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

Description

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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ewc5R9MXfk

Line wrap after crashing kite from Angus Mackay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRzf7eekJHo&t=132s

Steering line on bar after jump from Fabio Fainello
https://youtu.be/u8bZcR2JyBI?si=6CAdqiogQgKWSewn

Line wrap after big front stall from Daniel Liesveld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeQgcY5kJfs

Snapped center line kite spiral from Pancakes Berry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgUsUkpcroQ

Kitefoil death loop from Gaspard
https://youtu.be/NrJwbbmJQHw?si=bZqur--vJ3JfTnUw

Front stall after jump from Jake Does Stuff
https://youtu.be/4zlGW6c0ZPg?si=k8GWvxoSGUEWDGG5

Bridle caught on top of kite from Jerome
https://youtu.be/N8tAS4dCwzY?si=rRgChD38Mp7TGRBK