Winding your lines in the water is quite possibly the most risky part of any self rescue and it also takes time to complete. This tends to make most people ignore this important step. If you are being rescued and you do not wind your lines up around the bar, you put rescuers at risk by posing a threat to jet skis, propellers of motor boats and also other riders and sailboarders, not to mention swimmers.

Firstly it is important to deploy the safety by throwing the bar away and making your way up the safety leash to the bar, this should depower the kite my pulling in at least one flat wingspan of the kite. Once you reach the bar, using the safety leash, quickly wind a dozen turns around the end of the bar ensuring the leash cannot slide back thru and re-power the kite. Once the kite is disabled, place one end of the bar against your torso and holding onto the back of the bar at the other end, use the bar like a fishing pole to pull the kite towards you as you wind the four flying lines onto the winders. Don't wind on the safety leash you have as slack (you'll need it later). PLace the lines going from the bar to the kite over the winding horn furthest away from your body and pivoting the bar where it meets your torso, pull with the bar to haul the lines in. When the bar is pulled all the way in ie pointing away from the kite, carefully guide the lines around the winder closest to your torso and then bring the other end back to take another coil. Be extremely careful doing this as it is easy but tricky until you know what you are doing. Wind all the way to the kite. Once at your kite, hold the kite under one arm and half hitch the lines around one end to keep them from coming undone. Then simply follow the Tip #15 for self rescue.

Be especially careful of winding lines in high winds. All of these methods should be practiced first in shallow waters in calm conditions before attempting to sort a problem in wild conditions. we are available for self rescue lessons or any other lessons on an hourly basis.