the zenith and execute a jibe. We then come out on the opposite tack and either begin our trip back upwind (point "F"), or tack across the beach to set up for another downwind leg (point "G"). Figure 9. A downwind run on narrow beach. After accelerating from point "A",