Ground Handling 10: Moving With the Wing

The feel of moving with the glider doesn't end on the ground. At takeoff it becomes the ability to hold the canopy steadily overhead; at landing, the ability to keep the wing alive until the very last moment. Once you start taking pitch and roll with your feet first, you stop being dragged around by the canopy even as the wind turns rough. In the end, kiting mastery is decided not by how well you control the glider, but by how naturally you can move together with it.