What is the kiteboarding wind window?
The kiteboarding wind window is the flying area of your kite. Think of it as a quarter sphere or concert dome. Along the front edge of the quarter sphere is the edge of the wind window. Downwind of you is the back of the wind window. Put your back to the wind and your arms out to the sides. On your right side is the right of the wind window or 3 o’clock, overhead is 12 o’clock, and to your left is 9 o’clock (think of being inside a big clock). Along the edge of the wind window, the kite has minimal power. As you fly the kite lower into the wind window, the kite is exposed to more wind and has more power. The area directly downwind of you is max power and you rarely fly a big kite in this zone. Further down into the concert dome is called the power zone. You as the kiteboarder are at the edge and center of the wind window with your back to the wind. The lower you fly your kite in the wind window, the more power it will generate. If you fly your kite high in the wind window or along the
