British Champion, Lewis Crathern, dips into his bag of tricks and whips out a powered F-16 to flat 3

Lewis reckons you need to have your powered handle-passes down and kite loops in the bag before attempting this trick. Here’s his breakdown...

• Come into the trick pretty quickly and powered up. It’s actually much harder underpowered, so be positive. • Unhook and set up as if you’re going for a back loop kite loop. • When the kite gets to about 70 degrees, grab your bar with both hands on the back end to send the kite into a fast back loop.

• As the kite nears the top of the window, edge hard and pop into a back roll. Keep looking over your back shoulder to keep the rotation going.

• As the kite loops downward you’ll be pulled hard, and you should find yourself in the railey position.

• Hold on and keep pulling. You need to get your right hip (in this case - left if you’re more comfortable that way) close enough to the bar to make the pass.

• The kite will reach the low point and start to climb. As it does, the pull from the kite eases a little and for a while you’re travelling downwind at the same speed as the kite. All the pressure in the bar will drop and this is the crucial time to perform the flat 3 (handle-pass). Throw your arm and head around to help you spin round to grab the bar.

• The key thing is to remember to try and grab the same side of the bar to keep the kite looping in the same direction.

• Once you’ve got the bar, turn to spot your landing, point your board downwind and bend your knees to absorb the impact. • Attempting an F-16 to wrapped is a good way of building confidence up for the handle-pass element in this move. Landing wrapped means that you land having spun round but still have your original hand on the bar (tucked in behind your back) and finish the pass once you’ve landed.