DEATH LOOPS: how to fix them and how to avoid them

This video looks at kitesurf death loops in detail, including how to stop them and how to avoid them in the first place.
0:00 Intro
0:56 Stopping death loops with safety steps
1:42 Stopping death loops by counter steering
3:50 Stopping death loops by manually flagging out
5:20 What method should you use?
7:53 Hooked on bar death loops
10:31 Line wrap death loops
14:21 Bridle/kite disordered death loops
15:15 Snapped line death loops
16:14 Final thoughts on death loops

Many thanks to everyone that shared their death loop footage for this project. These clips make interesting viewing:

Death loop on beach from Michael Kroese
   • The death rolling kite. Kitesurfing L...  

Line wrap after crashing kite from Angus Mackay
   • Dealing with a real world death loop ...  

Steering line on bar after jump from Fabio Fainello
   • Kitemare death loop  

Line wrap after big front stall from Daniel Liesveld
   • Escaped from kitesurf death loop  

Snapped center line kite spiral from Pancakes Berry
   • Kitesurfing in Sutton Beach when a li...  

Kitefoil death loop from Gaspard
   • Kiteboarding Foiling jibe crash death...  

Front stall after jump from Jake Does Stuff
   • Death Loop - Kitesurfing - How To Bre...  

Bridle caught on top of kite from Jerome
   • Kitesurfing deathloop in OBX